What things should a godly man, husband, and father pursue?
1. Pursue God
Know God
Be Saturated in God’s Word
The Environment in which you pursue God:
The Church. The relationships that God has placed you in the midst of.
2 Peter 3:18, Ephesians 4:15-16
This is something we do together.
Pursuit Requires Discipline
2. Pursue your Wife
The condition of any marriage is primarily a product of the spiritual walk of the husband
Proverbs gives us wisdom in how to love our wives:
1. A Wise Husband Listens
Proverbs 12:15
2. Don’t Be Quarrlesome
Proverbs 20:3
3. Hold Back
Proverbs 29:11
4. Learn from Your Mistakes
Proverbs 26:11
5. Discipline Your Children
Proverbs 13:24
6. Love Sacrificially
Read Ephesians 5:25-33 on the day you were married every month.
Saturate yourself in that passage as you strive to love your wife.
Love your wife as Christ loved the church.
You will never arrive, but that is the goal for which you must strive.
3. Pursue your Children
The perfect pattern for raising your children is found in Ephesians 6:4 – Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Discipline and instruction begins with the heart
(Proverbs 4:23, Luke 6:45).
Deuteronomy 6:4-7 provides guidance in how to do this:
Teach them:
• About God: The Lord our God
• To Love God
with all your heart soul, might
• To Obey God: a product of knowing & loving
Teach them by showing them.
They need to see you love God with your heart, soul,
and might.
Teach them by telling them.
Don’t just show them - you just also tell them.
Bottom Line:
How will you take the next step to:
1. Pursue God
2. Pursue Your Wife
3. Pursue Your Children
Two suggestions:
• Read a Chapter of Proverbs Daily
search for the wisdom
find one passage that stands out to you
write it out on a post-it note or card
meditate on it throughout the day
• Dig into your role as a Father
Get one of the books on the list below and read through it. Use one of the devotional books to lead your family in regular devotions.
BOOK LIST:
Books on being a Godly Man/Father
In a day when the church needs men to be men, these books lay a biblical foundation on the role of men in the family, the church, and society.
1. The Masculine Mandate: God's Calling to Men
by Richard Phillips ($12 on Amazon)
by Voddie Baucham ($15 on Amazon)
by John MacArthur
Family Devotional Guide Books
One thing you’ll hear consistently is that men need to lead their family in “family devotions.” These books are easy guides to help you do that. Gather your family around, open up the book, and walk through these family devotions together. You’ll be glad you did.
1. Wise Up
by Marty Machowski ($15 on Amazon)
2. A Guide to Family Worship -
by Ryan Bush ($6.00 at mediagratiae.org)
3. Long Story Short & The Gospel Story Bible
by Marty Machowski ($20 each on Amazon)
by Sally Loyd-Jones ($11 on Amazon)
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