BIBLICAL FATHERHOOD--THE GREAT NEED OF THE WORLD 7) THE SHEPHERDING FATHER FEEDS THE INNER MAN AS WELL AS THE OUTER MAN.

Men, in churches where pastor/shepherds are not feeding their flocks the anointed Word of God, but just going through dry liturgy that has no practical or spiritual application, there will be malnutrition and discontent. Pastors and teachers need to wait on God to make certain the food they feed God's sheep is not half-baked, or perhaps not even baked at all.

This same principle applies to father/shepherds. Fathers must make sure that they are not only feeding their family with good natural food, but also good spiritual food. Every father should do his best to not let a day go by without providing them with solid servings of God's anointed word. This should be coupled with corporate prayer, each one praying short and to-the-point prayers.

Every father knows that he, his wife, and his children could not survive without three meals a day. Yet, how can the inner man survive on perhaps only "one" meal at church once per week? The inner man is more important than the outer man. No wonder the church of this era does is not the vibrant world-overcoming church that it once was.

Christ Jesus has not changed. God's Word (our spiritual food) has not changed. It's our eating habits that have changed. What's the point of having a strong outer man if the inner man is weak and starving?

Be encouraged.

COLIN CAMPBELL