Fathering Our Future

The Power of a Father’s Love

God’s love for us is great! It is so extravagant that it is transformational for us. When we look at our lives and struggle to see meaning, we can still carry on because God loves us. While we may struggle to see what is so lovable, we know something about us must be because God is infatuated with us.

 

As dads, our love has the same impact on our children. It can be transformational and motivational for our children and be a force that propels them forward. We have to be mindful of that and intentional with our love.

 

In this episode, I want to help you see the power of your love. I will also provide some ways in which you can love your kids that are obvious, simple, and repeatable.

 

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Mini Macro Moments | The Big Impact of Little Things

We live in an extravagant culture in America. We often think the bigger, the better. In Texas, we even boast that everything is bigger, implying that it is also better.

 

While sometimes this is true, it is so easy for us, as dads, to believe this all the time. We work and aspire for the things that are great. We aim to plan huge trips and vacations. We focus on getting the biggest gifts we can find and spending tons of money on things that others deem valuable. We often forget how impactful the little things are.

 

I was reminded of this when I picked my kids up from Sunday School on the morning of Father’s Day 2024. They each filled out a sheet about me, including one section that recorded their favorite memory with me. When I read their answers I was reminded of how significant the small things are.

 

I want to share their answers with you and remind you how important the little things are to your children. I’ll also include some things you can do to ensure you pay attention to and focus on the things that are easy for you to overlook but mean the world to your kids.

 

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Being A Value Driven Dad

One of the worst things we can do as dads is roam through life aimlessly. If we are going to find fulfillment, we must have values in our lives that drive us forward to goals and meaningful achievements.

Values guide us and determine how we respond to situations. Like Jesus, starving in the wilderness being tempted by the devil, we must stay true to what matters.

In this episode, you will learn what your top three values must be as a Christian dad and what that means for you. You’ll also learn how you go about forming values for yourself. Lastly, we will talk about commitment and a practical tip to implement on the device we all struggle to put down.

 

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Be A Blessing | A Dad's Focus

This week we focus in on Genesis 12:1-3. As you read through the passage, something should stand out. God says He will do a number of things for Abram, but He tells Abram there is only one thing he is to do.

This one thing that Abram was to focus on is something that we, as Christian dads, should be focused on as well; being a blessing. I hope to reorient your daily focus from fixating on ways to bless yourself to focusing on being a blessing to your family. I’ll spend time on what being a blessing looks like and how you can go about being a blessing to your kids.

What Kids Want Most From Their Dad

We like to keep the main thing, the main thing. We all want to focus on what is most important. How would you feel if you knew what your children actually wanted more than anything else? Would it change the way you go about life and what you aim to do?

Your kids want the exact same thing as my kids; time with their dad. More than our money or personal success, they just want us. I’ll provide my reflections on a father who struggled to have a relationship with his children even though he had fame and fortune. I’ll also leave you with a poem I wrote to remind you of this truth and put it in perspective for you.

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Gratitude's Gift

Finding yourself consumed by stress and anxiety? Do you feel like you cannot escape all of the chaos and insanity in your life? I’ve got good news, you can and a lot easier than you think.

In this episode, I discuss a researched and biblical remedy to anxiety and consuming negativity; gratitude. A simple change in your mindset and what you think about has the ability to transform your outlook, mood, and life. This is the gift of gratitude.

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Life Before Balance

As a dad, one of your greatest concerns and pursuits is time with your family. Like everyone else you turn your attention to what is known as work-life balance. What if I told you that was not the right place to start? What if immediately pursuing work-life balance is putting the cart ahead of the horse?

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this and I have come to realize the idea of work-life balance is misguiding. What we want is freedom and time with our family. We analyze our lives, which often feel overly chaotic, and we work on bringing order to what is. Even if you are herald as the to-do list king, you are likely still struggling to obtain what you are striving for.

In this episode, I provide the starting point for you to obtain what you truly desire and it is not a how-to on balancing your life and your work. There is an evaluation to perform and a question to consider before you make a move. Start here, and you’ll be on the path to get more time with your family.

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Lessons from Moving to a New Home

Change is one of those things we can talk about but typically hate to experience. We are creatures of habit and we enjoy the comfort that comes with the familiar and consistent. Well, my family and I made a big change and moved to a new house. The move was something I was against for a while and my oldest was not too thrilled about it either.

Through the process of moving, three things stood out to me that I feel are important for dads to know. One specifically deals with making a move that impacts your children and the other two are relevant for any change that happens in your life.

These lessons will help you connect further with your kids, understand your true value, and turn your fear of the unknown into hopeful expectation.

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https://fatheringourfuture.com/2024/06/09/following-our-father-sneak-peak/ 

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Don't Be The Dad You Wish You Had

A very common piece of advice that I see given to dads is, “Be the dad you wish you had.” Depending on who hears this, this suggestion may resinate, but it is not right.

As dads, our devotion is to our children and we should be focused on their needs. If our focus is on the pain of our past and what we wish we would have had, we can very easily miss what is right in front of us.

This week’s episode is dedicated to bringing a corrective to this advice and illuminating what our pursuit as dads should be. Whether your dad was absent, negligent, awful, or amazing, your dad is not the one you should be looking to as a reference point for yourself. But, I’ll tell you who is.

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Benefits of Talking with Your Kids

Our mission as Christian dads is to equip and disciple our children to be a part of God’s mission in a greater capacity than ourselves. In order to achieve this, we must have influence with our kids. We can only have influence if we have a relationship with them, but there will be no relationship without communication.

As we focus on communication with our children, there are additional benefits that come with this. I want you to place an emphasis on communication as a dad, so I want to make sure you are aware of the benefits that come along with this discipline.

There are benefits for you and for your children that improve success, respect, and relationships. Communication is not only key, it is essential.

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