Watchers...Father's Day 2022 with Mr Millard Hayes III — Transcript

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1. 0:10good morning all can you hear me
2. 0:12yes
3. 0:13okay that's what i was concerned about
4. 0:15i've been trying to get my webcam
5. 0:17together on this computer so i'm just
6. 0:18gonna have to go
7. 0:19on my cell phone i apologize i'm
8. 0:23trying to get everything together here
9. 0:25but i want to say good morning to
10. 0:26everybody
11. 0:27good morning to
12. 0:29everybody to allen st johnny and me
13. 0:31and happy father's day to all the
14. 0:33fathers the biological fathers the step
15. 0:36daddies the father figures
16. 0:38i want to salute
17. 0:40and give honor to all the fathers and
18. 0:42father figures out there and also want
19. 0:44to give love to all the mothers still
20. 0:47on this day even though we are
21. 0:48celebrating the fathers
22. 0:50i also want to
23. 0:52give my recognition and honor to
24. 0:54the big sister i didn't get
25. 0:56biologically the reverend dr j
26. 0:59cooper
27. 1:01i want to let alan st john know that
28. 1:03your pastor has always been willing to
29. 1:05help me and my loved ones
30. 1:07and she always gives us wisdom and
31. 1:09knowledge
32. 1:10it makes me aware of things that i i'm
33. 1:12not aware of on occasion so
34. 1:14uh when she approached me with this
35. 1:16invitation
36. 1:17um i couldn't say no
37. 1:19my answer was going to be yes and so
38. 1:21again i thank you pastor cooper for the
39. 1:23invitation
40. 1:24and for challenging me to actually speak
41. 1:27to the people because most the time when
42. 1:28i do speak to the people it's with the
43. 1:30melody behind it
44. 1:32and i'm more of a singer than i am with
45. 1:34a speaker so
46. 1:35i
47. 1:36appreciate the invitation
48. 1:38i also want to recognize my mama i see
49. 1:40you here
50. 1:42the pastor brenda j hayes that's my mama
51. 1:45uh she has probably more confidence in
52. 1:47me than i have in myself on this morning
53. 1:50but she's been calmly telling me that i
54. 1:51will be fine so i'm going to go on to
55. 1:54see what the end is going to be amen
56. 1:57um also i'm coming to you in the office
57. 2:00here at my house of worship
58. 2:02uh it's john wesley united methodist
59. 2:04church here in nashville tennessee
60. 2:06where my pastor is the reverend daniel m
61. 2:08hayes
62. 2:09and
63. 2:10i don't know if you hear that singing in
64. 2:11the background i try to close all the
65. 2:13doors they're getting ready for worship
66. 2:14at 11 o'clock
67. 2:16um
68. 2:17and so i hope i do them proud as well as
69. 2:19the pastor
70. 2:20and i also want to uh before i get
71. 2:22started here recognize uh
72. 2:24the brother that's been uh giving me
73. 2:26that message that in the uh introduction
74. 2:28uh brother brother paul oberman we had
75. 2:31played phone tag but we finally got a
76. 2:33chance to speak for a bit
77. 2:34and he gave me some some background on
78. 2:37the things that he's doing in the
79. 2:39ministry and the things that are going
80. 2:41on at allen st john me and also in my
81. 2:44home state of missouri as it pertains to
82. 2:46the
83. 2:47conference of the amb church so i just
84. 2:49want to give a shout out to brother
85. 2:51overman and i thank him for um
86. 2:53reaching out to me and making me feel
87. 2:55comfortable and
88. 2:56welcoming welcome me into the uh family
89. 2:58of
90. 3:00of alex st john and me
91. 3:03uh he also shared with me though that
92. 3:05the men of allen saint johnny and we
93. 3:07have a theme for this year in 2022
94. 3:10uh that theme is men reaching for higher
95. 3:12heights so i do want to touch on the
96. 3:14theme a little bit
97. 3:15and hope that i can tie it into what i
98. 3:17want to touch on this morning
99. 3:20but while i was thinking about what i
100. 3:21wanted to speak to you all today on this
101. 3:23morning i i i am concerned celebrating
102. 3:25fathers and that thing
103. 3:27i was led to ephesians chapter six
104. 3:30and if you would allow me i would i
