47 Characteristics of a Son

I felt strongly that the use of the term son included daughters as we are all God’s children.

  1. Sons have an IDENTITY
  2. Sons have a NAME given by their Father
  3. Sons have an INHERITANCE
  4. Sons SEE their Father because they learn by IMITATION
  5. Sons don’t REASON, they EXECUTE what they see their Father do
  6. Sons KNOW whose they are and WHO they are
  7. Sons are AFFIRMED by their Father
  8. Sons WALK in HUMILITY
  9. Sons JUST ARE SONS (Romans 8:15)
  10. Sons TALK what they hear their Father talk
  11. Sons SEE through Father’s eyes
  12. Sons HEAR their Father
  13. Sons are ONE with Father
  14. Sons SPEAK love, life and a deep knowing
  15. Sons ACCEPT DISCIPLINE
  16. Sons GIVE and RECEIVE GRACE
  17. Sons are ABOUT Father’s BUSINESS
  18. Sons have an ANOINTING for SONSHIP
  19. Sons MODEL relationship – son to Father
  20. Sons are ROLE models
  21. Sons LIVE a life of GRACE
  22. Sons RECEIVE and GIVE love
  23. Sons are COMFORTABLE in Father’s presence
  24. Sons MODEL INTEGRITY
  25. Sons SPEAK face-to-face with Father
  26. Sons LIVE in the SUPERNATURAL
  27. Sons LEARN fathering from Father
  28. Sons become father’s as He father’s
  29. Sons KNOW HOW to be a CHILD
  30. Sons LOVE their SIBLINGS
  31. Sons SPEAK powerfully of their Father
  32. Sons ACT naturally in their Father’s presence
  33. Sons KNOW where their HOME IS
  34. Sons ACT like their Father
  35. Sons are neither LIKE the younger son or LIKE his older brother (Luke 15:11-33)
  36. Sons NEVER SEEK attention
  37. Sons NEVER SEEK a worldly identity
  38. Sons NEVER SEEK acclaim from man
  39. Sons NEVER SEEK self-worth from doing
  40. Sons NEVER SEEK love from man’s hand
  41. Sons NEVER SEEK false praise
  42. Sons LOVE Father like Jesus does
  43. Sons KNOW what it is to SNUGGLE
  44. Sons HAVE a Father
  45. Sons KNOW that their IDENTITY is only in Father – nothing else – no one else!
  46. Sons KNOW the depth of INTIMACY with Father
  47. Sons MINISTER out of the OVERFLOW of INTIMACY

ETERNITY IS ALL ABOUT FATHER TO SON – SON TO FATHER (Malachi 4:5-6)