June 16, 2019 - A Christian Dad in an Un-Christian World

 Our greatest privilege in this life is to raise up godly children to sent in to the next generation.   1)  Be a Trainer                                Show them the path we are supposed to be walking...  that expects you  to be walking it not just sending the children to heaven 2)  Be a Strainer                              Be willing to restrain the evils from this world and keep the trash  out... that means out of your mind and heart first and then theirs 3)  Be a Sustainer                           Take care of your family, support them and straighten them as arrows that you want to shoot into the future 4)   Don't be an Entertainer              Your job is not to be chief clown  and party planner... you are their Father and then you get to do the fun  stuff as a Dad 5)  Don't be an Explainer                 Never  be that "helicopter" parent that leaps to the rescue to undo the  consequences of the child's misbehavior...  sometimes consequences are  the most successful teacher Being  a dad is not something we do in our spare time.  it is our primary  responsibility before God.  Only the Lord and our spouse deserves more  of our love and attention.  The children we are given by the Lord are  the arrows we will send into the future.  We have no greater job to do.