Parent Ministry Sermons - Father’s Toolbox

Parent
Ministry
Sermons -
Father’s
Toolbox
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Father’s Day is coming and we
thought we’d pull out our
“toolbox” of ideas you can use to
demonstrate the many roles
fathers play in the family. You
could use this as a sermon
illustration or object lesson for
the Father’s Day weekend. We
wish all our fathers out there a
very blessed and fulfilling
Father’s Day!

Resources
You may wish to bring a toolbox
with all the items below as object
lessons for this teaching idea.
What to Do
Many fathers have a toolbox. Inside
the toolbox you will find many tools.
And some of the tools in the toolbox
make good metaphors for what a
Father does.

In a tool box you find many different
types of tools. Tools for:
Measuring: A measuring tape, a
ruler – God’s Word, as taught by
fathers become the standard by
which we measure right and
wrong.“Fix these words of mine in
your hearts and minds; tie them as
symbols on your hands and bind
them on your foreheads. TEACH
THEM TO YOUR CHILDREN, talking
about them when you sit at home
and when you walk along the road,
when you lie down and when you
get up.

Write them on the doorframes of
your houses and on your gates, so
that your days and the days of
your children may be many in the
land the Lord swore to give your
ancestors, as many as the days
that the heavens are above the
earth.” – Proverbs 11:18-21“Honor
your father and your mother, so
that you may live LONG in the land
the Lord your God is giving you.” –
Exodus 20:12

• Aligning: Square, A level, A
Plumbline – Commands and
teaching of our parents guide us
to living the straight and narrow
way.“My son, keep your father’s
command and do not forsake your
mother’s teaching. Bind them
always on your heart; fasten them
around your neck. When you
walk, they will GUIDE you; when
you sleep, they will watch over
you; when you awake, they will
speak to you. For this command is
a lamp, this teaching is a light,
and correction and instruction are
the way to life” – Proverbs 6:20-
23

• Connecting: Stapler, Hammer,
Screwdriver, Duct tape – Fathers
strive to connect us with God and
to live right with others.“From one
man He made every nation of
men, that they should inhabit the
whole earth; and He determined
the times set for them and the
exact places where they should
live. God did this so that men
would seek Him and perhaps
reach out for Him and find Him,
though He is not far from each
one of us.” – Acts 17:26-27

• Cutting: Saw, Knife, Plyers –
Fathers teach us the words of
God“For the word of God is alive
and active. Sharper than any
double-edged sword, it penetrates
even to dividing soul and spirit,
joints and marrow; it judges the
thoughts and attitudes of the
heart.” – Hebrews 4:12
• Tightening / turning: Wrench, a
spanner, a clamp, Plyers – Fathers
seek to turn our attention to God,
just as our heavenly Father turns
our attention to our Fathers.

“He will turn the hearts of the fathers
to their children, and the hearts of
the children to their fathers…” -
Malachi 4:6
• Shaping: Chisel, Sandpaper, files
– Father’s shape our character
and our values through their
examples, through discipline, and
through training. “As iron
sharpens iron, so one person
sharpens another.” – Proverbs
27:17

“Endure hardship as discipline; God
is treating you as sons. For what
son is not disciplined by his father?”
– Hebrews 12:7
“My son, do not despise the LORD’s
discipline and do not resent his
rebuke, because the LORD
disciplines those he loves, as a
father the son he delights in.” –
Proverbs 3:11-12

Summary
In summary, our fathers are like
tools, building each of us into the
person that God intended. They
gives us examples and truths so
that we can not only measure our
lives, but we can align them to
God’s purpose and truth. They
connect us to God and others. As
they instill the word of God in our
lives and discipline us, the truth
cuts, shapes and sharpens us to be
more effective children of God.

There’s a great passage on the role
of fathers in 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12
“For you know that we dealt with
each of you as a father deals with
his own children, encouraging,
comforting and urging you to live
lives worthy of God, who calls you
into his kingdom and glory.”
ENCOURAGING, COMFORTING,
AND URGING THEM TO LIVE LIVES
WORTHY OF GOD, WHO CALLS
THEM INTO HIS KINGDOM AND
GLORY.

Scripture References
Here’s some more scriptures on
Fathers:
“Listen, my sons, to a father’s
instruction; pay attention and gain
understanding.”
- Proverbs 4:1
“Listen to your father, who gave
you life, and do not despise your
mother when she is old. Buy the
truth and do not sell it – wisdom,
instruction and insight as well. The
father of a righteous child has great
joy; a man who fathers a wise son
rejoices in him.”
- Proverbs 23:22-24

“Children, obey your parents in the
Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your
father and mother’ – which is the
first commandment with a promise
– ‘so that it may go well with you
and that you may enjoy long life on
the earth. Fathers, do not
exasperate your children; instead,
bring them up in the training and
instruction of the Lord.’”
- Ephesians 6:1-4
“Children, obey your parents in
everything, for this pleases the
Lord.”
- Colossians 3:20

“A wise son heeds his father’s
instruction…”
- Proverbs 13:1
“A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his
mother.”
- Proverbs 15:20
“As a father has compassion on his
children, so the LORD has
compassion on those who fear him.”
- Psalm 103:13

“But you, O God, do see trouble
and grief; you consider it to take it
in hand. The victim commits
himself to you; you are the helper
of the fatherless.”
- Psalm 10:14
“Yet, O LORD, you are our Father.
We are the clay, You are the
potter; we are all the work of Your
hand.”
- Isaiah 64:8

“Praise be to the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of compassion and the God
of all comfort, who comforts us in
all our troubles, so that we can
comfort those in any trouble with
the comfort we ourselves have
received from God.”
- 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Take It to the Next Level
Each one of us has different
experiences with our father. Some
of us have been blessed with a
godly father and we need to thank
Him for that gift. But the Bible is
also full of fathers that were less
than perfect. If your experience
with your father has been difficult
you can find peace and comfort
from God the Father. As Christians
we all celebrate Father’s Day
knowing that we have become a
child of the everlasting heavenly
Father who is perfect in
compassion, strength, and care in
every way.

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