Jack, Tom or David; The Giant Slayers Numbers 13:31-33
Jan 08, 2018
Jack, Tom or David; The Giant SlayersNumbers 13:31-33
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The value of a Father’s impact has been diminished in
recent years...
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“The world began to radically change with the
social, economic and technical changes of the 20th Century and, with those changes, came a
basic change in the structure and function of
the family with a…
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“…consequent shift in the authority of the father. His influence was increasingly
seen as minor, even negligible, and his
importance was defined by how well he provided for
the family.” (Published June 23, 2011 by Ditta M. Oliker, Ph.D. in The Long Reach of
Childhood, reported in Psychology Today)
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In a recent North Carolina State
University presentation...
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Children with little or no contact with their
fathers are......more likely to
drop out of school
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Children with little or no contact with their
fathers are......more likely to
become involved in drug and alcohol
abuse
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Children with little or no contact with their
fathers are......(girls) more likely
to become pregnant as teens
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Children with little or no contact with their
fathers are......(boys) more
likely to become involved in crime and
violence
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Four major emphases are
identified in the literature on father
absence
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The impact of father absence on
(1) intellectual or academic
achievement
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The impact of father absence on
(2) gender-specific development
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The impact of father absence on
(3) general behavioral adjustment
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The impact of father absence on
(4) aggression in male children
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Beyond the emotional and behavioral
consequences of father absence, there are striking economic consequences for the
children
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Over 65 percent of children living with
never-married mothers are living below the
poverty line
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This compares with 10 percent of children
livingin two-parent families
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31 But the men who had gone up with him said,
“We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.” 32 And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land
which they had…
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…spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a
land that devours its inhabitants, and all the
people whom we saw in it are men of great stature.
33 There we saw the giants…
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…(the descendants of Anak came from the
giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in
their sight.” Numbers 13:31-33
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TheBiggest GiantsThose Within!
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Giants of the Mind!How We Think or
Conceive of Things:Slaves or Settlers?
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Giants of our Behavior
Breaking the Habit:Bound or Free?
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Giants ImaginedRealties thatDo Not Exist:
Foundations or Fear?
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Friendly GiantsTime to Man-Up
Putting on ourbig Boy Britches!
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For Jack, Tom or David to become a
Giant Slayers requires three
things…
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Man-Up to..…our Brokenness
…our Relationships…our God-Deemed
Role
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