When Jesus visits your home, He'll ask for you, dads.
Dads, one thing you might try with your kids this season is to have them list something they are not thankful for, and then work out with them where the good is in it, or where good might come from it, or how it might serve to glorify God.
It may also be helpful to try this on yourself.
Dads, when considering a home to live in one question you should ask is: Is it close to our church?
This is not the only factor, nor the most important, but it is fairly significant.
For example, people who live close to church make themselves more able to help others and be helped by others in the church.
Dads, hug your child every day. Tell them you love them every day.
Dads, if your kids are watching you use your computer, don’t look at the contents of your spam folder.
Dads, you know the oft-heard idea that sometimes women don’t want you to solve their problem, they just want you to listen and understand it?
Sometimes that’s true with kids, too.
Dads, for those of you in cooler climes, the combination of days getting short and occasional warm fall weather gives you an opportunity that you might not have at other times in the year.
Take an October walk in a big park with your kids (on a warm evening) and stay out until after it gets dark. Your kids will find it a privilege – they’ll feel like they are getting to do something they don’t normally get to do.
Dads, this tip is the connections of four truths:
1. Kids are interested in tornadoes.
2. Whirlpools are like underwater tornadoes.
3. A good stroke of a paddle, while canoeing, produces small whirlpools.
4. You want your kids to paddle well when they canoe.
So tell your kids that if they paddle with strong fast motion, they’ll see little tornadoes in the water.
Here’s what Pastor Piper had to say about leading your family in devotions:
Dads, I’m going to make this real easy. Even if you can’t read and your wife can, you can still lead in devotions. Just say, “C’mon, kids, come on”. Say that: “Come. On.” And then you say, “Honey, read John 1”. And you say, “Daughter, pray for us.” That’s leadership, Fella. You don’t need anything but guts to do that. Well, the Holy Spirit would help. You know what I mean.
Dads, if you are feeling angry at your kids, it most likely means you feel guilty about something you’ve done, or (more likely) haven’t done.
Figure out what it is.
Dads, you should teach your kids that while there are somethings that everyone should be relatively skilled at (reading, conversing with people) and while everyone should have specific things they are skilled at, they should not feel shame for not being able to be as gifted as another person is with almost any given task.
Responsible Father 