March 2022 – Be The Dads – Your kids, Your wife, and this world needs.

A Father’s Legacy – Day 1

Ever wondered if God’s timing was perfect? Ever wondered if God’s plan for you was good and for your good? Ever wondered if God’s calling might be connected to what He wants you to do today? Well, the reality that I am writing this post is God’s calling on me to start Be The Dads. Well, the reality that I started this new devotional that happens to be 9 days which means it will end on a specific day makes me believe yes. Options are on the table and which one leans more towards what God is calling me to do and to be and His plans and His purpose for His glory? So are you ready to meet with and live out your life with Jesus for His purpose and plans? Are you ready to meet with and live out your life with Jesus in order to “build a new and different life in Him“? Are you ready to meet with and live out your life with Jesus so that you will be able to transform into standing on the strongest foundation possible! What’s the plan? “Do not live without a strategy.” Let’s be the dads who are focused on each becoming “a legacy-minded man and will result in a life of lasting impact.“

Today’s devotional gets us started with the following verses:

Matthew 7:24-27

‘ “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” ‘
Matthew 7:24-27

Let’s be the dads who spend time with God and in His Word so that we can hear His Words to us and for us! Let’s be the dads who spend time with God and put His Word into practice as we live out our lives! Let’s be the dads who are building our lives on the firm foundation of Jesus Christ so that when the rain comes, the streams rise, the winds blow and beat on us, we won’t fall because we are standing on the firm foundation that is Jesus Christ! Let’s decide we won’t be foolish dads who build our lives on shaky, unstable ground and then discover it when things come crashing down with a great crash!

Today’s devotional has been provided by Legacy Minded Men (more details can be found here: https://www.legacymindedmen.org/)

Reading through today’s devotional, here are some takeaways for me:
(check out the devotional on your own too to see if you pick up other nuggets, and please share your findings in the comments)

To learn more about Legacy Minded Men, visit https://www.legacymindedmen.org/.

Takeaways from Today’s Devotional:

Topic/Title: “Foundation“
Let’s be the dads who can pass the stress test!
Let’s be the dads who have a strong foundation to stand on!
Today’s devotional provides us with a visual as they call out a vision of what happens during an earthquake as they say:
- “We’ve all seen the aftermath of earthquakes and the damage that was caused by them. Some buildings crumble while others are left standing. The reason some stand is because their foundation was strong enough to bear the stress of the earthquake. All the buildings were put to the test, but only those with the strongest foundations stood.“
Are you facing any stresses today? I know I am.
How are you handling the stress? Mine were going on for about 3 months and right when I thought it was over, a new shaking has started to try to keep me off balance.
Through it all I have leaned in harder on my trust in God and asking Him for wisdom and discernment.
Through it all I have leaned in on God and asked for protection and health.
He provided me direction and so I started walking it out.
And the twist happened where other thoughts, other ideas, other options showed up.
Through the last 3 months I have seen how some were able to remain standing and it caused others to crumble and fall.
Let’s be the dads who in the midst of stresses remain “faithful to our wives“!
Let’s be the dads who in the midst of the shaking remain “disciplined to go to work every day, working hard“!
Let’s be the dads who in the midst of the stress are able to maintain a moral and spiritual focus!
Today’s devotional shares what crumbling under the pressure looks like when they say:
- “Crumbling means you take the easy way out, giving up on your marriage, getting drunk or high, or even immersing yourself in pornography to hide from the stress.“
Jesus tells us that in this world we will have troubles! Jesus also tells us to take heart because He has overcome the world!
So how will choose to repond or react?
Today’s devotional puts it this way:
- “At some point in our lives, we will all face trials and storms, but my question is, “Will what you are building stand, or will it be washed away by the pressures of life?” The bottom line is what do you believe? And more importantly why?“
So let’s be the dads who lean in on God’s Word when the stresses come!
Let’s be the dads who take heart when troubles rear their heads becase we know that Jesus has overcome the world!
Let’s be the dads who build our life house on the rock of Jesus Christ so that we know that we will be able to withstand the storms, the winds, and the waves!
Today’s devotional closes with the following note before they give something to think about:
- “A Legacy Minded Man, a man of God, is ruled by the book, the Bible, the very Word of God! If the Bible is not his game plan for life, then he will fail. The gospel of Matthew speaks specifically about just that in chapter 7:24-27 but raises the question as to whether we have built our house on the sand or the rock.“
Let’s be the dads who reflect and “Think About It:“
- “Have you ever taken the time to think about what you believe? I mean what you really believe. What can you do today to get closer to God and find out what He has for you? Don’t delay. After all its good for the soul!“

My Father Can Be Your Father! – Day 6

It amazes me how fast time goes and how quickly we are flying through dad devotionals this year. Today will bring this devotional to a close and so I will look to find our next one afterwards.

Will we choose God? Will we choose God’s way? Will we choose God’s will? Will we choose God’s purpose? Will we choose God’s plan? God is precise and knows what He is doing! God is the God of details! Consider His plans for getting out of Egypt! Consider His plans for the tabernacle! Consider His plans for the temple! Consider His plans for the holy items in them both! Consider His placement within them both! God knows what He is doing and as I went looking for the next devotional and gain approval to use it, I discovered it will fit in this month. It’s going to speak to us about the importance of a father being present. So as we get ready to jump in let’s choose to be the dads that our wives, our kids, and this world needs for us to be! Let’s be the dads who are able to pour out unconditional love!

Today’s devotional gets us started with the following verses:

Isaiah 43:1-3

‘But now, this is what the Lord says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead. ‘
Isaiah 43:1-3

God’s Word is so powerful! God’s Word is so timely! God’s Word is alive! Let’s be the dads who take time to meditate and receive what God has to say to us through His Word daily! Today’s Word gives us a message from God about how He is our redeemer, has called us by name and that we are His! Let’s be the dads who accept and receive Jesus as our redeemer so that we can live out our lives redeemed! Let’s be the dads who hear and receive the call God has given us as He has called us by name! Let’s be the dads who find hope and love and joy because we are His children and His friend! Let’s be the dads who trust God and don’t try to go it alone! Let’s be the dads who hold tight to the reality that when we are going through something He is with us and He is protecting us through it all! Let’s be the dads who remember that be it the rushing water of a river or the heat of the fire when we walk our lives with God, He will keep the water from sweeping over us and the fire from burning us, and the flames from setting us ablaze! Let’s be the dads who have accepted and received Jesus as our Lord and Savior! Let’s be the dads who choose to walk out our lives as living sacrifices to our loving Heavenly Father so that when people see our good works they will glorify Him!

Today’s devotional has been provided by Eternity Matters With Norma (more details can be found here: Eternity Matters With Norma – Home | Facebook)

For more information, please visit https://www.klove.com/books.

To learn more about My Father Can Be Your Father!, visit Eternity Matters With Norma – Home | Facebook.

Takeaways from Today’s Devotional:

“FATHERLESS ONLY FOR A SEASON“
It is interesting to me how the verse of the day from the Bible.com app speaks to the fatherless like this:
- ‘A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. ‘ — Psalms 68:5
Let’s remember we have a Heavenly Father and not allow the life or the death of our earthly to take it away from us!
Let’s be the dads who point our kids to their Heavenly Father through the way we live our lives!
Let’s be the dads who prepare our wives and our kids by pointing them to our Heavenly Father so that they will never be without hope!
Let’s be the dads who are ambassadors for Jesus!
- ‘We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.’ — 2 Corinthians 5:20-21
Let’s be the dads who share the love and truth of God and leave a legacy!
Let’s be the dads who are Christ’s ambassadors through the way we live our lives being an example to this world!
Let’s be the dads who are servant leaders!
Let’s be the dads who share God’s wisdom with the world around us! Especially to our wives and kids!
Let’s be the dads who teach our wives, our kids, and our world that God is the God of the second chances and that if and when we slip up, mess up, and sin we can humble ourselves, turn away from the mistake and turn back to God and ask Him to forgive us!
Let’s be the dads who teach our kids to lean on God!
Let’s be the dads who teach our kids to cast their cares on God because He cares for them!
Let’s be the dads who leave a legacy where our kids and their kids choose to lean heavily on God because as today’s scripture tells us “Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.” Isaiah 43:1b-3
Let’s be the dads who give our kids the hope of a Father who loves them unconditionally!
Let’s be the dads who give our kids the wisdom to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior, the Heavenly Father as their Father and the boldness and courage to be able to share it with others!
Let’s be the dads who make it clear as today’s devotional shares: “There is no reason for anyone in this world to say, they do not have a Father.“
Today’s devotional shares a powerful story so please check it out.
Today’s devotional asks us if we can relate:
- “CAN YOU RELATE?“
  - “I don’t know where you are in your walk through this life and I don’t know who has guided you to this point, but if you do not know the Father who prepared your eternity, I encourage you to lean heavily, because every day is Father’s Day!“.
Today’s devotional then gives us something to reflect on:
- “TIME TO REFLECT:“
  - If you know the Lord as your Father and Savior, renew that commitment and thank Him for all He continues to do.
  - If you are floundering through life and blaming life because you didn’t have an earthly dad, or your dad was not close to you, I encourage you to meet a Father that will never disappoint and who will be your source of refuge.
Our author has produced other devotionals too like: Death Does Not Own Me, Discover the New Door, and Freedom During Captivity.

