Following Our Father is designed to help dads focus on God, our Father, for the purpose of helping dads become who God has called them to be and who their children need them to be.

This devotional focuses on 30 qualities of God and provides practical guidance on how you can adopt these qualities in your own life.

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There is a lot of confusion about what a dad actually is. Most men, even in Christian circles, see fatherhood merely as a job, responsibility, obligation, or a natural course of life. The truth is, a dad is so much more than that.

A dad is not just a man temporarily occupying a role with retirement on the horizon in 18 years. A dad is not an at home coach who throws out instructions from the sideline. A dad is not a dictator controlling and determining everything his children do. A dad is not someone simply defined by particular tasks such as providing or protecting.

A dad is a man that claims and embraces ownership of his children. A dad is one with power, authority, and the ability to selfishly serve himself but chooses to be selfless and serve his family. A dad is a leader, whose desire is to give to and for his children.

Through a focused intentionality on faith, personal integrity, communication, and grace we establish and continually nurture a lasting relationship with our children.

Dedication to our faith, as Christian fathers, allows us to see what a relationship should truly look like as we see how our Heavenly Father relates with us.

Concern of our personal integrity develops us into someone others, namely our children, desire to be in a relationship with.

Intentionality about communication with our children establishes trust, forming a strong foundation upon which a relationship can be continually nurtured.

Giving grace, undeserved favor, enables the relationship with our children to have longevity and stand the tests of time.

This bond we focus on with our children makes us an influential voice and example in their lives enabling us to fulfill our mission as Christian dads and raise them up as disciples of Jesus Christ.

In Ephesians 6:4, the apostle Paul speaks specifically to dads and instructs us to bring up our children in the training and the instruction of the Lord. Our mission as dads is to equip and disciple our children to be a part of God’s mission in a greater capacity than ourselves.

This requires more than reading Bible stories to our children. This means we have to live out our Christian faith, in every area of life, for our children to see how a disciple of Jesus Christ lives. Our dedication to our personal discipleship helps us raise our children to be disciples of Christ and to walk with us on this faith journey.

Being a Christian does not make you a perfect dad and it never will. Fatherhood is a lifelong journey that you don’t need to go at alone. Whether you're struggling with your identity as a dad, building or maintaining relationships with your kids, understanding how to disciple your children, or you simply need help and you are too ashamed to ask others you know, you can get the help you need from Fathering Our Future.

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The family unit is a part of God's grand design and He created dads to lead them. In a culture that seems to downplay the role of dads, it is vitally important to ensure that dads are equipped and empowered to be who God has designed them to be.

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