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As a fellow Dad, let me encourage you in the strongest way: Of all of the people on planet earth, YOU should have the greatest impact on your children …… more than anyone else.
Consider the God of the Universe is referred to as “Father” …… not “mother” ….. not “nature” …… not “Big Entity in the sky” ……… etc.
Why does the Lord set up the relationship as “Father - Child”?
I Corinthians 11: 1
"Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ."
Don’t be fooled ………
Your children are watching. Your actions communicate and instill a value system to your kids. If you spend all of your time supporting activities that have little or no eternal value, don’t be surprised when they do the same.
“Fathers: Key to Their Children's Faith”
In short, the study reveals: “It is the religious practice of the father of the family that, above all, determines the future attendance at or absence from church of the children”
Some key statistics
If both father and mother attend regularly, 33% of their children will end up as regular churchgoers, and 41% will end up attending irregularly. Only 25% of their children will end up not practicing at all.
If the father is non-practicing and mother regular, only 2% of children will become regular worshippers, and 37% will attend irregularly. Over 60% of their children will be lost completely to the church!
By S. Michael Craven, Christian Post Guest Columnist
