{"id":11564,"date":"2023-10-02T08:58:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T12:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=11564"},"modified":"2023-10-02T08:58:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T12:58:35","slug":"thegoodfather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2023\/10\/thegoodfather\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>2023 THEME: Victory!<\/h1>\n<h1>Series: The God We Worship<\/h1>\n<h1>TITLE: The Good Father<\/h1>\n<h1>Scripture:\u00a0 Matthew 6:9; Deut. 32:6; Ps. 103:13; Mk. 14:36<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>I.\u00a0\u00a0 WHAT DOES GOD WANT FROM US?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\nTwo truths collide with our thinking:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1. God wants you to know (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>who He is<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n2. We are all on a (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>desperate search<\/strong><\/span>) to know who God is.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>II.\u00a0\u00a0 WHAT DOES GOD BEING FATHER MEAN FOR US?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Matthew 6:9; Deut. 32:6; Ps. 103:13; Mk. 14:36<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">6 ways the fatherhood of God makes a difference:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1. Knowing Him as Father means the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>end of all fear<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n2. Knowing Him as Father settles (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>uncertainties<\/strong><\/span>) and (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>gives us hope<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n3. Knowing Him as Father settles the issue of (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>loneliness<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n4. Knowing Him as Father settles (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>or should<\/strong><\/span>) the matter of (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>selfishness<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n5. Knowing Him as Father settles the matter of (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>resources<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n6. Knowing Him as Father settles (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>or should<\/strong><\/span>) the matter of (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>obedience<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Perfect Father is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1) A provider<br \/>\n2) Able<br \/>\n3) Present<br \/>\n4) Protector<\/p>\n<p>Next Week: \u201cThe God We Worship\u201d<br \/>\nTitle: The God You can K.N.O.W.- Psalm 18<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 THEME: Victory! Series: The God We Worship TITLE: The Good Father Scripture:\u00a0 Matthew 6:9; Deut. 32:6; Ps. 103:13; Mk. 14:36 &nbsp; I.\u00a0\u00a0 WHAT DOES GOD WANT FROM US? Two truths collide with our thinking: 1. God wants you to know (who He is). 2. We are all on a (desperate search) to know who &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2023\/10\/thegoodfather\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11565,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11564\/revisions\/11565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}