105. 3:32would like to read uh a passage from
106. 3:34ephesians chapter six i'll start on
107. 3:36chapter on verse four excuse me
108. 3:38and it says fathers do not exasperate
109. 3:40your children
110. 3:42instead bring them up in the training
111. 3:44and instruction of the lord
112. 3:46and then he moved me to the spirit
113. 3:48moving down to the verses of 10 through
114. 3:5020 i probably won't read all of it but
115. 3:52i'll read a little bit
116. 3:53uh finally be strong in the lord and it
117. 3:55is mighty power
118. 3:57put on the full arm of god so that you
119. 3:59could take your stand against the
120. 4:00devil's schemes
121. 4:01for our struggle is not against flesh
122. 4:03and blood but against the rulers against
123. 4:05the authorities against the powers of
124. 4:07this dark world
125. 4:08and against the spiritual forces of evil
126. 4:10and heavenly realms
127. 4:12therefore put on the full armor of god
128. 4:14so that when the day of evil comes you
129. 4:16may be able to stand your ground
130. 4:18and after you have done everything to
131. 4:20stand
132. 4:21stand firm with the belt of truth
133. 4:23buckled around your waist
134. 4:25with the breastplate of righteousness in
135. 4:27place and with your feet fitted with the
136. 4:29readiness that comes from the gospel of
137. 4:31peace
138. 4:32in addition
139. 4:33to all of this take up the shield of
140. 4:35faith
141. 4:36with which you can extinguish all the
142. 4:38flaming arrows of the evil one
143. 4:41take the helmet of salvation and the
144. 4:42sword of the spirit
145. 4:44which is the word of god
146. 4:47thank god for his word
147. 4:49i just want to talk to you briefly i
148. 4:50hope i won't be too too long but i want
149. 4:52to talk to you about a subject called
150. 4:54the watchers
151. 4:56the watchers
152. 4:58what other watches i guess you may ask
153. 5:00me
154. 5:01well we as people of color especially
155. 5:03black men have journeyed and grown up in
156. 5:05this world surrounded by the watchers
157. 5:08if you for example can't we can't go
158. 5:10into a department store or a foot locker
159. 5:13or a corner store without feeling the
160. 5:15anxiety of one of the employees or
161. 5:17somebody from the asset protection
162. 5:19department watching us to see what we're
163. 5:21going to do
164. 5:22are we be gonna pick up and run with
165. 5:24something i'll be gonna steal something
166. 5:25are we gonna rob the place there's
167. 5:27always somebody watching
168. 5:30another example of of the watches is a
169. 5:33lot of us
170. 5:34have worked hard at school to get
171. 5:36bachelor's masters phds
172. 5:38so that we could acquire positions in
173. 5:40high places
174. 5:42some of us were just hustling straight
175. 5:43out of high school that got it out the
176. 5:44mud to be successful
177. 5:46but once you made it to those positions
178. 5:48you start to get filled with anxiety and
179. 5:51paranoia because we know that the haters
180. 5:53are watching
181. 5:54lying in the way to catch us with some
182. 5:56type of harassment case or some other
183. 5:58professional mistake that we may make
184. 6:01so they can slip and slide and take our
185. 6:02position hey man
186. 6:04those are the watches
187. 6:06another example of watches every time we
188. 6:08get in our car whether it's a nice one
189. 6:10or a put put a hooky or whatever you
190. 6:12want to call it
191. 6:13once we see the police car
192. 6:15we get nervous the nervousness comes
193. 6:17over us we get tight
194. 6:19we start going through that mental
195. 6:20roller deck so what to do so we don't
196. 6:22have any problems with the police
197. 6:24we go through that checklist if i have
198. 6:26my seatbelt on my hands on the steering
199. 6:28wheel
200. 6:29i want to look straight i did not look
201. 6:31behind me to see what he's doing
202. 6:33because we were brought up as young
203. 6:35black men
204. 6:36that the police are watchers
205. 6:39in turn and i can say i was guilty of
206. 6:42this in my younger days i was guilty
