Psalms 128:1 NLT
1 “How joyful are those who
fear the Lord— all who follow
his ways!”
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Psalms 128:2 NLT
2 “You will enjoy the fruit of
your labor. How joyful and
prosperous you will be!”
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Psalms 128:3 NLT
3 “Your wife will be like a fruitful
grapevine, flourishing within your
home. Your children will be like
vigorous young olive trees as they
sit around your table.”
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Psalms 128:4 NLT
4 “That is the Lord’s blessing
for those who fear him.”
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Psalms 128:5 NLT
5 “May the Lord continually
bless you from Zion. May you
see Jerusalem prosper as long
as you live.”
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If there’s anything in shortage
today in our world it is
REAL MEN
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who will say
“as for me and my house,
we will serve the Lord.”
REAL MEN
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Not every male
is a real man,
,
Is a GODLY MAN.
REAL MAN
a
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You can be born male,
but it takes
Maturit strong decision
to be a MAN.
MATURITY STRONG DECISIONS
&
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You are young only once,
but you can be immature
forever.
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It’s only in the
Word of God
we’re going to find
God’s design for the MAN.
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I’m talking about being a real,
masculine, Godly, and Biblical
Man.
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A REAL MAN WILL HAVE A
Faithful WALK
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Psalms 128:1 NLT
1 “How joyful are those who
fear the Lord— all who follow
his ways!”
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It talks about the pattern
that a husband and father
is to set before his children.
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He is to be a
worshipping
Father.
WORSHIPPING
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He is to be a Godly
Husband.
GODLY
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He is to have a
personal walk
with almighty God.
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His wife and children need to
see the husband and father
walking with God.
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In the home, the man is
a figure, a picture of God.
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Genesis 2:15 NLT
15 “The Lord God placed the
man in the Garden of Eden to
tend and watch over it."
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In the home, the husband
represents
God to his children,
& the Lord Jesus Christ
to his wife.
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Fathers,
The reason we ought to live
a Godly life
is that we are modeling ..
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Before our family
what God is like & what the
Lord Jesus Christ is like.
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A good family life
is a reward
for
following God.
REWARD
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A REAL MAN WILL HAVE A
Fruitful WALK
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Psalms 128:2 NLT
2 “You will enjoy the fruit of
your labor. How joyful and
prosperous you will be!”
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Work is a blessing
when life is centered
on God.
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The psalmist promises that
the results of our labor
will be enjoyed.
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Our years of labors will bring
fruitfulness and joy
to our life and family.
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God’s design for the man
Is to provide
for his family.
PROVIDE
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He is to be a provider
for the home.
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We are to provide emotional,
spiritual security, welfare
and peace in our home.
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We need to be careful men,
our Church may be in
trouble
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Because we have men who have
not been provider of spiritual
leadership and spiritual
protection in their home.
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When real men in our church
raise up and truly say,
“As for me and my house,
we will serve the Lord.”
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And begin to be that fruitful &
faithful father,
that father that God has given
us in His Word,
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That’s when our community
is going to turn to God.
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A REAL MAN WILL HAVE A
that worships
Family
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Psalms 128:3 NLT
3 “Your wife will be like a fruitful
grapevine, flourishing within your
home. Your children will be like
vigorous young olive trees as they
sit around your table.”
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Psalms 128:4 NLT
4 “That is the Lord’s blessing
for those who fear him.”
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Psalms 128:5 NLT
5 “May the Lord continually
bless you from Zion. May you
see Jerusalem prosper as long
as you live.”
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He is a man that seeks
God’s blessing
& therefore becomes
God’s blessing.
SEEKS
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A vine is very fruitful,
but it needs support.
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It needs something to lean
upon.
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So our wives are like vine by
the side of the house.
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And the Olive trees, our
children.
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In the Middle East,
If you have a source of
productivity,
a source of wealth.
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These olive trees,
green, productive,
beautiful and
stable, but they
need to be
cultivated.
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Ephesians 6:4 KJV
4 “And, ye fathers, provoke
not your children to wrath: but
bring them up in the nurture
and admonition of the Lord.”
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The word nurture here is
the idea of tending a garden,
just like you would cultivate
your olive trees.