My Father Can Be Your Father! – Day 5

Let your light shine! Let’s be the dads who shine for God!

Today’s devotional gets us started with the following verses:

John 14:1-3.

‘ “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. ‘
John 14:1-3

God knows what we are going through even before we ask. God knows what today will bring because He knows the beginning from the end. Why would or should we be surprised when the scripture God gives us for today speaks to where we are at? We shouldn’t but I am always amazed and in awe when it does.

God knows that change can feel uncomfortable and so He tells us “do not let your heart be troubled”. God wants us to be looking to Him rather than focusing on the object or situation in front of us! When we focus on God we find that the object in front of us is smaller than the God who is with us! So today, let’s be the dads who believe in God and have a relationship with God! The aha moment when I realized it was about a relationship with Jesus and not about rituals or routines or flows, it changed my life! So let’s believe in God and put all of our trust in Him! Let’s lean in and have a relationship with Jesus who is our savior and king! Let’s be the dads who won’t walk in fear but overcome fear with our faith in Jesus! Let’s be the dads whose faith overcomes and overwhelms fear just as light overcomes and overwhelms darkness! Jesus has gone before us to prepare in advance for the good works He has for us to do! Jesus is behind us, protecting our backs! Let’s grab hold of the promises of what is yet to come from today’s verse that speaks to how in heaven there is a place for us and how Jesus has gone before us to prepare that place! Let’s not lose hope because of the struggles, the trials, or even the troubles because we know that Jesus has promised He will be coming back too and will bring us to spend eternity in heaven with Him! Let’s be the dads who stay connected to Jesus so that we can hold tight to these promises and truths! When we face trials, let’s be the dads who consider it pure joy and allow our faith to grow so that it allows us to persevere through it all. When we face trials, are considering it pure joy, are growing in faith, and persevere, let’s be the dads who grab hold of the reality that when perseverance has completed its work we will be complete and lacking nothing! Let’s be the dads who when we face troubles take heart because we know that Jesus has already overcome the world! Let’s not lose hope! Let’s grab hold of God’s plan for us which is good and is to give us hope and a future!

Today’s devotional has been provided by Eternity Matters With Norma (more details can be found here: Eternity Matters With Norma – Home | Facebook)

For more information, please visit https://www.klove.com/books.

To learn more about My Father Can Be Your Father!, visit Eternity Matters With Norma – Home | Facebook.

Takeaways from Today’s Devotional:

“A TATTERED OLD NOTE, JUST FOR ME!“
Let’s be the dads who shine light and love into the world around us!
Let’s be the dads who shine light into our marriages so it will radiate brightly!
Let’s be the dads who shine light into our kids so that they go into the world charged by the light (solar charged by the Son)!
Let’s be the dads who shine from morning till night over our families and the world around us!
Let’s be the dads who lead our family into God’s presence daily!
- Pray with and over our wives and kids in the morning before they head out on their day!
- Pray with and over our wives and kids at dinner time after a busy day!
- Let’s pray without ceasing throughout the day whenever the Spirit prompts us to pray!
Let’s be the dads who pour into our kids and our wives because life is too short not to!
Let’s be the dads who grab hold of the truth of today’s Word so that we share it with our loved ones that they will not be troubled but rather believe in God and know the rest of the story!
Let’s be the dads who grab hold of the truth of today’s Word so that because of it our wives and kids know that it isn’t the end because Jesus has gone before us to prepare a room for each of us!
Let’s be the dads who are tucking away the truth of God in places so that our wives and our kids will be able to find them and know that everything is going to be ok!
Today’s devotional shares the testimony of our author and her dad – if you have time, I would suggest you take a moment and read it for yourself.
Today’s devotional asks us if we can related:
- “CAN YOU RELATE?“
  - “Dad was old enough to be my grandfather, but he wasn’t, he was and always will be my daddy! This was my first encounter with the loss of someone this close to me and I was devasted. Have you ever wondered how you could go on without the direction, the countless stories, and guidance of someone you were sure would be there for you?“
Today’s devotional then gives us some things to consider and reflect on:
- “TIME TO REFLECT:“
  - “1. Who in your life has been your best guide?“
  - “2. Did you ever take for granted that person would always be with you?“
Today’s devotional concludes with a hook to get us to come back tomorrow when it says:
- “Join me tomorrow as we end this plan and learn how anyone can have a loving Father’s guidance!“

My Father Can Be Your Father! – Day 4

Let’s be the dads who point people to God by being salt and light! Let’s be so salty that it causes others to thirst for Jesus!

Today’s devotional gets us started with the following verse: Jeremiah 17:9.

‘The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? ‘
Jeremiah 17:9

Our human nature is sinful. Our human nature is trying to pull us away from God. Our human nature is trying to tempt us and draw us back into a sinful lifestyle. Our human nature is trying to pull us away from the hope of Jesus and drawback into a dark place where hopelessness and the hope of spending eternity with God are stolen. So let’s draw closer to Jesus and ask Him to help us stick to it! Let’s grab a hold of the reality and wisdom of God’s Word which gives us warnings like Proverbs 4 where there are words of wisdom like:

‘The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble. My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body. Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.’
Proverbs 4:18-27

Did you catch what it said in verse 23? (I know I didn’t leave the verse numbers above) but it says: “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Just like how we are to be salt which preserves, heals, and causes thirst for God, so we need to guard, preserve, and maintain our hearts! From the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks, and check out what you are saying and see if it might be like the warning lights on the dash of your car letting you know there is a problem under the hood – in your heart.

Let’s decide that we will learn, meditate, and cling to God’s Word! Let’s remember the warnings we find in God’s Word where it tells us “‘The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. ‘ (Romans 8:7)“. Let’s be the dads who choose not to be normal or natural! Let’s be the dads who choose to be different, holy, and live our lives with God and for God in the supernatural! Let’s be prepared and put on the full armor of God and stand our ground because our natural tendencies will try to get us off the solid rock and slip back into dark and destructive ways. Let’s be the dads who grab hold of how Jesus tells us to love! Let’s love God with all of our hearts, mind, souls, and strength! Let’s love our neighbors as ourselves! Let’s be the dads who are so filled with Jesus, with the Holy Spirit’s infilling of our hearts, that the overflow into the world around us is the love of God! Let’s resist the natural ways! Today’s verse warns us about the natural tendencies of our hearts! I found an interpretation of today’s verse that shares insight this way: “The normal human mind deceitfully convinces each person that they are good and love God, men, and law. But the reality is just the opposite: It is at war with God and men, and hates God’s holy, righteous, and spiritual law. It loves itself and its desires far more than anything else. It is this deceitful, self-centered enmity that exerts constant influence, pulling us into the defilement of sin.” from John W. Ritenbaugh.

Today’s devotional has been provided by Eternity Matters With Norma (more details can be found here: Eternity Matters With Norma – Home | Facebook)

For more information, please visit https://www.klove.com/books.

To learn more about My Father Can Be Your Father!, visit Eternity Matters With Norma – Home | Facebook.

Takeaways from Today’s Devotional: “PLAYING HOOKY“

Ever known better and still gone ahead and done something?
Ever decided to do something wrong and realized you hand’t thought it all the way through?
Ever gotten caught and had to deal with the consequences?
These questions above connect us back to day’s verse from God’s Word!
Were the consequences something that you dealt with quietly or were they surfaced publically?
Were the consequences something that caused you to think twice about ever doing it again?
Were the consequences hard or embarassing?
Let’s be the dads who lead by example!
Let’s be the dads who keep ourselves and our kids accountable in a loving and yet firm way!
To catch what happened to the author of our devotional, you can read it here (https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/26478-my-father-can-be-your-father/day/4#:~:text=I%20think%20I,an%20extra%20assignment.%20%C2%A0).
Today’s devotional checks to see if we can relate to what happened:
- “CAN YOU RELATE?“
- “When we allow one thing to get by us whether it is a lie, deception, or disobedience, we are making it easier to repeat the process and that is when the adversary gets a foothold into our spirits.“
Today’s devotional closes with a time of reflection:

My Father Can Be Your Father! – Day 3

Today’s devotional gets us started with the following verses:

‘The Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled), ‘
Isaiah 2:12

‘But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. ‘
James 4:6-10

‘To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. ‘
Proverbs 8:13

Let’s be the dads who are interested in knowing God and sticking closer to Him! Let’s be the dads who are wanting to be in such a close relationship with God that we make time and take time to study His Word! Let’s be the dads who don’t just look for certain verses but rather look to allow God’s Word to speak into our lives right where we are based on His plans and purposes! Let’s find devotionals that allow us to read through God’s Word! Let’s find devotionals that allow us to read through God’s Word on specific themes or topics! God knows what we are going through even before we ask, we need to be ready and willing to ask! Let’s be the dads who are prepared mentally, emotionally, and physically to approach God and ask!

Today’s verses get us started with understanding the importance of us being the dads who walk in humility rather than pride. Today’s first verse warns us about the day when the prideful will be called to account and be humbled. Let’s be the dads who aren’t being driven by pride! Let’s be the dads who aren’t driven by imposing our ways on others, exalting ourselves over others, and feeling self-important!