207. 6:44some of us are addicted to being seen
208. 6:47some of us want to be seen
209. 6:49and we can obsess and go literally broke
210. 6:51trying to keep up with the people who
211. 6:53are trying to keep up with us probably
212. 6:56we have to have all the luxury garments
213. 6:58the red bottoms the louis vuittons the
214. 7:00gucci's the chanel the high-end whips
215. 7:04whips i'm sorry that means cars for some
216. 7:06of y'all man the cars the icing all of
217. 7:08these flashy things and material items
218. 7:12we get depth out and we get dressed to
219. 7:13the teeth so everyone can watch and see
220. 7:16what we have
221. 7:17we go to these populated places we go to
222. 7:19the park we go to the malls we go to the
223. 7:22club and yes we even go to the church
224. 7:24dressed in our keys to the nine so
225. 7:27everyone can watch and see what we have
226. 7:29but at the same time we are paranoid
227. 7:32sometimes because the material things
228. 7:33that we put on exhibit
229. 7:35we know
230. 7:36and we recognize that there are watchers
231. 7:38out there
232. 7:39waiting to possibly rob us of what we
233. 7:41have
234. 7:42so we consciously and unconsciously are
235. 7:44on guard for all kinds of watches
236. 7:48but there is one particular watcher that
237. 7:51very often goes unnoticed
238. 7:53those watchers are our sons and our
239. 7:55daughters
240. 7:56they go unnoticed because they love you
241. 7:58and they don't mean you any harm
242. 8:01so we're not on guard for them because
243. 8:02they don't challenge us or hold us
244. 8:04accountable very much
245. 8:06unless they're like my son and the wi-fi
246. 8:08stops working at the house
247. 8:10or unless they get hungry they need some
248. 8:13food they man
249. 8:14but they are the most important watching
250. 8:16and they need to be recognized as such
251. 8:19they watch how we move through this life
252. 8:21fathers they watch how we treat their
253. 8:23mother
254. 8:24they watch how we handle difficult
255. 8:26situations
256. 8:27they watch how we conduct our business
257. 8:29they watch how we treat their siblings
258. 8:31compared to how we treat them
259. 8:33and they are watching us to see what
260. 8:35spirits show up in us
261. 8:37that they can relate to it could be good
262. 8:39or it could be a bad spirit
263. 8:41and it's important to keep this in mind
264. 8:42because most of what our children will
265. 8:44become in this life is based on what
266. 8:46they witness
267. 8:48if they see you treating people right
268. 8:50chances are they're going to treat
269. 8:52everybody right but if they see you
270. 8:54cussing everybody out especially in
271. 8:56front of them don't be surprised
272. 8:59when you get a good cousin or they
273. 9:00cussing somebody out in front of you
274. 9:03as i look back on my broke to manhood i
275. 9:06find that i do a lot of things that my
276. 9:08father did
277. 9:09i think it uh got every day that he gave
278. 9:11me a father and and by that example my
279. 9:14father laid out the outline of what it
280. 9:16takes to be a man a father and a husband
281. 9:19and he passed in 2019 and i miss him
282. 9:23even to this day i i want to call him
283. 9:25and talk about the golden state warriors
284. 9:28winning the championship
285. 9:31and
286. 9:32i still miss him but he gave me an
287. 9:35outline because he didn't do everything
288. 9:37right
289. 9:39i'm sorry i say outline because he
290. 9:41didn't do everything right
291. 9:43and i don't know a man that does
292. 9:44everything right i have flaws myself
293. 9:47but through his example i gained the
294. 9:49fundamentals of manhood and like i said
295. 9:51i find myself doing a lot of things that
296. 9:53he did
297. 9:54i worked hard because i i saw my dad
298. 9:56work hard
299. 9:58i don't like calling out on the job
300. 10:00unless it's a real reason because i
301. 10:01never saw my daddy take off unless he
302. 10:03was sick
303. 10:05i always am hesitant to buy anything
304. 10:07according to the price tag because i saw
305. 10:09my daddy go back and forth but making
