Thank you, God, for dads! Though we love our fathers every day, Father’s Day is a great time to go above and beyond. Now is the time to pick out some great new books and Bibles for dads that will be sure to offer motivation, spiritual guidance, and inspiration for their walk with the Lord! Here…
Pain Is a Part of Relationship
“You always hurt the one you love,” the old song goes, and it’s sadly true. The moments will come when you hurt your kids. You’ll say something you shouldn’t have. You’ll do something that embarrasses them. You’ll break a promise. None of us are perfect. And even when we say we’re sorry and admit our faults, we can’t erase what…
God Our Father
Doubtless You are our Father… You, O Lord, are our Father; Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. — Isaiah 63:16 When people hear the word father, many different images, memories, and feelings immediately occur. For some, thoughts of a father connote feelings of love, affirmation, guidance, and provision. For others, feelings of rejection, criticism,…
Dads Are to Be Earthly Mirrors of a Heavenly Reality
The Bible says our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 6:12). Over the years, God has shown me that the attack on the institution of fatherhood and the strategy to make fathers unloving and…
The Good Dad Author Chat Replay Video
Watch the Conversation with Jim Daly: What does it take to be a good dad? As it turns out, many want to know, but only one man tackles the topic in such a unique way that we chatted with him live and posed your questions from social media. We interviewed Jim Daly, the “head guy”…
God Will Always Be There For You
The 1989 Armenian earthquake needed only four minutes to flatten the nation and kill thirty thousand people. Moments after the deadly tremor ceased, a father raced to an elementary school to save his son. When he arrived, he saw that the building had been leveled. Looking at the mass of stones and rubble, he remembered…
Bad Dads – No More Holes and Wounded Souls
When my oldest son, Jamin, was moving out of the toddler years, I started to have a difficult time hugging and kissing him. I wasn’t really sure why. But for some reason, it felt strange and well… just weird. So I decided to talk this situation over with my wife, Yvette. She listened intently as I explained…
Father’s Day: Set Free to Win the Battles of Life
Father’s Day is a wonderful day to bestow honor on dads for all that they do for their families. Dads love to get cards and gifts, enjoy their favorite meal, and have some family fun doing the things dads likes to do. But on the Monday following Father’s Day, it is back to the grind, the struggles, the…
The God-Ordained Design of the Family
In each section of Dive Deeper you’ll be guided through a number of verses and encouraged to use the d.i.v.e. format. The beauty of this format is that it goes beyond this study; it can be used anytime you desire to dive deeper into Scriptures. d.i.v.e. define investigate visualize embrace Ephesians 6:1-9 The Family Unit In…
6 Things Every Good Father Must Do
When I was president of National Fatherhood Initiative, one of the most frequent questions that I got from fathers was, “What do I need to do to make sure that I am a good dad?” Three Principles That Can Help Dads Become Better Fathers Well, for starters, a father needs to avoid the eight “bad…