Let’s grab a hold of God’s Word and receive God’s grace! Let’s be the dads who stick close to God rather than trying to go it alone in pride and discovering that God opposes the proud! Let’s be the dads who stick close to God and live humbly and discover that God shows favor to the humble! Let’s be the dads who submit ourselves to God! Let’s be the dads who resist the devil and his temptations so that he will flee! Let’s be the dads who draw near to God, knowing that He will draw near to us! Let’s be the dads who prepare our hearts, minds, body, and soul by washing our hands and purifying our hearts! Let’s not be doubleminded and being stuck, unable to make a decision, or wavering back and forth between decisions! Let’s be the dads who choose to walk humbly and in humility rather than prideful with laughter and false joy! Let’s walk humbly and allow God to lift us up and turn things around in His perfect timing! Let’s be the dads who humble ourselves before God rather than setting ourselves up for the fall by walking our life in and with pride!

Today let’s grab hold of the wisdom from our verse from Proverbs! Let’s be the dads who love God and hate evil! Let’s be the dads who love God and hate pride! Let’s be the dads who love God and hate arrogance! Let’s be the dads who love God and hate evil behavior! Let’s be the dads who love God and hate perverse speech. Let’s keep our eyes on the big picture and focus on how we can lead others into the presence of God! Let’s be the dads who shine the light of Jesus into the dark world so that there will be less darkness! Let’s be the dads who spice up the world like salt by connecting and being in contact with others in order to bring healing rather than temporary help and don’t lose our saltiness! Let’s be the dads who are so connected with Jesus that our saltiness causes others to thirst for a relationship with Jesus too!

Today’s devotional has been provided by Eternity Matters With Norma (more details can be found here: Eternity Matters With Norma – Home | Facebook)

For more information, please visit https://www.klove.com/books.

To learn more about My Father Can Be Your Father!, visit Eternity Matters With Norma – Home | Facebook.

Takeaways from Today’s Devotional: “IT WAS A BAD HAIR DAY!“

Let’s be the dads who live our lives in such a way that people think our Heavenly Father is cool and they want to have a relationship with Him too.
Let’s be the dads who live our lives in such a way that our kids and their friends realize that we are men of God: “filled with wisdom, had great respect for his upbringing, he honored God, was a very hard worker, never knew a stranger, and loved his family!“
Let’s be the dads who love our kids, our wives, and our world so much that when we see pride rearing its head we can call it out and the fact that they need to “get rid of that pride; pride is not a friend.“
Like we read in today’s verses:
- “The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted, and they will be humbled,” Isaiah 2:12
Let’s be the dads who instill in our kids the difference between right and wrong!
Let’s be the dads who won’t allow pride to get us off track and will take a stand for those we love to make sure it doesn’t get a grip on them too!
Today’s devotional speaks to use againg about if we can relate with their story with their dad.
- “CAN YOU RELATE?“
  - “Dads are to be the very image of how we would expect a loving Father to be. A loving Father doesn’t leave a child to raise itself. A loving Father has rules and guidelines, not because he wants to usurp authority, but because he knows there are evil things in the world that can lead us down paths to harm not only our physical bodies but our eternal soul.“
Today’s devotional then gives us some things to consider and reflect on:
- “A TIME TO REFLECT:“

My Father Can Be Your Father! – Day 2

Today’s devotional gets us started with the following verses:

‘My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding— indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones. Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—every good path. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you. Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse, who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways, who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil, whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.’
Proverbs 2:1-15

‘If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. ‘
James 1:5

Let’s be the dads who are humble enough to realize that we lack the wisdom we need and ask God! Let’s be the dads who cling to the reality that God gives wisdom generously to all without finding fault! Let’s be the dads who out of humility turn to God and ask for wisdom, the wisdom we lack with faith and expectation that it will be given to us! With this framing, let’s check out what the book of wisdom has to speak to us today through the verses of Proverbs 2:1-15.

Let’s be the dads who accept God’s Words! Let’s be the dads who store up God’s commands in our hearts! Let’s be the dads who turn our ears to God in order to receive wisdom! Let’s be the dads who hold onto God and apply our hearts to the wisdom in order to receive understanding! Let’s be the dads who will call out to God for the insight we need! Let’s be the dads who cry out to God for understanding! Let’s be the dads who seek wisdom and understanding like something that is valuable like silver or a hidden treasure! Let’s be the dads who seek wisdom and understanding so much that we know it comes from God and as such we understand the awe and wonder of God (the fear of the Lord) and can find the knowledge of God! Let’s be the dads who receive wisdom from God’s Word and God’s Spirit! Let’s be the dads who receive knowledge and understanding through God’s Word and God’s Spirit! Let’s be the dads who pursue God in order to become upright in His sight and receive His success! Let’s be the dads who pursue God in order to become blameless and walk under the protection of God’s shield! Let’s be the dads who walk so closely to God that He guards our course because He has helped us live justly! Let’s be the dads who walk so close to God that we are found faithful and receive God’s protection! Let’s be the dads who study God’s Word, spend so much time with God that we understand what is right and just and fair in order to know every good path! Let’s be the dads who have allowed God’s wisdom to penetrate and fill our hearts! Let’s be the dads who have allowed God’s knowledge to fill our hearts to overflowing in order to please our souls! Let’s be the dads who live with discretion! Let’s be the dads who walk with understanding! Let’s be the dads who walk in God’s protection and are guarded by Him through discretion and understanding! Let’s be the dads lean in so much on God’s wisdom that we are saved from the ways of wicked men! Let’s be the dads lean in so much on God’s wisdom that we are saved from men whose words are perverse! Let’s be the dads lean in so much on God’s wisdom that we are saved from men who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways! Let’s be the dads lean in so much on God’s wisdom that we are saved from men who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil! Let’s be the dads lean in so much on God’s wisdom that we are saved from men whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways!

Today’s devotional has been provided by Eternity Matters With Norma (more details can be found here: Eternity Matters With Norma – Home | Facebook)

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Takeaways from Today’s Devotional: I NOTICED HIS AGE

Ever met someone who knew out of experience rather than through book learning?
Ever noticed the difference in how the experience and lesson gets told differently?
Ever learned lessons that helped warn you about different things that would cause us problems in life?
God’s Word tells us to be the dads who teach our kids out of our experiences so that they won’t have to go through the pain or suffering on their own!
We have various way to learn something and for some people they seem to learn best when they go through it themselves. Others can learn it from a book and apply it. Others can learn from other people’s experiences!
From today’s scripture we see:
- “My child, will you treasure my wisdom? Then, and only then, will you acquire it. And only if you accept my advice and hide it within will you succeed. So, train your heart to listen when I speak and open your spirit wide to expand your discernment—then pass it on to your sons and daughters.” Proverbs 2:1-2
Imagine being the dad who by example is reading from God’s Word and allowing our kids to experience it.
Today’s devotional shares this story:
- “Many times, I would walk into our living room and hear him reading the Bible to our neighbor who suffered from Parkinson’s Disease. There was something very special about that black book he was reading from.“
Let’s be the dads who lead by example!
Let’s be the dads who are good neighbors and loving them as we love ourselves!
Let’s be the dads who model our Heavenly Father to our kids so that when they see us they see how we are pursuing God’s will and trying to imitate and emulate Him!
Today’s devotional shares a story about their experience, let’s pause and take it in:

Many a summer we could count on this man coming through town. I don’t know how my father met him, but I do know he welcomed him to our home. Year after year that man, with tattered clothing and not smelling the best, would show up on our front porch and daddy would provide him with a meal cooked up by mama and a hot cup of ‘Old Joe!’. Mama would bag up leftovers and put them in a brown bag for him to take along his undetermined journey.
Maybe some of the other kids’ parents fed him too, I will never know, but I know I saw the actions of the image of a Heavenly Father who is drawn to the less likely and showing love to the one who is down and out!
I NOTICED HIS AGE – My Father Can Be Your Father!

Today’s devotional closes with a question: “CAN YOU RELATE?“
- “Being told something often doesn’t resonate as much as seeing something happen. I don’t know about you, but I tend to retain better if I see something before my eyes. I think that is why I was always drawn to illustrations and why God made man as an image. How about you?“
Today’s devotional finishes with A TIME TO REFLECT:
Let’s be the dads who can influence a way of life!
We receive a tease in today’s devotional that tomorrow’s study will speak to this.

My Father Can Be Your Father! – Day 1

As we finished another devotional and we are getting close to the end of the month, it amazes me how God’s math works. God is precise and knows what He is doing! God is the God of details! Consider His plans for getting out of Egypt! Consider His plans for the tabernacle! Consider His plans for the temple! Consider His plans for the holy items in them both! Consider His placement within them both! God knows what He is doing and as I went looking for the next devotional and gain approval to use it, I discovered it will fit in this month. It’s going to speak to us about the importance of a father being present. So as we get ready to jump in let’s choose to be the dads that our wives, our kids, and this world needs for us to be! Let’s be the dads who are able to pour out unconditional love!