306. 10:11purchase decisions always thinking about
307. 10:13how much it costs is there a better deal
308. 10:15to be made
309. 10:17my wife
310. 10:18janae who i love and i think she's
311. 10:20watching me i know she just sent me a
312. 10:21text interrupting my speech
313. 10:23um
314. 10:24my wife she loves to travel hey man
315. 10:29but when i was coming up
316. 10:31my my dad really didn't plan family
317. 10:33trips and she always went on family
318. 10:35trips when she was younger
319. 10:38so
320. 10:40i can't understand the importance of
321. 10:41going anywhere especially with how
322. 10:43expensive it is to travel
323. 10:46but it's funny because when my dad
324. 10:48retired
325. 10:49when he finally did retire i couldn't
326. 10:51keep up with my dad because he was
327. 10:53always traveling
328. 10:54hey man
329. 10:55and so when i retired is that what i
330. 10:57would do
331. 10:58the watches
332. 11:00many nights when i was younger i'd wake
333. 11:02up and go to the bathroom i hear dad
334. 11:04upstairs in the wee hours of the night
335. 11:08at the dining room table and he was
336. 11:09balancing his checkbook and paying bills
337. 11:12and i would always remember what he
338. 11:14would tell me and my brothers as he was
339. 11:16training us up
340. 11:17that the uh first order of business is
341. 11:19taking care of business and when i
342. 11:21always come to me i guess i guess that's
343. 11:23what he means by taking care of business
344. 11:24doing bills just late at night
345. 11:28he took pride in his property and his
346. 11:30lawn
347. 11:31and now i find myself doing the same
348. 11:34i don't want nobody touching my grass
349. 11:36i'll cut it and i'll attend to it hey
350. 11:38man
351. 11:40and that's because i watched my dad up
352. 11:41until two months before he passed away
353. 11:43taking care of his lawn and taking care
354. 11:44of other people's lawn
355. 11:46i try to help my people
356. 11:48and my family any way i can because i
357. 11:50saw my daddy do it
358. 11:53and then maybe there are those that are
359. 11:55watching today that say well brother
360. 11:56miller it's too late for me all my kids
361. 11:59are grown and older moved on
362. 12:02well to those me and i would say if you
363. 12:03are a grandfather you need to be on call
364. 12:06too and guard
365. 12:08when i got to nashville i learned a lot
366. 12:09about my grandfather
367. 12:11i was an athlete in my younger years and
368. 12:13my summers were full of traveling
369. 12:15baseball and winter breaks
370. 12:17were taken up with playing aau
371. 12:18basketball and my daddy he would always
372. 12:20go with me make sure i was at all my
373. 12:22games he was at all the games so i
374. 12:23didn't connect with my grandparents a
375. 12:25whole bunch when i was when i was young
376. 12:27but after i graduated got to graduate to
377. 12:30high school
378. 12:31i came to nashville to attend tennessee
379. 12:33state university
380. 12:35and my dad was of course like i said he
381. 12:37always trying to save money he was
382. 12:38looking for a way to pay in-state
383. 12:40tuition
384. 12:42and plus probably didn't want to pay for
385. 12:43room with boys so he worked it out so i
386. 12:46could stay with my grandparents
387. 12:48and i was around my grandfather now a
388. 12:50lot and became a watcher of him
389. 12:53we called him paul or papa
390. 12:55and i would learn that my dad must have
391. 12:57been a watcher of his father because i
392. 12:59started to see the similar things
393. 13:01pom pom titted to his yard too on a
394. 13:04daily
395. 13:05he was always outside doing something he
396. 13:07was feeding his dogs trimming his hedges
397. 13:09burning something in the backyard i
398. 13:11don't answer it what it was it was
399. 13:12burning i don't know he was always
400. 13:14burning something in the backyard
401. 13:16and he would also tell me the importance
402. 13:18of getting some exercise
403. 13:20he was on the cane by this time and
404. 13:22couldn't move real fast but he would go
