"Like Christ, we must lead by example as we willingly embrace sacrifice, hardship, diligence, discipline, devotion, honor, duty, valor and above all else, a life that loves what God loves and hates what He hates."
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"We truly lead best when we love most, and we love most by the sacrificial way we serve
others."
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"Our children are wired to follow us—the lives we pursue will often become the basis for the
life paths our children will choose."
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"What most concerns me is the failure of dads and husbands to step up against this onslaught that is determined to remove the inherent and God-given influence of the devoted family man."
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"The great Chicago Bears running back, Gale Sayers understood this principle and lived by the following life motto: I am Third – God is first, my family and friends our second, and I am third."
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"As fathers, our lives will leave indelible imprints on the hearts of our children."
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"Whether it's a walk, helping with school work, a run to the store together, a work project, or just hanging out, spending one-on-one time with my children is paramount if they're going to grant me access to their hearts' hopes and dreams."
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"In its most beautiful form, love is defined by a choice rooted within a volitional act of giving oneself to another."
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"Our sons will often 'default' to our imprint and even more amazingly, our daughters will
pursue men much like ourselves."
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"We are under-shepherds with the divine calling to steward the hearts of our kids for God."
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"What makes a godly man is what controls and compels his heart."
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"Our job (as dads) is to cultivate the uniqueness of the individual according to their God-given sex and do our best to celebrate both the sex of the child and the special giftedness that each one has.
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"Like the foolish builder described by Christ in one of His parables (Matthew 7:26-27), to not build my life upon Him is the surest way to have my life crumble and with it all the relationships around me."
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"The Christian life is not about growing our independence. Rather, it is just the opposite."
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"Being involved with prison ministry for a number of years, I know the damage that a negative heart-imprint or the total absence of a father's heart-imprint can have on both sons and daughters."
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"Seeking my child's heart is a relentless courtship that starts from birth and ends when God calls me home."
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"If we're not holding onto their hearts, it is very likely that the world is."
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"The biggest take away each time I make time to assess my life is the renewed sense of passion and purpose that God gives me around what truly matters most in life, and this is something I need on a regular basis."
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"Our challenge and goal as fathers should be this simple: To be the best dads we can be for our kids, understanding that we are all 'God's work in progress' and the results are ultimately His."
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"There is something amazingly special and consequential about the words spoken between a father and his children."
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"We must relentlessly make time to spend with our kids: Plan adventures, take them on errands, share your work with them, get to know their gifts and interests, and teach about God along the way (Deuteronomy 6:7).
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"Every day our children wake up they are stepping onto a battlefield called life."
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"While I pray that there will be multiple mature men and women that surround my sons and daughters during these years, God has assigned me the primary role to be a mentor to my kids at every stage of life."
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"There is a simple truth when it comes to doing something consistently well: Make sure you're taking care of the basics, my father taught me this. "
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"If we're too busy saying "Yes" to things of lesser importance, we will end of up saying "No" to what matters most, and too many times it is our family that gets the short end of the stick."
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"We live in a modern era that has systematically wimpified what it means to be a man."
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"It pains me to think that a good percentage of kids in our world today will never experience this (love) first-hand from their fathers."
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"I've learned over and over again that my children will do what I do and not necessarily what I say."
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"I dare not think what our nation would look like today if my grandparents' generation, and their parents before them, had embraced a perspective of not showing up for work when there was a job to be done."
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"Regardless of the absurd efforts of some to marginalize the differences between men and women, our developing sons and daughters are created by God distinctly male and female (barring any chromosomal abnormalities-which are less than 1% of all births)."
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"Our quintessential goal remains the same as with any Christian parent ever blessed to have a child: We must overcome evil with good as we seek to point the hearts and minds of our children toward Jesus Christ."
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"I'm not the guy that says, 'I have no regrets,' especially when it comes to being a husband and a father."
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"Given our wives and daughters live their lives on this battlefield filled with lies, we must do all we can to make sure they know the truth and encourage them to see themselves as their Heavenly Father sees them – beautiful women fashioned in His image!"