Today’s devotional gets us started with the following verse:

Psalms 103:13

‘As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; ‘
Psalms 103:13

God’s Word is so timely! God’s Word knows what we need to read, hear, or see even before we ask! Let’s never miss an opportunity to turn to God’s Word! Let’s be the dads who model our lives and our behaviors after God’s! Let’s be the dads who have compassion on our kids! Let’s be the dads who demonstrate pity, sympathy, feeling, fellow feeling, empathy, understanding, care, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, sensitivity, tender-heartedness, soft-heartedness, warm-heartedness, warmth, love, brotherly love, tenderness, gentleness, mercy, mercifulness, leniency, lenience, tolerance, consideration, kindness, humanity, humaneness, kind-heartedness, charity, and benevolence over our kids. Let’s be the dads who are in such awe and wonder of God that we can walk confidently knowing that He has compassion on us! Let’s be the dads who are so connected, so in love with God that we can walk confidently in trust that He is working out all things in our lives for good! Let’s turn to God to learn where we have gaps and ask Him to help fill them in our lives, our hearts, and our minds!

Today’s devotional has been provided by Eternity Matters With Norma (more details can be found here: Eternity Matters With Norma – Home | Facebook)

For more information, please visit https://www.klove.com/books.

To learn more about My Father Can Be Your Father!, visit Eternity Matters With Norma – Home | Facebook.

Takeaways from Today’s Devotional: PAYDAY

Let’s be the dads who model life to and for our kids!
Let’s be the dads who are purposeful so that our kids can see and learn how life works!
Let’s be the dads who demonstrate to our kids the ins and outs of life!
How do your kids know or understand how the money needed to support the family happens?
How do your kids know or understand how that money puts food on the table and clothes on their backs?
Let’s be the dads who model and demonstrate how to be the man and how we love our wives and take care of them and our family in front of our kids!
Let’s be the dads who consider what is needed to meet the needs of our family and what it will take from us to ensure they are taken care of and we are making ends meet.
Ever realized the importance of a name? I know in leading a camp for teenaged foster kids that we put a huge amount making sure people realize how important they are and that we care for them and hence we have name tags so that everyone can know each others names from the moment they arrive.
Let’s be the dads who pour into the lives our kids so that they realize how important they are to us!
Let’s be the dads who help our kids realize that their name have value and that it doesn’t define or mandate who they will become!
Let’s be the dads who help our kids realize that our mindset on how we receive things has a bearing on who they will become!
Let’s decide to be the dads who will represent our Heavenly Father to our kids and to the world around us!
Let’s decide to be the dads who mirror our Heavenly Father by loving unconditionally!
Let’s decide to be the dads who live as an image of our Heavenly Father so that our kids, our wives, and our world will feel and know what unconditional love looks and feels like!
Let’s be the dads who give our kids the space and the time to share what is going on in their hearts, minds, and lives!
You might be surprised what giving your kids the stage for a moment will open up and allow you to learn and experience with them!
Let’s be the dads who teach our kids respect!
Let’s be the dads who teach our kids to respect their parents!
Let’s be the dads who teach our kids to respect their elders!
Let’s be the dads who teach our kids how much they are loved!
Let’s be the dads who teach our kids how much they are respected!
Let’s be the dads who teach our kids that there are consequences to disobedience!
Let’s be the dads who teach our kids that there are consequences to getting out line!
Let’s be the dads who teach our kids that we will lovingly help bring them back in line!
Let’s be the dads who teach our kids that the consequences may not be fun but that they are right!
Let’s be the dads who are like our Heavenly Father as described in today’s verse:
- “As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.” Psalm 103:13
Let’s be the dads who live our lives in ways that let our wives, our kids, and this world know how much we care!
Today’s devotional was written in consideration of dads, Father’s Day, and asks us if we an relate with how your dad was to you?
Today’s devotional shared the heart of a daughter for who her dad was and how he chose to live his life.
As day 1 of our devotional is coming to a close we have these 2 things: How do you relate? And time to reflect.
- “CAN YOU RELATE?“
  - “It is the month of June and during this month we celebrate Father’s Day. Not all people have a great experience with the love of a dad present in a home and to me, this is so sad. I was truly blessed to have a man in my life that resembled a heavenly Father’s guidance. As we continue this study, we will learn that age, money, and fame, have nothing to do with how much we are loved. “
- “A TIME TO REFLECT:“
- “Follow along with me, to change how you perceive who says, “You are Mine!”“

The Way of the Father: Lessons From My Dad, Truths About God – 5

As we close out the lessons and the truths, let’s hold tight to God and seek Him with all of our hearts. I found this new devotional from Michael W. Smith, published by K-Love that sounds like it will be a great thing to help us be the dads. Today’s devotional will help us to consider our perspective and see how God sees us and as such how to be the dads who live our lives with the same perspective towards our kids. Today’s devotional tells us how “Because of your relationship with Jesus, your Abba Father looks at you and says, “That’s my child!” God’s first thought is of you as His son or daughter, all from a heart of love.” Today’s devotional is “K-LOVE Books’ inaugural release from artist, actor, and author Michael W. Smith, The Way of the Father, offers this five-day study to encourage and inspire every Christ-follower in a personal journey of faith with the Father.” So let’s get into it and learn more about the way of our Father and the truths of God!

Today’s devotional gets us started with the following verses: Psalms 139:1-18.

‘You have searched me, Lord , and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord , know it completely. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.’
Psalms 139:1-18

God’s Word is so incredible and can meet us right here, right now, and speak to us the truths we need to hear. Let’s choose to make time to be with God each morning and not just be going through the motions of a routine or ritual but instead really dig into God’s Word and what it is saying to us right here, right now, this very moment. I know the same scripture has spoken to me over the years in different ways because of what was going on with life and in life. It was like a light turned on and I kept wondering how I had missed it before. God’s Word is alive! God’s Word is active! God’s Word is good for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness. God’s Word is powerful like a two-edged sword it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. So today, let’s grab a hold of what God’s Word says to us through Psalms 139.

Let’s be the dads who allow God to search our hearts and know us! Let’s be the dads who are in such a relationship with God that He sits with us and gets up and goes with us every moment of every day! Let’s be the dads who are so connected to God that He knows us and what we are up to when we are asleep and awake, so familiar with our ways! Let’s be the dads who lean in and trust in God so much that He knows before the words come off our lips what we are thinking and about to say! Let’s be the dads who are walking so close to God that He is our protection in front of and behind us, while leading and guiding our steps! Let’s be the dads who continue to dig into God’s Word so these truths are never forgotten because they are so wonderful and amazing! Let’s be the dads who remember that God is with us everywhere we go, His Spirit is with us as our counselor and our guide! Let’s be the dads who cling to God rather than trying to escape from His presence (which is impossible to do)! Let’s be the dads who only go where God is and where God wants us to go! Let’s not try to go it our own way but instead go it God’s way, being led by the Spirit, who is with us every step of the way! Let’s be the dads who are guided by the hand of God! Let’s be the dads who are held in God’s right hand! Let’s be the dads who choose to walk in the light rather than the darkness! Let’s be the dads who choose to let our lights shine into this dark world! Let’s be the dads who remember that God created each of us on purpose, with purpose, and for a purpose and choose to walk in it! Let’s be the dads who will seek out our purpose when we aren’t sure or clear of what it is and ask God for His wisdom and discernment! Let’s be the dads who praise God for having fearfully and wonderfully made us! Let’s be the dads who praise the handiwork of God! Let’s be the dads who cling to the reality that God knit us in our mother’s womb! Let’s be the dads who realize God knew us even before we were born! Let’s be the dads who grab onto the reality that God has ordained all the days of our lives! Let’s be the dads who choose to have our name written in the book of life! Let’s be the dads who consider God’s thoughts precious! Let’s be the dads who are in awe and wonder of the vastness of them all! Let’s be the dads who continue to seek God, study His Word, and grab hold of His lessons, truths, and promises for they are too many to count! Let’s be the dads who choose today to walk out the rest of our lives with God so that we can spend eternity with Him through Jesus Christ our Lord!

Today’s devotional has been provided by K-LOVE books (more details can be found here: About The Publisher)

For more information, please visit https://www.klove.com/books.

To learn more about The Way of the Father: Lessons from my Dad, Truths about God, visit klove.com/books.