405. 13:24walk a little bit every day even if it
406. 13:26was just walking across the street
407. 13:27around the parking lot at mount nebo it
408. 13:29was a church across the street from my
409. 13:31grandparents house
410. 13:33and it made me remember my dad waking me
411. 13:35up before dawn with all the grunts and
412. 13:37heavy breathing as my dad would be on
413. 13:40the steps doing incline sit-ups before
414. 13:42he went to work
415. 13:44papa would
416. 13:46tell me to hop in his old red truck
417. 13:48every month and we go down to haddock's
418. 13:50pharmacy to pay all his bills
419. 13:52just like my daddy would sit at the
420. 13:54table and write checks
421. 13:55and just like i do now online
422. 13:58same thing different times
423. 14:00i would also witness paul as a man of
424. 14:02faith
425. 14:04i had to pass his room to get to the
426. 14:05bathroom at night
427. 14:07and when i would pass this room i would
428. 14:09at times see him on his knees praying
429. 14:11like i said earlier he had a cane but
430. 14:13still at 70 plus years old my
431. 14:15grandfather made it to his knees to pray
432. 14:17to god before he went to bed
433. 14:19he was very mindful of his money just
434. 14:21like my father was and had a lecture to
435. 14:24give you about it just like my father
436. 14:26did
437. 14:27so it proved to me that my dad as a
438. 14:29young man must have been a watcher
439. 14:32and now that i've been in nashville 25
440. 14:34plus years and have watched other men
441. 14:36that have been placed in my life
442. 14:38and their journeys as fathers i have
443. 14:40taken traits from them as well
444. 14:43i watch my pastor
445. 14:45and my uncle
446. 14:47daniel
447. 14:48reverend daniel mario hayes
448. 14:50i watch him
449. 14:52and how he fathers his children and i
450. 14:53admire how it appears that he puts their
451. 14:56wants and needs before his own
452. 14:59everybody in my uncle's family has
453. 15:00gotten a new car but him
454. 15:03and i never asked him why this was sold
455. 15:05because i'm just watching but i assume
456. 15:07it's because he watched paul do the same
457. 15:09thing with that old red truck
458. 15:11i heard the stories about paul and how
459. 15:13he bought all these children cards and
460. 15:15sometimes they would wreck them and buy
461. 15:16him some some more cars
462. 15:18so when my son gets that age to drive i
463. 15:21guess i would do the same
464. 15:23i also have a couple of uncles i have
465. 15:26one uncle who took in my grandmother
466. 15:28betty and took care of her and watched
467. 15:30over her i have another uncle
468. 15:32who moved back from his place where he
469. 15:34used to live he moved back to nashville
470. 15:36with the purpose of caring for his
471. 15:38parents
472. 15:39which gave me an example that i'm gonna
473. 15:41look after mine
474. 15:43and make sure that they are right
475. 15:45my other
476. 15:46my uncle his body also got hit with an
477. 15:48illness and i watched how he handled it
478. 15:50with positivity and courage
479. 15:52so now i have an example if when
480. 15:54something attacks my body
481. 15:56i have him as an example
482. 15:59and uh
483. 16:00i also tragically have seen three
484. 16:02fathers pass away in their 40s
485. 16:05passing away because of lifestyles that
486. 16:07carry that they carry and that scares me
487. 16:10because they're not here to help their
488. 16:12children grow and to bring them up
489. 16:14so when i start to slipper over indulge
490. 16:16in forces
491. 16:18or things that are harmful to my body i
492. 16:20think of those three fathers because i
493. 16:21know little meal who is only 12 he needs
494. 16:24me
495. 16:25and i encourage any father on this zone
496. 16:27service that are listening if you are
497. 16:28living an abusive lifestyle
498. 16:31i'm talking about addiction i'm talking
499. 16:33about what you put in your body what you
500. 16:34eat
501. 16:36if you're not getting exercise if you're
502. 16:38out in the streets trapping selling
503. 16:39doing whatever gangster activities
504. 16:41whatever it is that's not healthy in the
505. 16:43physical and spiritual i'm encouraging
506. 16:46you to think about your children
507. 16:48your daughters they're going to need you
508. 16:49so they can navigate around these boys
509. 16:51and all the traps of the world
510. 16:53and you need to be their support so they
511. 16:55don't have to rely on anybody else
512. 16:57your sons
513. 16:59need you to show them the way to avoid
514. 17:01the different traps that the world sets
515. 17:02out there for them and they need your
516. 17:04wisdom
517. 17:06so fathers we must realize our children
518. 17:08are watching us it's your legacy on the
519. 17:10line and it's your decision on what your
520. 17:12children will see amen
521. 17:15and if you are like me and you want to
522. 17:17see you want them to see the good father
523. 17:19and you excuse me i suggest you go to
524. 17:21ephesians 6 and see what the apostle
525. 17:24paul wrote to the people of ephesus
526. 17:26while he was in prison
527. 17:29and i look at verse number four try not
528. 17:31to exasperate anger or irritate your
529. 17:34children
530. 17:35now
531. 17:36i'm gonna tell you right now i fall
532. 17:37short of the glory on that
533. 17:40and i i i know i irritate my son all the
534. 17:42time hey man
535. 17:44and i would get irritated with my dad
536. 17:45and angry too i got irritated by the
537. 17:48lectures i had to endure when i asked
538. 17:50him for money
539. 17:51and i was angry with the way he would
540. 17:53speak to me sometimes and and how he
541. 17:55would speak to me and i have to catch
542. 17:57myself because i do the same thing to my
543. 17:59son
544. 18:00and i lose patience quick with my son so
545. 18:02says my wife
546. 18:05but i do it but i i talk to my son and i
547. 18:08do it out of love and i realize that my
548. 18:09father he was speaking to me out of love
549. 18:12and we want what's best for our children
550. 18:14but i am working on communicating not
551. 18:16just with love but communicating
552. 18:18lovingly
553. 18:19and that's the key
554. 18:21so again fathers do not exasperate your
555. 18:23children or at least attempt to anger
556. 18:25them
557. 18:26instead fathers bring them up in the
558. 18:28training and instruction of the lord
559. 18:30fathers even if you don't have it all
560. 18:32together yet
561. 18:33introduce your children to jesus
562. 18:36fathers know that your children are
563. 18:37watching and just like you
564. 18:40i'm sorry and just like you want to be
565. 18:41shocked and look good for the world
566. 18:43those things that we need to put on for
567. 18:45our children when they see us in the
568. 18:46spirit realm
569. 18:48verse 10 says be strong in the lord and
570. 18:50in his mighty power
571. 18:52to the fathers i know we feel like we
572. 18:54have to be strong on our own but lean
573. 18:56into the lord and find strength in his
574. 18:58mighty power
575. 18:59get dressed in the full armor of god
576. 19:02because you are going to need it to
577. 19:03stand against the devil schemes
578. 19:05understand and teach your children why
579. 19:07they are watching you that the struggle
580. 19:09is not against flesh and blood
581. 19:11we've got to quit fighting each other
582. 19:13we've got to quit
583. 19:15cursing at one another we've got to quit
584. 19:16shooting one another we've got to quit
585. 19:18killing each other because all the while
586. 19:20while we're doing these things to each
587. 19:22other our children are in the stands
588. 19:24watching it all and soaking it in
589. 19:27fathers our children are watching us
590. 19:29they are watching our movements and our
591. 19:30actions
592. 19:31we are charged with showing them how to
593. 19:33stand against rulers against authorities
594. 19:36against the powers of this dark world
595. 19:38against spiritual forces and heavenly
596. 19:40realms
597. 19:41so if your child falls victim to these
598. 19:42forces before you get angry with them
599. 19:46make sure you ask yourself how did they
