.
85%
of all
childrd
il
Amqicawho
exhibitbehavionral dlsordes cone
from
.
90% of all
homeles md
runaway children
are
ftom fatherles
hones.
.
75%
ofall
adolescc
patients
in chemicalabxse centds
come
lron
fathedess
.
70%ofjuveniles
nr state-operatcd
instituliols
comc
fiom
fathcflcs
hornes.
.
85%ofallyoudrs sitiirg
in
prisons grewup
in lathcrlcss
lomcs.
.
80%
ofralists
comc
fron
falhcflcss
homes.
It's
llme
fathers
ivake
uI)
to
the
emergency.
One
of everl
t"
o
ki&
nr
Amcdca
s
ill
erow
up
withont
a
father aI
hone. lalhe6
who
stay.
coxnt.
Ema
Bombeck
described her
childhood
viesoi
Dadi
"L%
enerer
I
plq,ed
hause,
hotherdollhada
lot
to
.lo.
I
nerer
knevhat
toda||rh
the
dadb dol,
so
I
had
hin
tay,
\'"1laoingoff
to Nork
"ov'anA
ture||
hin
Mder
the
bed."That
is
sad,
but
trne.In
a
Callfomia sm'ey
offolr
thoNand
business
executives.69%
adrnittedthey
hadneglcctcd
lbeif
fan'ljcs
to
plFuc
pfofc$ional
goah,
and
half
confesed
that they
wotrld
spend
les
Lifre
worknrg andmore iime
wiLh
thei.wivcs
and
children
if
thcy conld
do
it
ove.
again.
Men
are
panicnlarly
nlndable
'
geilingcalght
nr
dre
jobtra!.
The
fiister
uptbecorporatc
laddcr thcy climb, thc nrorc
imr'orLanl they feel.
the
Dore
they
necd
to
lec!
longcr
hous
a1
work.
Sonrc
ncglcd
their wlves
and
children to
the
polnt
ofruin.
Hones
aiebreaking
doM
today
because
latl€F
are
too busy
with
wo
(and
hobbics
io
spe.d
time
wlth
their
lives
and
childre!.
Christian
lalhe$
are
"too
busy-
ro
teach
thcir
children
the
word
ofGod, ard
fallto
disciple
them
for lifc ln Christ. Don't think
that
Mathcw
28
isjust Chdst
s
comand
to
missiondies
to'teach thcn
to
obsetre
all$lngs I
have
cotunanded
yor.'
Tea.ling
and
disciplcship
begnrs
dr
homc.
[ailuc
to
do
so
led
lo
severe
conseqnences.
ln
1994,
Josh
McDowell
did
a
suwey
of3,700
American
church
klds lhal revealed
thejrmc
sliri1ual
statc.Injustfic
last 90 days
bcforo thc
$ney:
.
66% lied
toa
pddt,leacher
or
chlldj
.
55%
had
ergaged in
imnoral
sexual
behaviour
befoLc
lhey
tufr
elghteen:
.
36%
chealed
o!
an
exanj
.
20%
intnriorally
triedlophysically
hudsonconc:
.
12%hldgoltcn
drunkj
.
E%
uscdillceal
druss;
.
65%
oflhcsckids
say they
pny
daily.
.
E4%goto
chnrch
ddyouth
grolp
weekly.
Those
arc
tclling
statistics.
Tlcyloint
to
scriols
fiilucs
of Chrisrianpa
cnts
in
lpi.ltual
nudurc
ofchildrcn.
fathers,
do
you
lore
your
fanilt?
.
Some
falheB rhink
that
ifonly
I
cd
earn
nore noney,
own la.ger
houses.
drivc biggcr
cds,
bly
cxpcnsjvcgifts
ibr
my children,
send
lhen
to more
mrichftent
classes.
Feparefor their
fitue
education.then
theywill
have
a
better
life.
As
a
resnlt, fathers
sped
increasing
hous, dlys
and
nrnths
awry
fron
t1rci.
chil&cD.
Inslcad,
you
chil&cn
detellltcya\"1\
hat
the
gilts
that
I
||@t,
it
is
!.u.
.