Take-Aways from Today’s Devotional

You realize you are uniquely made right? Check out your fingertips and see your unique fingerprints!
Ever noticed how unlike science or man made announcements, God’s Word never conflicts and never changes?
Let’s be the dads who trust in God! Let’s be the dads whose trust in God is greater than our trust in man!
Today’s devotional speaks to the human side when it shares:
- “Have you ever wondered why you have fingerprints? Over the years, scientists have released numerous research reports and studies on this mystery of our anatomy, yet they all conflict or even refute one another. But the one truth that science does agree on is that no two sets have ever been alike. No two people on the earth have ever had the same fingerprints. There has never been a duplicate set found among the millions upon millions of people who have lived on this planet. How could science ever explain that fact? Especially if one’s origin belief is evolution or random chance?“
Let’s be the dads who believe and trust that God created each of us uniquely and purposefully!
Let’s be the dads who believe and trust that God intentially created each of us with the features and skills we have!
Let’s be the dads who believe and trust that God made us with His own hands!
Let’s be the dads who answer God’s calling on our lives and live it to the full so that we can thrive for His glory!
Today’s devotional speaks to our creation in an incredible way:
- “The only explanation that solves the enigma of fingerprints is the intentional creation of life from a loving Father. The belief that He uniquely made only one of you. The old saying, “When God made you, He broke the mold,” is partially true. He did make you, but there is no mold because you are an original! No one has ever existed or will with your looks, personality, gifting, skills, and spirit. That means no one else can fill your place! No one can ever fulfill your life’s mission but you!“
Let’s be the dads who realize how much God cares for us and for those we are to be the husbands, the fathers, and the friends to in this world.
Let’s be the dads who realize how much God created us to be unique on purpose for the specific and special life mission He purposed for us!
Let’s be the dads God created us to be!
Let’s be the dads God purposed for us to be!
Let’s be the dads God is calling us to be!
Today’s devotional speaks this powerful truth about our creation and leaves us with some questions:
- “What if, like the painter’s final brush strokes on the canvas, your Father completed you with His customized signature? What if your Abba Father gave you your fingerprints simply to provide clear evidence of the great detail and care He took in your creation?“
Let’s be the dads who find our approval in God!
Let’s be the dads who find our identity in God!
This world tries to confuse things and get us off course, so let’s be the dads who turn back and lean in on God for His approval and our identity!
Today’s devotional gives us something to ponder and grab hold of when it says:
- “Some of our biggest struggles throughout life center around two factors: identity and approval. The concept of random chance offers no unique identity. An unknown origin leaves no answers, only questions. Such a belief leaves approval up to everyone and no one at the same time, which is our current state where the masses seek approval from total strangers online.“
- “If you believe you have been created by a loving and intentional Father, your identity can be found in a relationship with Him through Christ. By discovering who you are in Him and accepting His approval, you can be who you were made to be by the One who made you!“
So let’s grab a hold of the closing of this 5 day devotional that was powerfully put together by the incredible worship leader Michael W. Smith and look ahead to be able to make today count!
- “In these five days, has your perception of God as Father changed?“
- “How do you better understand how He feels about you?“
- “Take a few minutes to write down what you have to come to know about the way of your Father.“

The Way of the Father: Lessons From My Dad, Truths About God – Day 4

As we continue to dig into the lessons and the truths, let’s hold tight to God and seek Him with all of our hearts. I found this new devotional from Michael W. Smith, published by K-Love that sounds like it will be a great thing to help us be the dads. Today’s devotional will help us to consider our perspective and see how God sees us and as such how to be the dads who live our lives with the same perspective towards our kids. Today’s devotional tells us how “Because of your relationship with Jesus, your Abba Father looks at you and says, “That’s my child!” God’s first thought is of you as His son or daughter, all from a heart of love.” Today’s devotional is “K-LOVE Books’ inaugural release from artist, actor, and author Michael W. Smith, The Way of the Father, offers this five-day study to encourage and inspire every Christ-follower in a personal journey of faith with the Father.” So let’s get into it and learn more about the way of our Father and the truths of God!

Today’s devotional gets us started with the following verses: Acts 20:34-35.

‘You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions. In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ” ‘
Acts 20:34-35

God’s Word is so powerful and alive! God’s Word knows where we are right here and right now and what wisdom and direction we are in need. God’s Word today shows up at the right time for me to receive it. Let’s be the dads who are generous and givers! Let’s be the dads who provided not only for our own needs but the needs of our wives and our kids and our community! Let’s be the dads who are dedicated to the work God has given us to do and work hard as unto the Lord rather than just for man and a paycheck. Let’s be the dads who help the weak! Let’s be the dads to look and work to receive the blessings that accompany being generous and giving to others! Let’s choose today to work and to give so that we can be the husbands our wives need! Let’s choose today to work and to give so that we can be the dads our kids need! Let’s choose today to work and to give so that we can be the dads this world needs!

Today’s devotional has been provided by K-LOVE books (more details can be found here: About The Publisher)

For more information, please visit https://www.klove.com/books.

Take-Aways from Today’s Devotional

Today’s devotional kicks off pointing out how Jesus provided us with “a blueprint for how to live and love“:
- ‘Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” ‘ Matthew 22:34-40
  - Let’s be the dads who choose to love God with all of our heart and all of our soul and all of our mind!
  - Let’s be the dads who choose to love our neighbors as ourselves!
  - Do you understand yourself?
  - Do you know who you are?
  - Do you accept who you are?
  - Do you accept who God created you to be?
  - Do you live out your life in alignment to who God created you to be?
  - Are you ready to take hold of who you are in order for you to be able to love God the way you should?
  - Are you ready to take hold of who you are in order for you to be able to love others like God wants you to?
  - Are you ready to love yourself?
  - Are you ready then to love yourself like God wants you to?
  - Are you ready then to love others like you love yourself?
- Let’s be the dads who serve with excellence!
- Let’s be the dads who have a drive to serve with excellence for the glory of God!
- Let’s be the dads who have a joy to help others!
- Let’s be the dads who have a joy even in the midst of trials because of the truth of Jesus!
- Let’s be the dads who have a joy in the midst of trials because we know the suffering is temporary!
- Let’s be the dads who cling onto James 1:2-4 and 1 Peter 1:6-9 and can persevere for the glory of God!
- Let’s be the dads who remember that what we are going through is for our good and for God’s glory!
  - ‘Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?” So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.’ 1 Peter 4:12-19
  - ‘Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! ‘ Romans 5:3-10
- Let’s be the dads who dig in and read and learn from scripture!
- Let’s be the dads who absorb and take hold of the principles about the blessings of hard work from scripture!
- Let’s be the dads who absorb and take hold of the principles about the blessings of seeking excellence from scripture!
- Let’s be the dads who take hold of the warnings from scripture too and how we aren’t to be lazy, apathetic, having unreal expectations, and even feeling entitled!
- Let’s be the dads who spend time digesting and absorbing the truths found in Proverbs!
- Let’s be the dads who spend time attaching ourselves to the truth from scripture!
- Let’s be the dads who attach ourselves to Jesus’s teaching from scripture!
- Let’s be the dads who grab hold of and choose to live out our lives in alignment to Jesus’s teaching as well as the teaching provided to us through so many books of the New Testament from Paul’s letters!
- Let’s be the dads who do the right thing!
- Let’s be the dads who do things the right way!
- Let’s be the dads who do things for the right reasons!
- The Bible gives us a clear mandate “to do the right thing in the right way for the right reasons“
  - Put another way: “Doing God’s will in God’s ways for God’s purposes.“
- Let’s be the dads who lead by example!
- Let’s be the dads who shine the hope, the love, and the light of Jesus into the world for as the old saying goes: “More is caught than taught.”
- Let’s be the dads who teach our kids!
- Let’s be the dads who teach our kids through our actions!
- Let’s be the dads who pass on a legacy because our kids have been observing, watching, and catching our work ethic and constant desire for excellence in every area of our lives!
- Today’s devotional makes a great call out into how these truths are for all of us, no matter our past when it shares:
  - “Another amazing aspect of the Gospel we must discover is that no matter the example any of us had growing up or our past personal history, our Abba Father can take us to a new place, teach us new truths, motivate us by His Spirit, and place us on His path to a life of excellence. Every day is a new opportunity for a fresh start with an unending supply of His grace and mercy.“
Today’s devotional closes with a question for us to ponder:
- “What is one motivating truth you can take away from today’s devotional to encourage you to serve the Lord and others, to remind yourself that “it is more blessed to give than to receive”?“

The Way of the Father: Lessons From My Dad, Truths About God – Day 3

Today’s devotional gets us started with the following verses:

‘“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.’
Isaiah 58:6-9

‘He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. ‘
Micah 6:8

As I look at today’s first set of verses I look to dig deeper to understand better and so I am turning to the Amplified version which provides a bit more insight when it gives us:

‘[Rather] is this not the fast which I choose, To undo the bonds of wickedness, To tear to pieces the ropes of the yoke, To let the oppressed go free And break apart every [enslaving] yoke? Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry And bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not to hide yourself from [the needs of] your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break out like the dawn, And your healing (restoration, new life) will quickly spring forth; Your righteousness will go before you [leading you to peace and prosperity], The glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; You will cry for help, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you take away from your midst the yoke [of oppression], The finger pointed in scorn [toward the oppressed or the godly], and [every form of] wicked (sinful, unjust) speech, ‘
Isaiah 58:6-9

We need to understand the why! We shouldn’t just be going through the motions! We shouldn’t just be going with the flow! We need to be living with purpose, on purpose, and for the purpose which God has given us! So let’s be the dads who take a pause from the normal, the everydays, the routines, the habits, the rituals, and choose to adjust our lives for God’s glory. Let’s be the dads who take time to focus on God and His will and His way through times of fasting. Not for merit or credit but rather for a time to focus more on our relationship with God. We need to be fasting in a way that will undo the bonds of wickedness! We need to be fasting in a way that will tear to pieces the ropes of the yoke. We need to be fasting in a way that will help the oppressed receive freedom. We need to be fasting in a way that breaks apart the yokes that keep people from being able to live life to the full. We need to be fasting in a way that will provide for those in need. We need to be fasting in a way that will give people in need a place to be safe and whole. We need to be fasting in a way that meets people right where they are in order to clothe them. We need to be fasting in a way that provides for and meets the needs of our own families. We need to be fasting in a way that will let our lights shine the glory of God into this dark world! We need to be fasting in a way that brings healing, restoration, and new life. We need to be fasting in alignment with God’s Word, God’s plan, and God’s purpose so that He will be leading us from the front and guarding us against the back. So today, let’s be the dads who are living this way in order that God answers us when we call, God says “Here am I” when we cry for help. Let’s be the dads who take away from our midst the yoke of oppression. Let’s be the dads who take away from our midst finger-pointing and other types of wickedness.

