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Fathers must make time to teach their children diligently, and this requires growing your relationships with your children so much that you can have “awkward conversations” with them to help them grow.
Christian families can be in name only or become something special that impacts participants for the gospel. Christlike parenting, especially by dads, is essential. Ephesians 6:4 is a one-verse job description for dads.
By carving out one-on-one time with your kids, you are creating a context where Deuteronomy 6:6–7 can happen. Spending time one-on-one with your kids will help you to build relationships and engage in heart-level conversations.
When it comes to masculinity, our culture is conflicted, but the Bible is clear: God calls all boys and men to be gentle.
Parenting is a lifelong commitment which undoubtedly has its share of ups and downs. Each stage has its own joys and challenges, and for each one we desperately need God’s grace.
Dads, take Christ’s illustration in Matthew 6:26 to heart and… build a bird feeder! Go bird watching with your children. Watch how God protects and provides for each little creature. Thank God for His protection and provision in the life of your family. Both your stress and the seemingly little anxieties of your children will be impacted.
All of us live with limitations. We have health limitations, financial limitations, time limitations, energy limitations, talent limitations, family limitations, house limitations, job limitations, and the list goes on and on.We can try to muscle through our limitations in pride, or we can accept them in humility as good gifts from God.
As my wife Elise and I worked on this article together, we enjoyed reflecting on some lessons God has taught us through change during the past eleven years of our marriage.
God is doing a great work in your family—through you. This article explores three key ways God is at work in your family even in the mundane moments of life.