Our Beliefs

Our Christian Beliefs

We believe the following:

 

¨ Jesus Christ is the living, breathing, risen Son of God.

¨ That the Holy Trinity is the Father, Son & Holy Ghost.

¨ Salvation comes from Jesus alone & it can not be earned.

¨ Repentance is not just being “sorry for your sin,” but rather it is to be “grieved,” and to “change your mind,” or thinking about something.  If, for example, I steal a dollar from you and buy some candy, and then feel “bad” and say “I’m sorry” but do not give you a dollar back, or give you the candy bar, then I have not repented. I am simply “sorry” and am looking to you to relieve my guilt from conviction without truly repenting.

¨ If at all possible, forgiveness must be sought by from the person/people offended, and from God, whom you have sinned against .

¨ Conviction is from God, and shame is from Satan.

¨ Shame keeps you from receiving the forgiveness that is already given to you.

 

A Dad’s Responsibility Towards His Daughter

¨ God created the Universe and the Earth in 6 days, and that’s only because He wasn’t showing off!!

¨ Forgiveness should be given, weather the one who sinned against you seeks it or not.  This is healthy and godly behavior.

¨ Restoration comes after forgiveness.

¨ Forgiveness comes after repentance.

¨ Like it or not, Dad is responsible for the course that his family is headed.

¨ Men are to take charge of this course, but they are to guide their families, not “rule over them” or “ram it down” his families’ throat.

¨ A Dad is his families’ shield, and he needs guidance and help with this role from his wife (if possible) and his church.

¨ There is more power on your knees, then in your fists, in a bottle, or with your friends.

¨ Daughters need healthy, godly touch.  This never stops, it only changes over the years.

¨ Your daughter “calls the shots” on all physical touch, especially after they reach puberty.

¨ You have at least two “gauges” when it comes to touch. First is your daughters comfort, and second is your own response to her.

¨ You don’t own your daughter, she is “on loan to you” from God.

¨ Your daughter gets a large part of “who she is” from you, either good or bad.

¨ You will effect how your daughter feels about herself, and how she relates to others, even her relationship to Jesus, and to her husband. This is not your choice, it is your reality.

¨ You will either speak curses or blessings into your daughters life. Again, this is not your choice, it is a reality. So learn everything you can in order to do a great job and to hear your Savior say to you “Well done, good and faithful servant…”

 

Your Daughters’ Purity and Sexuality

¨ Purity starts with your relationship with Jesus Christ and it grows in your heart.

¨ Virginity is just one of the possible byproducts of purity.

¨ A girl can be a virgin, and utterly lack purity.

¨ Although it is very, very hard, your daughter can have real purity in her heart, even though she has lost her virginity, but again, she needs her shield, and that shield is you.  She will not have your help if you don’t pursue a real relationship with her!

¨ A daughter’s fight for purity (and don’t be fooled Dad, it is a wicked, horrible fight that you have authority, and godly orders to fight!) starts with your own purity!

Dating, Courtship & Betrothal

¨ Marriage is between one man and one woman

¨ “Dating” is not biblical and God never endorsed dating as a means to meeting your life-long mate.

¨ “Courtship” is a modern day answer pursued by many churches today to guide the development of sexually pure male-female bonding, yet even though many courtship rituals follows numerous biblical principles, it is not necessarily biblical either.  To be 100% clear, God never endorses “courtship” as His answer!

¨ Betrothal is biblical and has ALWAYS been God’s only holy answer for the development of male-female bonding.

¨ Betrothal includes involvement by your dad and mom, (or God’s replacement for your parents) but not control.

¨ Courtship is a prerequisite to engagement, which is a prerequisite to marriage, yet it evades the covenanted designs that God desires to protect the feminine heart until the last step.

¨ Dating   dangerously   increases   a   persons chance to become familiar with someone who most likely will belong to someone else in marriage, and in fact dating is designed to encourage it.

¨ Courtship lessens the damage that happens during the dating process while betrothal virtually eliminates it altogether.

¨ Commitment is more important then love when making a marriage “work,” so don’t give up when it gets tough (I realize that this has less to do with forming male-female partnerships then it does with marriage, but your daughter will practice what she sees, even, or especially when, it gets tough, and YOU prevail because of your commitments!)

 

Our Enemy

 

¨ Satan is real, and he wants to crush, kill and destroy you.

¨ You and your family will battle this enemy

¨ If your living in sin, then your enemy has more direct authority to attack your life and your family. If you’re a Church Leader, then your sin opens up your congregation in ways that they should not be, and you should step down and deal with your sin, before being forgiven & then restored

¨ If you never “feel” your at battle, then check your walk, for you might be “spiritually dead” or dying (stiff necked, heard hearted, spiritually seared)

Taken620 Ministries

Your Father-daughter  Relationship Building Ministry