"HAPPY FATHERS DAY" According to a recent Gallup Father’s Day Poll, 40% of men between the ages of 18-49 feel that their father was their greatest parental influence as compared to just 23% of men over 50. I tend to believe that fathers are spending more time with their children and are more actively involved in their upbringing than they used to be. And that involvement is paying off. 1 Thes. 2:11 NASB “just as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you as a father would his own children” FATHERS The presence of a Father in the home makes a tremendous difference in a child’s future. Did you know that children from a fatherless home are: 5 times more likely to commit suicide; 32 times more likely to run away; 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; 14 times more likely to commit rape; 9 times more likely to drop out of high school; 10 times more likely to abuse chemical substances; and 9 times more likely to end up in state-operated institutions? — Being a Good Dad When You Didn’t Have One Ephesians 6:4 NASB “And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
Posted on: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 02:00:13 +0000