As we step into our today, let’s be the dads who choose to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

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Take-Aways from Today’s Devotional

Do you have God’s attention? Do you know what it takes to get God’s attention? Ever studied the topic?
Today’s devotional shares some of the findings when it shares:
Today’s devotional points to how connected they are and how that connection is required.
Let’s be the dads who spend time in God’s Word to hear from Him and learn more and more about Him.
Let’s be the dads who are interested in understanding the heart of God and as such spend time in His Word.
Let’s be the dads who focus on people and look to touch one heart at a time which will help transform their lives for the glory of God’s kingdom!
Let’s be the dads who follow Jesus’s example where He care for people on a personal and individual basis.
Let’s be the dads who follow Jesus’s example and touch people’s lives right where they are at and look to meet their need.
Let’s consider the examples from today’s devotional of ways we can do this and live it out:
Let’s be the dads who meet people at their point of need in the way they need it.
Let’s be the dads who accept the priveledge and responsibility to share “the Good News of Jesus so that they can know the One who holds their hope and their future“.
Let’s be the dads who accept the priveledge and responsibility to share the Good News of Jesus so that they can know “that their heavenly Father loves them deeply and has a purpose and a plan for their lives.“
Let’s be the dads who worship all week long, not just at church or in a service or on weekends.
Let’s be the dads who worship by the way we choose to live our lives, “day-in-and-day-out interactions with people, from our living room to the office, from our spouse to the cashier at the convenience store.“
Let’s be the dads who live our lives as an expression of our love for God!
Let’s be the dads who live our lives worshipping as “our expression of God’s love and life to the world“.
Let’s be the dads who live our lives in the pursuit of justice!
Let’s be the dads who live our lives “joining God in bringing His righteousness to the world.”
Today’s devotional closes with the following thoughts and questions for us to consider:

The Way of the Father: Lessons From My Dad, Truths About God – Day 2

Today’s devotional gets us started with the following verses: 2 Corinthians 12:6-10

‘If I wish to boast, I will not be foolish, because I will be speaking the truth. But I abstain [from it], so that no one will credit me with more than [is justified by what] he sees in me or hears from me. Because of the surpassing greatness and extraordinary nature of the revelations [which I received from God], for this reason, to keep me from thinking of myself as important, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, to torment and harass me—to keep me from exalting myself! Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me; but He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you [My lovingkindness and My mercy are more than enough—always available—regardless of the situation]; for [My] power is being perfected [and is completed and shows itself most effectively] in [your] weakness.” Therefore, I will all the more gladly boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ [may completely enfold me and] may dwell in me. So I am well pleased with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, and with difficulties, for the sake of Christ; for when I am weak [in human strength], then I am strong [truly able, truly powerful, truly drawing from God’s strength]. ‘
2 Corinthians 12:6-10 AMP

Let’s be the dads who lean so hard on Jesus that when we speak, we speak the truth. Let’s be the dads who trust so much in God that when we boast, we speak the truth in love! Let’s be the dads who are humble and don’t try to get more credit than we are justified to receive! Let’s be the dads who don’t brag or boast too much and cause the attention to be directed at us instead of pointing people to the One, to God, to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Let’s be the dads who spend so much time in God’s Word, so much time preparing for today, so much time praying that we get to live out our lives with the revelation of God! Let’s be the dads who remember to put the focus on God rather than trying to put the spotlight on ourselves! Let’s be the dads who don’t allow Satan to get us off track and keep us from accomplishing what God has created, purposed, and called us to do! Satan may send someone to try and knock you down but lean in on God more, trusting in Him rather than your own understandings or trying to do it in your own strength! Let’s walk humbly, trusting in God with every step of every day! In the midst of the trials, the troubles, the struggles, the tormenting, the harassment, let’s grab a hold of the reality and the truth that God says: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” In the AMP version we get some extra details when we read: “My grace is sufficient for you [My lovingkindness and My mercy are more than enough—always available—regardless of the situation]; for [My] power is being perfected [and is completed and shows itself most effectively] in [your] weakness.” So don’t see your weakness as something to worry about instead cause it to make you trust God, lean in on God, and seek Him with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength! Let’s be the dads who when faced with our weaknesses for the sake of Christ cling to the truth and the reality that “when I am weak [in human strength], then I am strong [truly able, truly powerful, truly drawing from God’s strength].” Let’s be the dads who when faced with insults for the sake of Christ cling to the truth and the reality that “when I am weak [in human strength], then I am strong [truly able, truly powerful, truly drawing from God’s strength].” Let’s be the dads who when faced with distresses for the sake of Christ cling to the truth and the reality that “when I am weak [in human strength], then I am strong [truly able, truly powerful, truly drawing from God’s strength].” Let’s be the dads who when faced with persecutions for the sake of Christ cling to the truth and the reality that “when I am weak [in human strength], then I am strong [truly able, truly powerful, truly drawing from God’s strength].” Let’s be the dads who when faced with difficulties for the sake of Christ cling to the truth and the reality that “when I am weak [in human strength], then I am strong [truly able, truly powerful, truly drawing from God’s strength].“

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Take-Aways from today’s Devotional

Has anything happened in your life that is keeping you from seeing God as your Heavenly Father?
Has something thappened in your life that causes you trouble in seeing God as your Heavenly Father?
Was it one incident or a list of them?
Let’s be the dads who can lean in on God’s Word to help us to trust God more and cast our cares on Him because He cares for us!
Let’s be the dads who can lean in on God’s Word to help us to trust God and see Him more as our Heavenly Father because we know in our weakness His strength is revealed!
Let’s be the dads who when we are weak allow God to be our strength in us!
Today’s devotional speaks to Paul’s spiritual maturity in the middle of his ongoing battles in the physical, mental, and emotional realms of life when he took on the mindset expressed in today’s verses!
Let’s be the dads who trust God’s answers to prayer!
Let’s be the dads who trust God’s timing when it comes to when He answers our prayers!
Let’s be the dads who trust God’s purpose when it comes to how He answer our prayers!
Remember God is good all the time! So no matter how He answers, when He answers, what He answers, it is for our good and His glory!
Today’s devotional puts it this way: “When our Abba Father doesn’t answer our prayers for healing the way we think He should, for ourselves or a loved one, the temptation often comes to question His goodness, to doubt His love and care for us.“
God is out for our best!
Do you want to settle for ok when you could receive God’s best?
Remember how God knows the beginning and the end? Consider how with that knowledge He knows what is best for us when we pray!
God is refining us and developing us so that when we persevere with faith, we will be complete and lacking nothing because we will achieve the ultimate goal of becoming more like Jesus!
Let’s be the dads who are more focused on holiness than happiness!
Let’s be the dads who are more focused on holiness which lasts for eternity than happiness that is temporary!
It may not be easy but it will be worth it!
It may require refining moments in our lives but it will be worth it!
It may require troubles and trials in our lives but it will be worth it as we read in James 1:2-4:
- ‘Consider it nothing but joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials. Be assured that the testing of your faith [through experience] produces endurance [leading to spiritual maturity, and inner peace]. And let endurance have its perfect result and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfect and completely developed [in your faith], lacking in nothing. ‘ James 1:2-4
Let’s be the dads who want to leave a legacy of holiness!
Let’s be the dads who want to leave a legacy of faith in Jesus!
Let’s be the dads who want to leave a legacy that says in our weakness, God’s strength was revealed in and through our lives!
Let’s be the dads who even when we have a pain in our side, a “thorn”, we allow it to work out holiness in us rather than trying to have temporary happiness in the moment.
Let’s be the dads who remember what Jesus said to us about having to face troubles “take heart for I have overcome the world!”
Let’s be the dads who aren’t surprised but rather are prepared for troubles because Jesus told us that “in this world you will have troubles“, that’s right not if or may but will have troubles, so let’s be ready so that our hearts and minds are in the right state to ensure no matter what happens to us, we can “take heart” and respond in a way that will be glorifying to God!
Today’s devotional looks to encourage us with the following closing paragraph:
- “Living in a fallen world, the likelihood of having a thorn come into our lives is not a matter of if but when. Whatever your pain may be today, whether chronic or new, physical or emotional, I want to encourage you to seek the perspective that the Apostle Paul and my dad chose to take. Pray always for God’s intervention, but also allow Him to use the circumstances to shape you into the image of Jesus. For the Christ-follower, the best is always yet to come, because even when life gets hard to handle, Heaven is on the way.“
Today’s devotional closes with the following thoughts and questions for us to take with us:
- “What is your “thorn”?“
- “Have any tough circumstances in life affected your view of God?“
- “Take a few minutes to talk with your Father about how you need His strength today.“

The Way of the Father: Lessons From My Dad, Truths About God – Day 1

It’s time for a new devotional for us to review and consider. I found this new devotional from Michael W. Smith, published by K-Love that sounds like it will be a great thing to help us be the dads. Today’s devotional will help us to consider our perspective and see how God sees us and as such how to be the dads who live our lives with the same perspective towards our kids. Today’s devotional tells us how “Because of your relationship with Jesus, your Abba Father looks at you and says, “That’s my child!” God’s first thought is of you as His son or daughter, all from a heart of love.” Today’s devotional is “K-LOVE Books’ inaugural release from artist, actor, and author Michael W. Smith, The Way of the Father, offers this five-day study to encourage and inspire every Christ-follower in a personal journey of faith with the Father.” So let’s get into it and learn more about the way of our Father and the truths of God!

