Radical Wisdom: A 7-Day Journey For Fathers – Day 6 – Teach that they are complete

Radical Wisdom For Fathers - 7-day plan - by Regi Campbell

Today’s devotional is powerful and calls us to step up and be the dads who are following Jesus! To teach our kids that they are complete in Jesus! We are being called to be the dads who help our kids know who they are! We are being called to teach our kids whose they are! We are being called to be the dads who teach their kids they are “completely forgiven, totally adequate, and perfectly worthy“!

Today’s devotional on the eve of Christmas and the eve of our last devotional, let’s remember its purpose before we jump into it:

It’s crazy how much our dads shape us. No one escapes the power and influence of their earthly father. And since most men feel unprepared to be fathers, it’s essential to seek guidance – from Scripture and from other dads. Radical Wisdom is a journey toward wisdom and insight for fathers, combining principles and wisdom from Scripture with the experience of an older, wiser dad who’s learned from his mistakes.

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Scripture from Today’s Devotional:

‘just as [in His love] He chose us in Christ [actually selected us for Himself as His own] before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy [that is, consecrated, set apart for Him, purpose-driven] and blameless in His sight. In love He predestined and lovingly planned for us to be adopted to Himself as [His own] children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the kind intention and good pleasure of His will— ‘

Ephesians 1:4-5

‘See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, we are [even here and] now children of God, and it is not yet made clear what we will be [after His coming]. We know that when He comes and is revealed, we will [as His children] be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is [in all His glory]. And everyone who has this hope [confidently placed] in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure (holy, undefiled, guiltless). ‘

1 John 3:1-3

‘I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my [spiritual] children are living [their lives] in the truth. ‘

3 John 1:4

‘I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.” ‘

John 13:34-35

We’ve gotten the call to be the dads and so let’s go to the instruction manual called to the Bible first before we move forward! God’s Word will never return voidGod’s Word will help cut through the noise and the distraction and get to the core of the matter!

Let’s be the dads who receive and then who share with our kids the truth of just as in His love He chose us in Christ, actually selecting us for Himself as His own before the foundation of the world that He also chose them! Let’s be the dads who receive and then who share with our kids the truth of just as in His love He chose us in Christ so that we would be holy that is, consecrated, set apart for Him, purpose-driven, and blameless in His sight that He also chose them! Let’s be the dads who receive and then who share with our kids how in love God predestined and lovingly planned for us to be adopted to Himself as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the kind intention and good pleasure of His will! Let’s be the dads who receive and then who share with our kids what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would be permitted to be named and called and counted the children of God! Let’s be the dads who receive and share with our kids that so we are! Let’s be the dads who accept and then who share with our kids that for this reason, the world does not know us because it did not know Him! Let’s be the dads who receive and then who share with our kids that God calls us beloved and that we are even here and now children of God, and it is not yet made clear what we will be after His coming! Let’s be the dads who receive and then who share with our kids that everyone who has this hope confidently placed in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure, holy, undefiled, and guiltless! Let’s be the dads who are not only our kids’ earthly dads but also their spiritual dads so that we can have no greater joy than this, to hear that my [spiritual] children are living [their lives] in the truth! Let’s be the dads who accept the command of Jesus and then pass it along to our kids that we are to love one another (our brothers and sisters in Christ), just as Jesus has loved us, revealing to the world that we are disciples of Jesus by loving and showing unselfish concern for one another!

Today’s devotional has been provided to us by Regi Campbell from Radical Mentoring.

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)

For more information, please visit Radical Wisdom: A Daily Journey for Leaders (radicalmentoring.com).

Takeaways from Today’s Devotional:
Jesus-Following Dads

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