Fathering Our Future

While running and exercise are great choices for us, that is not what today’s episode is about.

In Luke 15, Jesus paints a picture of his identity by telling us a story of a dad with two sons. Most of the time we get focused on the prodigal, but our focus should be on the dad.

The dad in this story has a son that acted selfishly and foolishly, and another who stayed quiet and stuck around. However, in the time both of these sons had issues and struggles, the father went out to them.

As dads, we are not supposed to wait around for our children to come to us whenever they have questions, struggles, or failures. We are supposed to run to them in their time of need in order to be what they need us to be.

Again, I would love if you exercised, but today I hope to convince you that you need to be the one going to your kids in their time of need.

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Children are gifts from God but unfortunately we live in a world where predators wait in the shadows. While most of us think it could never happen to our children, there are things we simply do not know.

The sad reality is that one in five boys and one in three girls are victims of sexual abuse, and the abuse typically begins between the ages of 3 and 5. As dads devoted to serving our children and being what they need, we must take the steps necessary to protect them from sexual abuse.

I am joined today by Vanessa Morris, Communications Director at The Foundation United, to talk about childhood sexual abuse. We discuss blind spots of parents, the dangers of smart devices, but most importantly we talk about communicating with your children to create a space of safety and protection.

For resources to help you on this topic visit: thefoundationunited.org

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“Can you help me,” may be the most unspoken phrase by men, but it shouldn’t be. If we want to thrive as fathers and be the dads our children need us to be, we need to ask for help. In order to do this, we need people in our lives that we can ask for help.

This week’s episode is committed to showing you that good dads ask for help and surround themselves with community. We were designed by God to live within relationships, not isolation.

With the help of the Bible, an inspirational story, and some personal testimonies of my own, I want to convince you and convict you to show yourself friendly, live in community, and ask for help on this journey called fatherhood.

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As men we universally desire four things: power, money, wisdom, and sex. It’s very easy for us to crave and pursue these desires too much, getting lost in a childish demand for more, more, more.

While power, money, wisdom, and sex are all great things; what do you think you would find if you obtained as much as you desired in each of these areas? Someone has done and what they discovered might surprise you.

In this episode we will explore where we find meaning and fulfillment as fathers. My goal is to convince you that there is absolutely nothing like being a dad.

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As Christian dads, the greatest influence in our lives should be God and the Bible. Every aspect of our lives, from work to family, should be influenced by scripture. This is important for us, but it is also going to be important for our children.

One day our children will grow up and venture off on their own. Will they be rooted enough in God’s word to navigate life and withstand the challenges? We are instructed to bring our children up in the training and the instruction of the Lord. We are also instructed to impress the scriptures on them regularly.

I want to talk to you about the importance of doing this and share a recent conversation I had with my children in an attempt to help them understand the importance of the Bible. I will advice you on how you can talk about these things, when to have these conversations, and why you need to have them.

Here is the interview I did with Pastor Steve Schobert on Deuteronomy 6 and what it means to love God: https://fatheringourfuture.com/2024/02/05/what-it-means-to-love-god-interview-with-steve-schobert/

This is the illustrated children’s Bible I reference in the episode: https://amzn.to/3ySrulL

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I’m happy to have my good friend, Derrick Weeks with me on the podcast to

Resources discussed in this episode:

https://bibleproject.com

The Old Testament For Everyone

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The New Testament For Everyone

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The Kingdom New Testament

https://amzn.to/4cSf1wa

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God’s love for us is great! It is so extravagant that it is transformational for us. When we look at our lives and struggle to see meaning, we can still carry on because God loves us. While we may struggle to see what is so lovable, we know something about us must be because God is infatuated with us.

As dads, our love has the same impact on our children. It can be transformational and motivational for our children and be a force that propels them forward. We have to be mindful of that and intentional with our love.

In this episode, I want to help you see the power of your love. I will also provide some ways in which you can love your kids that are obvious, simple, and repeatable.

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We live in an extravagant culture in America. We often think the bigger, the better. In Texas, we even boast that everything is bigger, implying that it is also better.

While sometimes this is true, it is so easy for us, as dads, to believe this all the time. We work and aspire for the things that are great. We aim to plan huge trips and vacations. We focus on getting the biggest gifts we can find and spending tons of money on things that others deem valuable. We often forget how impactful the little things are.

I was reminded of this when I picked my kids up from Sunday School on the morning of Father’s Day 2024. They each filled out a sheet about me, including one section that recorded their favorite memory with me. When I read their answers I was reminded of how significant the small things are.

I want to share their answers with you and remind you how important the little things are to your children. I’ll also include some things you can do to ensure you pay attention to and focus on the things that are easy for you to overlook but mean the world to your kids.

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One of the worst things we can do as dads is roam through life aimlessly. If we are going to find fulfillment, we must have values in our lives that drive us forward to goals and meaningful achievements.

Values guide us and determine how we respond to situations. Like Jesus, starving in the wilderness being tempted by the devil, we must stay true to what matters.

In this episode, you will learn what your top three values must be as a Christian dad and what that means for you. You’ll also learn how you go about forming values for yourself. Lastly, we will talk about commitment and a practical tip to implement on the device we all struggle to put down.

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This week we focus in on Genesis 12:1-3. As you read through the passage, something should stand out. God says He will do a number of things for Abram, but He tells Abram there is only one thing he is to do.

This one thing that Abram was to focus on is something that we, as Christian dads, should be focused on as well; being a blessing. I hope to reorient your daily focus from fixating on ways to bless yourself to focusing on being a blessing to your family. I’ll spend time on what being a blessing looks like and how you can go about being a blessing to your kids.