Today’s devotional gets us started with the following verses: John 3:1-2.

“Now there was a certain man among the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler (member of the Sanhedrin) among the Jews, who came to Jesus at night and said to Him, “Rabbi (Teacher), we know [without any doubt] that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs [these wonders, these attesting miracles] that You do unless God is with him.””
John‬ ‭3:1-2‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Ever considered if anyone can tell that God is with you when you are out there living your life? Ever wondered what things in your life others see and can tell that you are being the dad who is walking with God? Why not lean in today and walk out today with God so that you can live out your today in away where others will see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven? Will you be sensitive to the Spirit and live out your today in a way where by being the dad who God will use, will bless, will lead, will guide, and will empower to do mighty things for the glory of His Kingdom? Let’s choose to make today count and be the dads who cause others to come up to us because they identify something different about us that points them to God.

I remember a time at work here a guy from the office came by and said “Phil, do you have a minute?” I said sure. He said that he noticed I as a religious man to which I questioned him because to me with Jesus it isn’t about being religious but about living a life in relationship with Jesus. He asked if we could go talk in one of the rooms and so we did. It was an incredible time where I learned more about him and was able to both share Jesus with him and even help him to invite Jesus into his life. I don’t go around preaching or pointing fingers or telling people things to scare them into turning to God but here must have been something about how I was living that got his attention because even though we didn’t really work together, he felt comfortable and the desire to connect and learn more about God.

How about you? Are you living different than the world? Are you living in a way where people are able to see that God is with you? Are you ready to get started? are you ready to invite Jesus in and ask Him to walk with you in a way that will help you be the dad that your wife, your kids, and this world needs? Let’s make today count! Let’s be the dads who live our lives in a way where people see Jesus in us and through us and help them realize that we are being the dads ho want to touch and transform the world around us starting at home with our wives and kids.

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Take-Aways from today’s Devotional

Let’s be the dads who know who we are so that we can be who God created us to become!
As today’s devotional puts it:
- “As a son, husband, father, and grandfather, I have come to understand that we can never truly step into our destiny until we know who we are.”
Let’s be the dads who realize “that what we do for a living actually has little to do with our identity—even though we can mistakenly perceive that to be true.”
Let’s be the dads who invite Jesus into our hearts and live our lives for and to glorify God!
Today’s devotional speaks to the following truth:
- “who we are can only be determined by Whose we are.”
Let’s be the dads who choose to spend time alone with God, to build a relationship with Him, and to walk out our lives with Jesus!
Today’s devotional says to following: “We can’t arrive at a true place of intimacy in our hearts with God until we receive the grace that our Father offers us to experience daily when we choose to accept His gift.”
Let’s be the dads who have strong faith!
Let’s be the dads who accept the knowledge Jesus and who Jesus is and how He lived!
Let’s be the dads who accept the belief in Jesus and who He is and how He lived!
Let’s be the dads who accept the truth of Jesus and was we learn about Him, from Him, and through Him!
Let’s be the dads who wake up every morning and tells ourselves: “I know I’m not there yet, but I like who I’m becoming. Father, I love what You’re doing. I know I’ve got a long way to go. But today, I love who You are making and molding me to be, in Your image.”
Today’s devotional prefaced the above quote by saying: “Regardless of who you are, your station in life, age, who your parents are or were; regardless of their presence or absence, how good or horrible they might have been”.
Let’s stop holding back all God has purposed and created for us to be!
Let’s be the dads who allow others to hold us back from all that God has created us to be!
Remember we are children of God!
Remember we are children of God because “He calls us his children, and that is what we are!”
Let’s be the dads who go from just knowing or saying that God loves us and start letting God love us!
Today’s devotional says it this way: “Whatever your struggle, whatever your pain, whatever you have walked or crawled through, whatever you did to someone or someone did to you, God can father you. Let Him be your Parent.”
Michael W. Smith shares this truth that we need to grab a hold of so that we can be the dads:
“this simple truth that can set you free: God is a good, good Father. Your good, good Father.”
Today’s devotional closes out with the following:
- “Can you look in the mirror and make the statement I shared above? If not, why not?”
- “Write down anything that might be holding you back.”
- “Take a few minutes to talk to your Father about how you feel.”

6 Biblical Traits Of A Godly Dad – Day 8

Today we will wrap up the traits of a godly dad. It’s interesting to just go with whatever the search results provide as the devotional to dig into. Today’s devotional from Bible.com is looking to empower us to be the dads. Today’s devotional from Bible.com is looking to help us address our feelings of inadequacy by providing us with the traits we need to be the dads. Today’s devotional from Bible.com is looking to help us get out of the starting blocks and into the race by sharing 6 biblical traits we need to model in our own lives in order to be the dads God created and purposed for us to be. So let’s dig in deeper as we jump into this new devotional in order to be able to learn and practice what God’s prepared in advance as good works for us to accomplish. Let’s grab a hold of these traits in order for us to be the dads, the godly dads we need to be for our wives, our kids, and our world.

Today’s devotional connects with the following verses:

Deuteronomy 11:18-19

‘Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. ‘
Deuteronomy 11:18-19

God’s Word is more than enough! God’s love is more than enough! God’s presence is more than enough! So let’s dig into today’s scripture and capture all God has for us from the second telling of the law in from the book of Deuteronomy.

Let’s be the dads who make sure to keep God’s Word top of mind today. Let’s be the dads who fill our hearts and spirit what God’s Word has to say to us! Let’s be the dads who keep God’s Word relevant so that wherever we go, whatever we do, and whatever we say, His Word is like symbols on our hands and imprinted our our foreheads! I remember telling some people that there were times in my life where it was like I had a ticker on my forehead that said “Hi my name is Phil, come and tell me all your problems.” Today let’s be the dads who live our lives where there is a ticker that lets people know we are children of God and share the Word of God with others! Let’s bring God and His Word with us everywhere we go! Let’s be the dads who share the love and goodness f God through His Word with our kids! Let’s be the dads who share the truth of God’s Word in love with our kids when we are home or on the road, when they get up and when they go to bed, so that they too can know God, know God’s Word, and live a life purposed after living a relationship with Him!

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“Day 8 Wrapup”

Today we get to reflect on the six biblical traits of a godly father as provided to us through this devotional and God’s Word!
Today’s devotional provides us both a recap and a reminder as well as a promise fr us dads!
Let’s grab hold of what we have learned over the past 6 days
Let’s be the dads who have been encouraged and will even revisit the devotional by Manhood Journey.
Let’s be the dad who have been challenged and will consider digging deeper with something like 1 on 1 bible study guides.
Let’s be the dads who meditate on God’s Word, take the lessons from this devotional and choose to walk confidently!
Let’s be the dad who meditate on God’s Word and pray so that we can live focused!
Let’s be the dads who are so connected with God that we know we are doing God’s Word, answer God’s call to be a godly dad!
Let’s be the dads who remember we aren’t in this alone and there are pele and resources available to help, if we will be humble enough to ask! (Mandhood Journey even say “We’ll be here to help walk with you.”)
Let’s realize this is the beginning not the end of this journey and that there are resources available to help us to keep moving forward for the glory of God and that provide “what to say, when to say it and how to say it to your child.” through their “1 on 1 bible study guides”.

6 Biblical Traits Of A Godly Dad – Day 7

Today we get to continue digging into the traits of a godly dad. It’s interesting to just go with whatever the search results provide as the devotional to dig into. Today’s devotional from Bible.com is looking to empower us to be the dads. Today’s devotional from Bible.com is looking to help us address our feelings of inadequacy by providing us with the traits we need to be the dads. Today’s devotional from Bible.com is looking to help us get out of the starting blocks and into the race by sharing 6 biblical traits we need to model in our own lives in order to be the dads God created and purposed for us to be. So let’s dig in deeper as we jump into this new devotional in order to be able to learn and practice what God’s prepared in advance as good works for us to accomplish. Let’s grab a hold of these traits in order for us to be the dads, the godly dads we need to be for our wives, our kids, and our world.

Today’s devotional connects with the following verses:

‘Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, ‘
Colossians 3:23

‘If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. ‘
James 1:5

‘The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice. ‘
Proverbs 12:15

‘Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.’
Matthew 6:34

I am so thankful that God’s Word is alive and available to me daily. I am so thankful that God knows what I need before I even ask. I am so thankful that God’s Word never returns void. So I reach out to Him today as it begins and I prepare for an amazing reunion with my daughter after months of her being off at boot camp and getting to watch her graduate today.

