Rock Solid Families - Ep 241 - Father's Day 2023

“We would do very well for the next generation to start celebrating the women and men for how God designed them to be,” explains co-host Merrill Hutchinson. Research shows that 31% of children in the US are being raised without their biological father in their home. This is an alarming statistic, as fatherlessness has been shown to have direct correlations to hardships such as drug use, homelessness, and crime. Today, co-hosts Merrill and Linda Hutchinson approach Father’s Day with a discussion about celebrating the important role of fathers and the value of protecting and obeying the Biblical family structure that God created for His people.

It is not enough to just have gratitude for the blessings that have been passed down from generation to generation. As a parent, you are responsible for not only passing down those blessings to your own children but also teaching them that those blessings came from God. Fathers, especially, must teach their sons to protect the concept of the traditional family structure and the roles that men and women were designed for by the Lord. Just dropping your kids off at Sunday school is not enough to ensure your children have a strong foundation in faith. You have to demonstrate God’s word by living it and show your children what a healthy, Godly family looks like. When you model what it actually means to live by God’s Word, your children will be better able to recreate that for their own families in the future.

God wants His children to all reach the blessings of the Promised Land of milk and honey. It is up to you as parents to help your children live by God’s design, so that they too can receive the blessings of the Lord. 

Quotes

• “31% of the kids in our country are being raised without their biological father in the house.” (5:35-5:42 | Merrill)
• “Stop bashing the men. We need our men as much as we need our women, neither is better. Both are essential to a healthy culture.” (23:17-23:25 | Linda)
• “Once you start teaching your sons what it is to be of God in terms of how they behave and act; then you teach them, especially us dads to our sons, how to protect that whole concept.” (25:30-25:48 | Merrill)
• “Mom and dads, we have got to practice obedience to God's design.” (28:07-28:10 | Linda)
• “We would do very well for the next generation to start celebrating the women for how God designed them to be, the femininity of the women, the caring, the strength of the women, and celebrating men for how God designed them to be.” (30:21-30:36 | Merrill)
• “Do not apologize for having a mom and a dad, for being called a woman and a man. Please, let us as followers of Christ, celebrate and fight for the protection of the way God designed us to live our lives.” (31:56-32:12 | Linda) 

Links
YouTube: https://youtu.be/oY5ssOrDDS8 Podcast:https://www.buzzsprout.com/636718/12977842-rock-solid-families-podcast-fathers-day-2023-episode-241.mp3?download=true
Instagram Merrill Hutchinson | https://www.instagram.com/hutchinsonmerrill/?hl=en

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