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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> Dr. Joyce Taylor <dr.joycetaylor56@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 16, 2024 9:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> DR.JOYCETAYLOR56@GMAIL.COM<br><b>Subject:</b> HAPPY FATHERS' DAY!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL FATHERS, BE IT VBIOLOGICAL FATHERS. SPIRITUAL FATHERS, STEPFATHERS, BROTHERS, UNCLES WHO RAISED CHILDREN, MENTORS, and any father figures,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>TONIGHT WE HONOR ALL FATHERS AND THOSE WHO THOUGHT IT NOT ROBBERY TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND ASSUME THE POSITION AS A FATHER (E.G. SOME MOTHERS).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHY SHOULD WE CELEBRRATE FATHERS DAY –<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IT IS AN IMPORTANT OCCASION THAT HONORS AND APPRECIATES THE<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SACRIFICES THAT PARENTS MAKE FOR THEIR FAMILIES . THIS DAY ALSO SERVES AS A REMINDER TO RECOGNIZE AND REMEMBER THE ROLE <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> AND THE INFLUENCE OF FATHERS IN OUR LIVES. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THE BIBLE SAYS IN EXODUS 20:12<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER:THAT THY DAYS MAY BE LONG UPON THE LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IF YOU CAN’T HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER, THEN HOW DO YOU THINK YOU CAN HONOR GOD THE FATHER<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>GOD SAYS IT AGAIN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED IT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT IN EPHESIANS 6:1-4 STATES “CHILDREN,OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD FOR THIS IS RIGHT.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2 SAYS “honor thy father and mother, (which is the first commandment with promise)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3 that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4 says, “And, ye fathers , provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the lord .<o:p></o:p></p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><p class=MsoNormal>YES, FATHERS, AND MOTHERS, WE MUST VBE GOOD STEWARDS OVER GODS CHILDREN.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SO, FATHERS, BE ENCOURAGED, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE RAISE and trained up your children in the way they should go, and when they are old, they will not depart, prov, 22:6.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>AS A FATHER, BEING THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD, YOU HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW, THAT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD. AND IF THEY LEAVE OR DEPART, WE PRAY THAT THEY WILL RETURN UNTO THE LORD, SOME MAY NEVER RETURN HOME, HOWEVER, AS LONG AS THEY ACKNOWLEDGE GOD AND RETURN BACK TO THE LORD, THEN OUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JUST LOOK AT THE PRODICAL SON WHO TOOK ALL HIS GOODS AND LEFT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>BUT RETURNED DIRTY WITH NOTHING. BUT GOD, BUT HIS NATURAL FATHER, WELCOMED HIM WITH A KISS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>AND OPEN ARMS, CLEANED HIM UP, DRESSED HIM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>AND GAVE HIM A PARTY. HOW MUCH MORE DOES OUR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVE US.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHEN WE BACKSLIDE, HE WELCOMES US BACK WITH OPEN ARMS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SO, FATHERS ALWAYS PRAY FOR YOUR CHILDREN NO MATTER HOW OLD THEY ARE<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>THEY WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR CHILDREN NO MATTER WHAT.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NO MATTER HOW GROWN THEY ARE; THEY ARE YOUR CHILDREN. JUST LIKE OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ARE HIS CHILDREN, YES, WE ARE A CHILD OF GOD! AND ONCE WE MATURE AND GROW UP, WE BECOME AND REMAIN SONS AND DAUGHTERS.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2 CORINTHIANS 6:18 STATES<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“AND WILL BE A FATHER UNTO YOU, AND YE SHALL BE MY SONS AND DAUGHTERS SAITH THE LORE ALMIGHTY.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WE NEVER GROW UP SO MUCH THAT WE BECOME EQUAL WITH GOD<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>FOR THOSE FATHERS THAT HAVE GROWN CHILDREN , LET US KEEP THEM LIFTED BEFORE THE LORD AT ALL TIMES<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ENCAMPING HIS ANGELS AROUND ABOUT THEM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PLEADING THE BLOOD OF JESUS OVER THEIR LIVES,DAILY.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> WHEN FATHERS AND MOTHERS DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO THE LORD,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>THE ENEMY HASS A TENDENCY TO GO AFTER OUR CHILDREN.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>THAT’S WHY WE MUST COVER THEM AT ALL TIMES.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>FATHERS, YOUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING AND EMULATING WHAT YOU DO AND HOW <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>YOU HANDLE SITUATIONS SO ACT ACCORDINGLY<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ITS OKAY IF EVERY I WAS NOT DOTTED OR EVERY t WAS NOT CROSSED WITH OUR CHILDREN<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IF YOU HAVE GRANDCHILDREN, YOU GET A SECOND CHANCE,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OR you may even HELP AND ASSIST OTHER CHILDREN IN NEED OR JUST SEEKING TO BE LOVED .<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IN MY CONCLUSION,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>THE GREATEST FATHER OF THEM ALL <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> THAT WE SHOULD OBEY AND EMULATE IS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OUR FATHER,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHICH ART IN HEAVEN,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>HALLOWED BE THY NAME<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>AND FORGIVE us our debts as we forgive our debtors<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>[AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION ,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, and the power, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>And the glory<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>Forever,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>AMEN<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>LET US ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT <a href="https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=0bbcf44284fe86f0JmltdHM9MTcxODIzNjgwMCZpZ3VpZD0xMGY1OWNmOC04ZTMzLTZiNDUtMzEzZS04ZTc5OGY5NDZhNzcmaW5zaWQ9NTgxNw&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=3&fclid=10f59cf8-8e33-6b45-313e-8e798f946a77&psq=why+is+fathers+day+so+important%3f&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm5wLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlL2ZhdGhlcnMtZGF5&ntb=1" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#4007A2;background:white'>Father's Day is a day that </span><strong><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#4007A2;background:white;text-decoration:none'>celebrates the fatherhood, paternal bonds and the efforts of male parents towards their family and society</span></strong></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#555555;background:white'>The significance of a father is beyond words<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#555555;background:white'>as he is the person who works tirelessly to fulfil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#555555;background:white'>the requirements of his family.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#555555;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#555555;background:white'>AND THAT IS WHY FATHERS DAY IS SO IMPORTANT AND<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#555555;background:white'>SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#555555;background:white'>KNOT ONLY ANNUALLY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#555555;background:white'>BUT EVERYDAY YOU SHOULD HONOR YOUR FATHERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#555555;background:white'>AMEN!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#555555;background:white'>, </span>!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>LOVE YOU,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>DR. JT<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>