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““Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find? The righteous who walks in his integrity - blessed are his children after him!” —Proverbs 20:6-7 Now most men don’t consider themselves heroes. As a matter of fact, most heroes never considered themselves to be heroes. They didn’t set out to be heroes but ended up as great heroes because of the actions, the decisions, and the choices they made! We don’t get to choose whether we are heroes or not! We don’t get to decide if we are truly faithful men. Ultimately our families decide that for us; our friends decide that for us; our children will decide that for us. And our children need strong, present dads because the bullets are flying everywhere! This is spiritual warfare, and our kids and our grandkids are the target of the enemy! It is our responsibility, men, to be faithful to teach them to stand strong and solid on Christ! Sometimes alone in a hostile world! The real heroes today are men who love God, who walk in obedience to the Lord, who keep his promises. We have celebrities and entertainers and athletes, even great soldiers, of course, but in my view the heroes… the unsung heroes are the faithful men of God who live and leave a legacy of faith and faithfulness for their families.   WHAT WILL YOU LEAVE AS A SPIRITUAL LEGACY FOR YOUR FAMILY Be Prepared Tuesday, March 05, 2019 by Dr. Paul Chappell “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.” 1 John 3:1–3 If you were old enough at the time, I’m sure you remember the Y2K scare. In the late 1990s, people began worrying that computers were not properly programmed to handle dates in a new millennium and would crash. Many warned of electrical outages, banking failures, water shortages, and massive trouble as every computer in the nation might crash at once. People began stockpiling food, medical supplies, and water. Like many families, we filled the bathtubs with water on New Year’s Eve, just in case. Nothing happened. Why did so many people put so much time, effort, and money into preparing for Y2K? Because they thought that there was at least a chance that things would go wrong, and they wanted to be ready. As Christians, we know one thing about the future with absolute certainty. We know that Jesus is going to return. Yet, many Christians are not doing anything to be prepared for their meeting with the Lord. If we do not prepare for the day of the Lord, it indicates that we do not truly believe that day is coming. While we wouldn’t deny it out loud, our actions speak loudly that we are not serious about the day when we will see Jesus. If we take His promise to heart, we will prepare for the certainty of His return. “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God” (Romans 14:12). Today's Growth Principle:  If we are not prepared for the Lord’s return, we will be ashamed when we see Him face to face.