The Needs of A Boy

Ephesians 6:1-4

I: The needs of a boy are many.
1. There are the many needs of his baby life.
2. Those needs change and enlarge as he grows older: Knife, slingshot, bicycle, waggon, etc.
3. His need for different food and clothing began to change.
4. He needs companions, play, and guidance.

II: Every boy needs a storehouse of memories.
1. Memories of duties well performed.
2. Memories of failure and success.
3. Memories of a dad that loved, guided, and led toward the highest ideals of life.
4. Memories of the pleasures of a well organized Christian home, (Old Oken Bucket) pg. 183.

III: Every boy needs a Christian Father.
1. Because his father is ideal and pattern.
2. His life will be influenced by the way daddy leads.
3. He will remember more by example than word.
4. He needs the guidance of a praying father.
5. He needs the council of one that has walked along the way with God.

IV: How will that need to be met?
1. By the prayers of God’s people.
2. By father’s humbling themselves under the mighty hand of God.
3. By the Church helping the boy to be drawn toward the ways of God.

A man’s biography ought to be written by his own children.
“I should like to die,” said Willie (pg. 184).