Understanding the Purpose and Power of Men

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How to Be a

Good Father

A Father Is Meant to Represent the Fatherhood of

God to His Children.

ever before in the history of the world have we been as much in need of good fathers. When God created the male and gave him his dominion assignments, He included the responsibility of cultivating and protecting his offspring. Yet today, there is a widespread lack of under standing about the nature of fatherhood. Men of all nations and races lack the skills of good parenting. Certain men think that their ability to produce a child makes them a man. Any male can have a baby. Merely hav ing a child is no guarantee that you are a real man — or a real father. These men don‘t know the meaning of being a covering, protection, and role model for their children. Many men were never taught what it means to be a good father, and their own fathers did not provide good examples for them. The problems we encounter with our parents in the early years of our lives can be transferred into our own fami lies after we marry, if they have not been resolved. When fa thers are a negative influence on their sons, boys grow up with the wrong concept of marriage and fatherhood. Broken relationships and families are the result. In a large number of homes today, fathers are absent, due to separation, divorce, and the rising number of out-of wedlock births. Other fathers live in the home but are absent from the family for all intents and purposes. They have for saken their responsibility as fathers because of career pur suits, indifference, and selfishness, as they put their own pleasures ahead of their children‘s welfare. This means that many chil dren don‘t have the benefit of a good father. N

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