A
rec@tlette.lo
lhe St
aitsTim€s
penDcd
by
a
fadicr rcvcalcd
that one
ofthe
reasoN
why fathes
bny
ftwd
ald
blgger lnxury ca6
was
for
the
self-esteem
ofthcir
childrcn,
sho
dc
constaDdy
comlaring wjth
their
classmates whose
fatherhad
a
nlcer
car.
This
i!
true
because
I|ea.d
this again
fiom
uothcr
mother. Where
do
childrenget
such
worldly
materlalistic
valNs?
Perhaps
theyhavc
lcart
it fiom
you
osn dcc;iols?
Yes.
father
lst
work
to
prolidefor
the
family's curmLatrd
future
treed!.
Thereforeyou
should bc
financially
prudcnt,not
covctols
or
materjalislic.
Pay
offyonr
debts
fiBt.
before
youincurbigger
deb6.
.
Brt
weighthc
costs
ofncglccling
yolr
family. Your childrer de
gol.g
to
be
wiih
vouonlyfora
fewyeaN;tfiereafter.
ifthey
are
not
laught
thcBiblc,you
lose them
to Satan.
$}at
comfoit
rvould
yonrmillions
ofdollars,lNlriou!
property
and
slots
car
offef
ilyour
teeDagc
dalLgltcr
Co1!rcgnd1
or caught
for
con$hlng
E
s/a'yl
Whatsoodwouldyour
realtfi
do
s,hcD
yourchildrctr
are
rushhg headlo.g
irlo
heu,
dd
yondid nothing to
stot theft.
.
Ycs,
wo*
is
lcce$ary.
biblical
dd
imponmt.
The
Christlan
fatber
does
his
lvork to
thebe$
olhis
ability ard
to
thc
glory
ofCod.
Blt
in ordcr for lhe
father to be
effectile
at
work,
he
nust
be
fr1
for
ihe
job,
have
a
sense
of
slcccss in
it.
andmusllotdotoo
mlch
oflt.
Therefore
yonrchoice
ofwork
is
irntortant
norer
negleot
your
faDily.
2) Bxsed on
Codmitd€rt
Dph 5:25
"Llrsbahlls,
lot
rott
ti'es,
eren
^
Christ
bwd
the.harch,
and
ame
.
Lovc
is bascd on
sacrificial
commitmert,
a
givingol
oreself, not
exlecling
dnytbrng
iD
retum.
.
PsI03:13
Likc
as a
fa$cr
piticth
His childron.
so the
Lord
pitielh
them
that
tear
Hlm."
lsfuel rebelled
against God
couDtlcs
1imcs,
ud
yct
cod
thcir
Heavenly
lather
was
rr,//
.,u
zir?z/
to rhe
colenanr
He
had
agreed
with
thei.
latridch
Abrahm.
.
Comminnent requires
dme.
Yonr children
need
you
lo!e.
wisdom.concem
od
discillinc. TIey
need
yonr
time.
Children who
do
nol
hale
time
they
lced
wilh
their falbcf
will
bcconc rcscldn].
ard
find
(wrong)
ways
to attract
.
You
say.l donl
havc
timc.I
n
too
busy.
Yourjob
dcndds
long
hous;
receslion heans
more
work
at
lowcrpay.
lfyoudon
thavc
time
to
teach
yonr
chlldren.
others
will.
The
drusrusher
$
ill
be
glad
to
slcndtimc{.ilh
yolr
children
dd
teach
hin
or her
how
to lake
6.i/a.y
or
i€roD.
The
televisior
dd
irtemerwillbe
switched
or
?4/7Io
educale and entenaln
yodchild.en
Lo
haDker
afterichcs,
glamour
ud
succcs,
gctaddicted
to
lhe most
exciting,
viole
sexually
crllicit
vidco
gamcs.
offilllhciminds
with
waryed
filth
froft
potuogralhic
websites.
The
tacdophilc
{,i11
bc
morc
tlim
haply
to
takc
dre
Lide
Lo
care
foryo!tr
clild
in ordcr
to
hrc
lim
or
hcr into
u
illicit
Thc
Biblclclls
us
!Fatber\Love
is:
1)
Not
itrstbrinsins
homc
thc
Bacon.
--i:t!;.1)
tt:iilk/t
a)u.
i..a
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