So as we prepare for today let’s be the dads who remember that what we are to do isn’t for the pleasure or joy of man but rather for the purposes and the plans of God! Let’s be the dads who aren’t interested in pleasing man more than pleasing God! So let’s be the dads whose work is done with all of our hearts because we want to make it a pleasing aroma and offering to God as we are living sacrifices to Him. Let’s be the dads who are more interested in glorifying our Heavenly Father who created us with the gifts and talents to get it done.

Let’s choose to be the dads who when we don’t know what to do, we do what we know to do and so invite Jesus into our very situation asking Him for wisdom to help us get done His plan and His purpose for His glory! Let’s ask for wisdom with confidence knowing that He will give it to us without finding fault! Let’s ask for wisdom confident that He will give it to us generously!

Let’s choose to be the dads who aren’t so prideful we aren’t willing to listen. Let’s be the dads who can take and even receive advice and feedback that will help us become better for the glory of God. Let’s be the dads who want to be the best version of ourselves possible and as such don’t think we have all the answers and so seek God’s wisdom and surround ourselves with godly men who can keep us accountable and help us to be the dads God created and purposed for us to be.

So it’s today! This is the day that the Lord has made so let’s rejoice and be glad in it! Let’s not be worrying or get anxious about tomorrow because tomorrow isn’t guaranteed, yesterday is gone, so let’s make the most of today as it will have enough things to keep us busy. Let tomorrow worry about itself! In this world we will have trouble and so will today but take heart because Jesus has overcome the world! Let’s be the dad who live out our today to the full as God has purposed and planned, trusting in Him, leaning on Him rather than our own understanding and allowing God to make our path straight!

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“Day 7 The godly dad understands biblical mission.”

Are you ready to live a biblical mission?
Are you ready to be the dads who make time for God to speak?
Are you ready to be the dads who are living on purpose, with purpose and on mission for God?
Today’s devotional speaks to 8 ideas for finding God’s will in our lives:
1. “Through His Word”
  - Today’s devotional comes with an audacious claim: “You CAN know God and His will. But there’s the caveat, God does NOT speak anything contrary to His Word. Knowing God and His will for your life go hand in hand with knowing His Word. God’s Word brings numbers 2-8 into subjection.”
  - Let’s choose to be the dads who lean in on God and His Word for direction in the way we should go, leaning on Him rather than our own understanding so that He can make our path straight.
2. “Through prayer”
  - Today’s devotional points us to God’s Word in James 1:5 because “Prayer is vital. Pray as Scripture tells you. ”
  - Let’s choose to be the dads who pray and pray as scripture tells us.
3. “Through wise counsel”
  - Let’s make sure we have people in our lives to whom we can turn and ask and discuss things in order to receive wise counsel.
  - Let’s be the dads who ask wise friends!
  - Let’s be the dads who ask wise mentors!
  - Let’s be the dads who even ask wise family members!
  - Let’s not go it alone or try to figure everything out in our on strength!
1. “Through understanding your gifts”
  - Today’s devotional made me laugh because any friends over the years who were going to Europe to find themselves, I would ask if they had ever been to which most say “no” and so I respond with if you’ve never been what makes you think going there will help you find yourself?
  - Let’s use the tools we have been provided to evaluate our gifts and talents and choose to live out our lives in a ay that will glorify God in and thru our use of them.
1. “Through considering all the options”
  - Today’s devotional points to ways of considering all the options by pointing to a helpful formula provided by Rick Warren in The Purpose Driven Life:
1. “Through His peace”
  - Ever found that sense of peace when you are on the right road?
  - Ever found the comfort that comes when you are doing what you should be?
  - Today’s devotional shares advice when we don’t know what to do next, when we are needing clarity: “Henry Blackaby says in Experiencing God. What was the last thing God told you that you haven’t done? Do that. Essentially, do the thing you know to do that’s right—right now. Baby steps. But baby steps are all about number 7. ”
2. “Through action”
  - Today’s devotional shares a quote from Yogi Berra: “When you come to a fork in the road, take it!”
  - Let’s be the dads who don’t turn from challenges but instead lean into God more!
  - Today’s devotional closes with the following: “Some people get stuck when they face a big decision. Don’t be passive. The godly dad does not live in fear—but by faith. Matthew 6:34 says, “Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself.” Don’t mistake inaction for holiness. In my life, I’ve often found comfort is often the antithesis of God’s will. ”
1. “Through trust and sticktoittiveness”
  - Let’s be the dads who trust God!
  - Let’s be the dads who persevere!
  - Today’s devotional says it this way: “Once you’ve done the previous seven things, trust God and the decision you’ve made. With most people, life happens to them. God wants us as godly dads to throw our lives into something that makes a difference in the world around us. I can tell you, if you’re reading this as a husband and father, God is calling you to intentionally disciple your family. ”
Let’s be the dads who choose to go it God’s way!
Let’s be the dads who choose to turn to God’s Word, and set apart time to be in His presence!
Let’s be the dads who make time with God a permanent time on our calendars!
Let’s be the dads who make time to listen in the quiet place so we can

6 Biblical Traits Of A Godly Dad – Day 6

Today’s devotional connects with the following verses:

‘The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. ‘
Proverbs 18:21

‘Wisdom makes one wise person more powerful than ten rulers in a city. ‘
Ecclesiastes 7:19

‘As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. ‘
Proverbs 27:17

‘ “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. ’ ‘
Matthew 6:9-13

I enjoy getting to take a look at the scriptures before going to the devotional as it allows me to reflect on what God’s Word has to say to me. God’s Word never returns void! God’s Word is alive! God’s Word is like a double-edged sword and it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Let’s be the dads who watch what we say. Let’s be the dads who are conscious of the words we speak because words have power. Words have the power to build up and to tear down! Let’s be the dads whose words build up our wives, our kids, and our world. Let’s be the dads whose words tear down strongholds as we stand in the gap for our wives, our kids, and our world. Today’s verse tells us how our words have the power of life and death. Today’s verse also tells us that those who love the power will eat of its fruit. Jesus speaks to the importance of using our words wisely when He says:

‘But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell. ‘
Matthew 5:22

Let’s be the dads who turn to God for wisdom! Let’s be the dads who aren’t too prideful to ask! Let’s be the dads who grab hold of the reality that we can ask God for wisdom who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. Let’s be the dads who ask for wisdom believing and not doubting, filled with faith! Today’s verse speaks of the power in receiving God’s wisdom, so let’s be the dads who ask and live our lives wisely!

Let’s be the dads who don’t go it alone! Let’s be the dads who surround ourselves with godly men! Let’s be the dads who are willing to lean in, deal with the pain, allow sparks to fly, so that just as iron sharpens iron, we can sharpen one another!

Let’s be the dads who are in constant communication with God to help us stay on track and know which way to go! Let’s be the dads who take hold of Jesus’s instruction on how to pray! Let’s be the dads who give our cares of to God because He cares for us! Let’s be the dads who don’t babble to make us look holy but rather we take hold of what Jesus spoke in order to walk in alignment with God! We shared insight into the pattern of Jesus’s prayer previously! So let’s pray the Lord’s Prayer regularly! Let’s be the dads who are leaning in on God!

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Reading through today’s devotional, here are some takeaways for me:
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“Day 6 The godly dad understands biblical leadership.“

Today’s devotional provides us “The 3 P’s of Leadership” from the Manhood Bible studies:
1. “Power (what it is and how to use it)“
  1. Let’s be the dads who see power as God purposed rather than the way of the world.
  2. “The world tends to define power as telling others what to do, being in a position of authority or trying to get people to do what you want.“
  3. Let’s be the dads who understand that power can come through our words and by gaining wisdom!
  4. Put another way – Words have Power and Wisdom is Power!
    1. “Words are power > Godly dads understand the power of words. Proverbs 18:21 says, “The tongue has the power of life and death.” You have an effect on your family with words of love, hate, tearing down or building up. Just try saying the right thing with the wrong tone in your house and demonstrate the importance of words.“
    2. “Wisdom is power > Ecclesiastes 7:19 says, “Wisdom makes one wise person more powerful than ten rulers in a city.” Basically, wisdom can give you more power than a king. “
2. “Proverbs (how to use this Book of the Bible to make wise decisions)“
  1. Let’s be the dads who spend time in proverbs seeking wisdom!
  2. Let’s be the dads who take time to grasp what wisdom is available from Solomon, captured in the book of Proverbs!
  3. Today’s verse from Proverbs speaks practical advice on how to live life!
3. “Prayer“
  1. Let’s be the dads who don’t only study the Word of God through the Bible but also spend time with God in prayer!
  2. Today’s devotional speaks to prayer this way: “prayer is a major way to stay in tune with God about decisions as a leader. Jesus taught us how to pray. I know this because Matthew 6:9-13 says, “This, then, is how you should pray…”:“
  3. Let’s take the Lord’s Prayer and use its pattern to help us when we pray!
  4. Let’s take the Lord’s Prayer and when we are challenged what to pray look for ways to pattern our prayers after it!
  5. Today’s devotional provides an overview or “cliff notes” for it: