A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12 A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2 7…but we were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children. 8 We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us. A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2 9 Surely you remember, brothers, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you. A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2 10“You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed. 11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2 12…encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into His kingdom and glory.” A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD Traits of a Good Father: LIVES LOVINGLY 1 Thessalonians 2 8a“We loved you so much.” A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

“He came to himself.” “How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare? And here I am, starving to death. I will set out and go back to my father.”

“I will say to my father, ‘I have sinned against heaven and against you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired men.”

A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD Traits of a Good Father: LIVES LOVINGLY LIVES TRANSPARENTLY A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:8 “We loved you so much that we delighted to share with you not only the Gospel of God but our lives as well.” A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD Traits of a Good Father: LIVES LOVINGLY LIVES TRANSPARENTLY LIVES DILIGENTLY A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:9 “You remember, brothers, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you.” A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD Traits of a Good Father: LIVES LOVINGLY LIVES TRANSPARENTLY LIVES DILIGENTLY LIVES SPIRITUALLY A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:10 “You are witnesses, and so is God of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed” A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD Traits of a Good Father: LIVES LOVINGLY LIVES TRANSPARENTLY LIVES DILIGENTLY LIVES SPIRITUALLY LIVES STRONGLY A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:12 “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.” A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

A PORTRAIT OF FATHERHOOD 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12