600. 19:47see me before
601. 19:49did they see me with the flesh and blood
602. 19:51or did they see me with my god armor
603. 19:54yes fathers make sure that they see you
604. 19:56in the full arm of god
605. 19:58the armor that's explained in verse 13
606. 20:01that
607. 20:02that has prepared you when the day of
608. 20:04evil comes that you were able to stand
609. 20:06your ground even after you did all you
610. 20:08could
611. 20:09and stood strong
612. 20:11let our children see us stand firm dean
613. 20:14with the belt of truth buckled around
614. 20:15our waist and let the let them see the
615. 20:18righteousness on our breastplate
616. 20:20let our children see our feet fitted
617. 20:22with the readiness so when the ignorance
618. 20:24and hate comes our way we are promoting
619. 20:26the gospel of peace
620. 20:28and after we've done all that let our
621. 20:30children see us as fathers of faith
622. 20:33fathers take up the shield of faith
623. 20:35and with which you can extinguish all
624. 20:37the flaming arrows that come our way
625. 20:40take the helmet of salvation and fathers
626. 20:42let them see you using the sword of the
627. 20:44spirit which is the word of god
628. 20:46teach them that word in fact you could
629. 20:48start with the first verses first and
630. 20:50second verse of this this year chapter
631. 20:53children obey your parents and the lord
632. 20:55for this is right honor your mother and
633. 20:57father which is the first commandment
634. 20:59with the promise so that it may go well
635. 21:00with you
636. 21:01and that you may enjoy
637. 21:03long life on earth
638. 21:05in closing
639. 21:07to all my fathers i know it's hard out
640. 21:09there it's hard
641. 21:11and we will fall short
642. 21:13we won't have it all together we will
643. 21:15make mistakes
644. 21:17but if you are listening to me today and
645. 21:19you don't know jesus get to know him
646. 21:20first
647. 21:22make sure your children see you pray and
648. 21:24pray over your children
649. 21:26and pray in the spirit on all occasions
650. 21:28and with all kinds of prayers and
651. 21:30requests that's what the word says in
652. 21:32verse 18
653. 21:33with this in mind be alert and always
654. 21:35keep on praying for all of the lord's
655. 21:37people
656. 21:38and i know peter in the scripture was
657. 21:40asking the people of ephesus to pray for
658. 21:42him but fathers i challenge you whenever
659. 21:44you speak especially in front of your
660. 21:46children that words may be given to you
661. 21:48so that you can fearlessly make known
662. 21:50the mystery of the gospel
663. 21:52you as a father can still be an
664. 21:54ambassador for christ even while you're
665. 21:56in chains
666. 21:57and when i speak of change i'm talking
667. 21:58about your change of anxiety your chains
668. 22:01of oppression or depression your chains
669. 22:03of anger your change of abuse your
670. 22:06change of addiction
671. 22:07you can show watching the watch you can
672. 22:09show your watches excuse me that there
673. 22:11is a chain breaker and his name is jesus
674. 22:15so to the men of allen saint john and me
675. 22:18and to all men listen
676. 22:20we look at the scripture of your theme
677. 22:21in 2022 from romans 8 and 31
678. 22:25for what then shall we say in response
679. 22:27to these things
680. 22:29as men black men as black fathers
681. 22:32reaching for higher heights
682. 22:34if god be for us
683. 22:36who can be against us
684. 22:38and i will conclude with what bro
685. 22:39brother brother olmen gave me for your
686. 22:41theme romans 38 39 for i am convinced
687. 22:44that neither life nor death
688. 22:46neither angels nor demons
689. 22:48neither present nor the future nor any
690. 22:50powers neither height nor death nor
691. 22:53anything else in our creation will be
692. 22:55able to separate us from the love of god
693. 22:58that is in christ jesus our lord
694. 23:01i thank you for letting me speak and
695. 23:03bless you amen
696. 23:08lovely they were very nice
697. 23:10very good