Authentic Manhood 33 series recap:
Dad… The importance of our fathers.
In the book there is a portion of the song by Lecrae and I’m only going to share some of that poem. I
It’s called “Just Like You”, I want to encourage you to listen to the whole song, I’m not gonna do it justice.
But God sees through my foolish pride and not I’m weak like Adam another victim of Lucifer’s lies. But then in steps Jesus all men were created to lead, but we need someone to lead us. More than a teacher, but somebody to buy us back from the darkness. You say that he redeemed us, taught us that real leaders follow God Finish the work ‘cause we’re on our job taught us not to rob but give life, love a wife like He loved the church. Not seeing how many hearts we can break first, I wanna be like you in every way So if I gotta die everyday Unworthy sacrifice But the least I can do is give the most of me Because being like you is what I’m supposed to be.
Present or absent, good or bad, the father/son relationship is significant in shaping us all. None of us were raised by a perfect father and that has left us wounded in some way.
Proverbs 17:6 says that Grandchildren are the crown jewel of old men, And the glory of sons is their fathers. Glory here is Object of Pride. The old joke goes, if I knew how much fun grandkids were, I’d have been nicer to their parents. HA! My wife and I are grandparents to 4 amazing grand kids. I couldn’t agree more that verse that our grandkids are a sense of pride.
Every father gets undeserved admiration from his sons the minute they come into the world.
In 1960 Father absent homes were 16%. Today that number has risen to 35%. And yet, modern research has demonstrated the importance of fathers in the home
Did you know that statistically, children growing up in a father-absent home are more likely to:
Whereas children who have involved fathers are more likely to have:
Research shows that fathers uniquely add value to their children.
Remember… a wound is any unresolved issue where a lack of closure adversely impacts and shapes the direction of a mans life now. The Father wound is an ongoing emotional, social or spiritual deficits that’s caused by the lack of a healthy relationship with daed and must be overcome by other means.
It was caused when there was a lack of heart connection, or companionship or substantive direction from dad… in other words, it’s about how dad related to you.
What the responses. Well Anger according to scriptures there is a connection between a mans anger and his dad.
Ephesians 6:4 says, Fathers do not provoke your children to anger but bring them up in the discipline and instruc
Steve & Becky have been together since High School and were married a few years after graduation. They have four amazing kids and 4 equally amazing grand-kids.
Steve's prayer is to encourage men in their everyday lives, give them hope and direction to be Godly men, better husbands and better fathers.
In high school, my mom used to listen to a 10 minute devotional before the bus came. If we heard Robert Cook saying, "Walk with the king today and be a blessing." we knew we were running late.
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