{"id":129,"date":"2013-06-15T23:41:07","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T23:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/?p=129"},"modified":"2013-06-15T23:41:07","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T23:41:07","slug":"like-the-heavenly-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.log.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/uncategorized\/like-the-heavenly-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Like the heavenly Father"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is a blessing to grow up with role models. We become who we are because of people whom had a positive influence in our lives. Are morals and value come from others who took part in instilling them in our lives. Fathers along side mothers are the most influential people there could ever be. The effects of the absence of fathers in a home are staggering, for example, twice the number of teens go to jail then that from homes with fathers, 63% commit suicide, 85% display behavior disorder, 71% are high school drop outs, have trouble with gender identity, (Fatherhood<\/a>). The role of a good parent; specifically a father, to some may seem difficult to attain. God has set a path for being a good father. \u00a0<\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

Matthews 6:26<\/p>\n

26\u00a0<\/sup>Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?<\/p>\n

A father is a provider. Being a provider is easier then what we have made it to be; just get a job and pay your bills. The problem we see today is that many parents have placed their focus on other things instead of the families. In the article a\u00a0Growing Problem<\/i>\u00a0the author discusses that focus on the family is absent from fathers in a home (Absent Fathers<\/a>). God as the heavenly father constantly pays close attention to the need of his creation especially of his children. As fathers we need to cultivate within ourselves the desire to know what is happening with our children and \u00a0find ways to meet those needs. The greatest desire that our children have is for mom and dad to provide a secure home, like the Psalmist said expressed of God in\u00a0Psalms 71:3<\/b>\u00a0“Be thou my strong habitation”. God sets a path for man to follow from the creation point itself. In Genesis God said (Ge 1:3)\u00a0and it was done and as fathers we need to be committed to our words. Many fathers who are not part of the father generation today may consider the type of provider they are. Providing comes in levels, there are those who only provide the left overs and there are those who go all out. Jesus said that our heavenly father did not just gives us a good gift he gave us the very best of himself; his Spirit (Lk. 11:33). Paul said it like this “Blessed be the God and\u00a0Father<\/b>\u00a0of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in\u00a0heavenly<\/b>\u00a0places in Christ\u00a0<\/b>(Ep. 1:3). The apostle James said that every good and perfect gift comes from the Father above (Ja. 1:17).<\/p>\n

In order for father’s to become the best they can be following after the perfect father is necessary. God has set a model of fatherhood in the scriptures which begins with being a good provider which cultivates security and plenty attention. Our children deserve the very best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is a blessing to grow up with role models. We become who we are because of people whom had a positive influence in our lives. Are morals and value come from others who took part in instilling them in our lives. Fathers along side mothers are the most influential people there could ever be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.log.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.log.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.log.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.log.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.log.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.log.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.log.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.log.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.log.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}