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"In a day when many men seem to be running from the battlefield that encompasses our wives and children, it's time we once again capture the same passion that a young teenager had when he ran to meet a giant-sized adversary on the field of battle."
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"Whether it's doing household chores, pursuing some fitness-related goals, or tackling a mentally tough puzzle, our children need to develop the discipline and fortitude to see something through to completion, especially when it's hard."
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"It is the idea of one looking 'intently into the perfect law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing' (James 1:25)."
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"Here is the simple truth that we need to pour into each of our kids: Our children were created by God, in His image, to change the culture and not vice versa – to be in the world and not of it, to be transformers and not conformers."
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"While all my children need to hear truth and encouragement from me, my sons especially need to hear words that affirm their developing manhood, and my daughters need encouraging words that speak into their hearts as young ladies."
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"In the absence of a father in the home, we need to support our single-parent moms and offer to be role models for their children in a way that honors our God-given manhood."
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"By God's grace, if we can help influence and shape these formative years, our children will have a great launching point as they prepare to build their own lives and families apart from us."
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"As a dad, one of the most important things I can do for my wife and children is to memorize Scripture and then seek to apply it within my life."
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"Yet, with even more passion and purpose than we pour into our vocational work, we must relentlessly pursue the provision and protection of our homes in these four key areas: spiritual, emotional, relational and physical."
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"In the same light that we have and need a hierarchy of leadership within every organization, God gave us an indisputable model of leadership within the home (Ephesians 5:22-6:4)."
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"When it comes right down to it, our sexual desires as men and women are more about our spouses (putting their needs before our own), creating children, the marriage covenant, and the glory of God than they are about us."
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"Over the last several decades, our educational systems, government agencies and media have pursued a relentless attack against the masculinity of men and simultaneously have devalued the role of a 'stay-at-home' mom."
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"On a very personal note, when I made the decision to only have eyes for my wife and covenanted with God not to look at another women, the intimacy my wife and I share grew exponentially."
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"If our children and youth understand that their bodies, in Christ, are not their own but are a 'temple of the Holy Spirit' and that God resides within them, it will make a difference in their lives."
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"Most great men will never adorn the pages of any books. Yet, these are men of greatness through their commitment to God, their wives, and the unceasing love they pour into their children."
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"As America and the world quickly walk away from the truth that God has given us in His Word, we must be relentless in our efforts to build godly character into the hearts and minds of our sons while we can."
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"Yet it appears that, in many cases, Christian parents have not been actively involved in helping our children develop a biblical understanding of what dating or courtship looks like."
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"For all the women out there that still desire for their husbands to lead or 'wear the pants' in their homes, I want to encourage you to keep praying and looking to build your men up."
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"With every commercial, sale and new gadget, my attention is beckoned to go in a direction that has nothing to do with the true meaning of Christmas, and my kids will gladly follow me down this path."
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"In a study from the Barna Group it was noted that practicing Christians are essentially watching the same TV shows as non-Christians: The same shows are popular among practicing Christians as are popular among the general population."
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"Regardless of our differences with the surrounding culture or certain individuals, we are called as Christians to carry ourselves like Christ, embracing and exuding both grace and truth."
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"The more my life mirrors my words, the more my children listen to those words."
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"If there is one thing I can always improve upon that will make me not only a better dad but more importantly bring me closer to God, it is to further discipline myself around memorizing more of God's Word."
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"Emerson Eggerichs' book, Love and Respect, became a best-seller around this one simple concept: A wife needs to know that her husband loves her and a husband needs to know that his wife respects him."
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"As a Christian dad, it's my calling to raise my children in a manner that is consistent with God's divine and empirical truth."
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"For the sake of individual freedom and the gargantuan profits that the porn industry reaps, our generation has provided the enemy a foothold within the boundaries of every child's life."
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"Always remember: God is not limited by who we are. In Christ Jesus, our lives are unlimited by who He is!"
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"Through my father's sacrifices and his commitment, he showed me what a dad's love should look like."
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