This sermon explores the spiritual responsibilities of fatherhood by examining the life of Zebedee, the father of James and John. The preacher argues that true leadership extends beyond financial provision to include spiritual guidance, emotional stability, and practical instruction. Using Zebedee as a model, the message highlights three key lessons: teaching the value of hard work, practicing frugality through wise stewardship, and prioritizing obedience to God above all else. The central theme emphasizes that a father's greatest legacy is not wealth or status, but raising children who recognize and follow Christ when called.

Ephesians 6 emphasizes the importance of fathers in raising their children, instructing them to not provoke their children to anger but to bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. This message aligns with Father's Day, highlighting the role of fathers in nurturing and guiding their children.

WINDOWS OF HOME.Hebrews 11:13-16; John 14:1-6; Revelation 21:1-7 (KJV) We are reminded that this world is not our final home. Hebrews 11:13-16 shows believers looking by faith toward a better country prepared by God. John 14:1-6 gives us Christ's promise that He has gone to prepare a place for His people and will one day come again to receive them. Revelation 21:1-7 reveals the glorious fulfillment of that promise as God's children enter their eternal home where there is no more death, sorrow, pain, or tears.Like looking through the windows of a distant house, faith allows us to catch a glimpse of Heaven's beauty. The light shining through those windows reminds us that something far better awaits every believer. We may not be home yet, but Christ has prepared the way, and one day we will walk through the door into His presence forever.Faith sees the windows. Hope sees the light. Glory walks through the door.

The devotional centers on the profound value of children in God's kingdom, emphasizing that faith like a child's—simple, trusting, and uncorrupted—is essential for entering heaven. Drawing from Matthew 18:1–10, it underscores the seriousness of leading children or those with childlike faith astray, warning that such actions incur divine judgment. The message is illustrated through the personal testimony of a man whose early spiritual hunger was dismissed, leading to years of spiritual loss, until he later dedicated his life to reaching children through the Child Evangelism Fellowship. The speaker shares his own late conversion and contrasts it with the joy of raising children and grandchildren who embraced Christ at a young age, affirming the eternal impact of early gospel exposure. Ultimately, the devotional calls the church to prioritize children in evangelism, discipleship, and ministry, urging believers to invest time, resources, and prayer in efforts that bring the next generation into the kingdom of God.

The data is in, and it reads like a commentary on Deuteronomy 6. A major new study covered by Fox News found that children raised in homes where faith was discussed several times a week, where both parents attended church, and where fathers built strong bonds with their children were substantially more likely to remain faithful as adults. Kevin and Danny discuss the findings...and make the case that the means God has always ordained for generational faith is not the Sunday school or the youth group...but the home.

How to Raise Children in the Lord (Part 3) Ephesians 6:4

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother… Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:1-4) In this expository sermon on Ephesians 6, Pastor Brandon Charbonneau unpacks God's blueprint for the Christian home — the first church, first school, and first government under God. The Apostle Paul commands children to obey and honor their parents with a promise of blessing, while charging fathers to lead their households without exasperating their children, but to raise them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. This message boldly confronts the brokenness in families today — rebellion, provoking fathers, weak discipline, marital failure, and the shedding of innocent blood — while pointing us to Jesus Christ, the only perfect Son who honored His Father flawlessly and bore our rebellion on the cross so that we might be forgiven and empowered to walk in new obedience. Whether you are a child or teenager still at home, an adult learning to honor imperfect parents, a father seeking to lead faithfully, or single and preparing for the future, this sermon calls every one of us to repentance and Gospel-shaped faithfulness in the home.