What does it mean to be a godly father? What makes being a Christian father different? What can dads do to leave a legacy of faithfulness? Here is a little poem I read on a friend’s blog. It might fit well as a Sunday morning insert or in a newsletter. It is from the book “Poems for Patriarchs
When Father Reads the Book – By G.E. Foster
When we hurry off to work,
I’m reminded of those early times
When father read the Book.
When father read the Book
As we each our places took
Round the dear old family altar
When father read the Book
O those dear old Bible stories,
Psalms that flowed like rippling brook;
Warnings, promises, and precepts
Lived, as father read the Book.
As father read the Book.
Satan’s kingdom round us shook,
And our savior early claimed us
Because father read the Book.
O they say it was old-fashioned,
And what waste of time ‘twould look
To now take half-an-hour
To let father read the Book,
But as father read the Book,
Blessed thought in our minds stuck;
And the day went so much better
Just ’cause father read the Book.
Oft I’m troubled as I journey
On toward heav’n with upward look,
To see families all about me
Grow up without father’s Book
Let father read the Book;
Your home will be so different
If your father reads the Book.
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FOR YOU ON FATHER’S DAY
For you on father’s day what ever you celebrate
Fathers have been here in times and seasons
For you on Father’s Day that’s really great
To remember you not just on this day but every day
It’s father Day today for all fathers who have been
Here and gone Your memories live on
Fathers enjoy your children, draw them near
Closer to you inside the heart
Because they may think of you today
Pick up the phone, and dial and say!
Write a letter. You may be surprised with the reply
A very special love for you
Joyful Father’s Day
Just for you
With all the grace of God’s life to us
Can bring on your special day
Father’s Day is the time for thoughts of quiet reflection
Memories of the year have gone by
A Welcome smile
Father’s Day is the perfect time to receive God’s grace
Ahead for the new day
And may a wonderful beginning and joy God brings aloud
Thank you God for all fathers
Remember God our Father in Heaven and Earth
Happy Father’s Day
©By Deirdre Banda
Thank you for the Father’s Day Lesson on Compassion. I have alot of children in my class from broken homes & sometimes it’s hard to have a lesson on Mothers or Fathers when they are not good role models for their childen. I will use this lesson about God’s compassion as a Father to us all!! Thank you for your dedication to spreading the Gospel.
Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
I want to thank you very much for the lessons you have been sending me. They have been a real blessing to me and my sunday school class.
May God continue to Bless You
Mary
I would like to have my children’s church group read this poem for Father’s Day this year, I think it sends a very important message, and I think it will show the fathers what the most important thing to the teach their children really is. Thank you so much for this website, I have just recently discovered it, and really appreciate all the help that I have found in just a few days.
I enjoy every bit of it. In Ghana some fathers are wicked that they even dont know some of their children. Some of them needs to read this. Please get yourself prepared for a program to educate them in next coming years.
Thanks.
Dear Tony:
I enjoyed the poem. Father’s Day at our church generally consists of a reading such as a poem or with scripture. We might recognize the father with the most children, or the oldest father in our flock. We have a very small church, maybe 60 at the most on Sunday morning. The men in our church, fathers or not, work very hard.
We are currently building a new church because our church is in the flood plain and we have been flooded more than once. I thank God for the men in this church that give of themselves so freely for the glory of God.
Thanks Tony. haven’t talked to you for awhile. May the Lord bless you.
Wendy,
Thanks for your comment on my website. This poem reminds me of what really matters. Your comment gave me another idea – what if I had children read the poem during the children’s sermon? Maybe pull a few strong readers out during Sunday school and assign them reading parts?
Great poem.. What an awesome reminder of how important it is to have family bible readings. This poem will be read out during our short Children’s Ministry presentation on Father’s Day this coming Sunday in “Big church”. Thanks for a fantastic site. In His Service. Wendy