Introduction
Ephesians 6:1-4I Timothy 3:4-5You can’t expect your wife to do your job for you!Be there.
Genesis 26:3Exodus 33:14-16Joshua 1:5 – God would be with him.Psalms 38Matthew 28:20Luke 13:25-29 – Hell is being away from God’s presence.Everything we read about what a family needs requires the father to be there.Philippians 3:17 – Follow good examples. How can our kids follow our example if we aren’t there?Surveys show that if the father is the first to become a Christian in a family, there is a 93% chance that others in the family will follow. If a child or the mother is the first, the probability is significantly lower.Discipline them in a way that yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
Hebrews 12:7-11Proverbs 13:24 – Sometimes tough discipline is necessary.Proverbs 19:18Proverbs 23:13-14; 29:15Exhort and encourage and implore them to follow God’s path.
I John 3:16Matthew 18:21-35I Thessalonians 2:5-12