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All right, day two on the Daily Blade of how to be a godly dad. Today, Dads, I want to talk to you about your words, the power of your words. That your words matter more than all the other words that your kids will ever hear. It's not fair, it's just real, okay? Coaches will say things, teachers will say things, even moms will say all kinds of things to your kids, and yet the words of dad matter more. They just weigh more. Proverbs 1218 says this careless words stab like a sword. Wise words lead to healing. You see, if you are careless with your words, then you can do some significant and serious damage to your kids. You see, what he's saying here is like I carry a pocket knife everywhere I go. If I got on my pants, I got my knife, okay? And if I was just careless with my knife, if I was playing around with a knife in a meeting and it slipped out of my hand and it stabbed somebody, it would be immediate. They would know immediately. And even if I didn't mean to, it wouldn't mean that they're not stabbed. Men, are you careful or careless with your words? Wise words lead to healing, and healing takes a long time. Careless words stab like a sword. Proverbs 18 21 says, Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. Do you realize that your kids will probably live up to the curses that you curse them with, or they will live up to the blessings that you bless them with. So please tell me you're not calling them names. I hope and pray that you've never looked at your kid and said, I am disappointed in you, because disappointment is out of alignment with the gospel. Now you tell kids you did what you did was wrong, and here are the consequences. No problem. But disappointment means there is a gap between what you expect and what you experience. And there may be, humanly speaking, that may be true. But in Christ, guess what? God knew what he was getting when he purchased you, so God would never be disappointed in us because he's never surprised by us. You see, words matter. And words are like toothpaste. Once they go out of the tube, you just can't put them back. And so, men, I hope and pray that you pay very close attention to your words. Are you building up your house? Are you building up your family? Are you speaking life? Are you are you speaking promises over your kids and your family? Or are you speaking death? Because once the words go out, they can't be taken back. There's this incredible situation in Genesis chapter 27. Okay, uh Isaac is about to die, and he's ready to pass on his father's blessing to the firstborn son. He goes to his oldest son Esau. He says, Esau, go kill me some deer and cook it for me, and then I'm gonna be lying in my tent. And when you bring back that food, I'm going to bless you. I'm gonna give you the blessing of the firstborn. Well, Jacob hears about this, and Jacob deceives his dad. With the help of his mom, Jacob goes out, he procures some meat that he didn't hunt for, he just gets it out of the refrigerator. He dresses himself like Esau to deceive his dad. He brings in the stew and he puts uh he puts like hair on his arm so that he'll be hairy like his brother, and then he deceives his father, even though his father realizes something's going wrong here. But then after he deceives his dad, he's like, Will you please now give me my blessing? In Genesis chapter 27, the Bible says, And then his father Isaac said to Jacob, Come near and kiss me, my son. So he came near and he kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that the Lord God has blessed. May God give you the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine, let people serve you and nations bow down to you, be Lord over your brothers, and may your mother's son bow down to you, cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you. And as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, then Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father. Esau his brother came in from hunting. And he also prepared delicious food, and he brought it to his father, and he said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's game, that you may bless me. And his father Isaac said to him, Who are you? And he answered, I am your son, firstborn Isaac. I mean Esau. And Esau trembled very violently and said, Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me? And I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him. Yes, and he shall be blessed. Verse thirty-four. And as soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, father. But he said, Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing. And Esau said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me? And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Check this out. Behold, I have made him Lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants. And with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son? And Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O Father. Now, there is something different today. This is not a zero-sum game. Okay? You can bless all of your kids equally with your words. What I want you to see here is the power of words that you can't take them back, that Esau did not get the blessing, that Isaac blessed Jacob, and when those words went out, they could not be taken back. Pay very close attention to your words. They will either build up and bring life or they will tear down and bring death. Now, if you haven't been good with your words, this is incredible, that God has given you a gift with that very same mouth that has brought hurt and hate and death in the places that need life. And some of the words that will help bring healing are these two words. I'm sorry. So maybe one of the things you need to do, dads, is go to your kids if you've been careless with your words and say this son, daughter, I'm sorry for my careless words. Come back tomorrow and we'll keep going.

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