Father’s Day

Father’s Day is this Sunday so don’t forget to get a gimmicky tool for your dad. While it was a token holiday given to dads after the success of Mother’s Day, Father’s Day is still a great opportunity to show your love and appreciation for your dad. We don’t always realize the influence that our parents have on us, especially our fathers. Dads have a much more profound impact on their kids than we know.

Statistics show that children with dedicated fathers do better in school, are better emotionally, are better behaved, and are more likely to avoid drugs. This is true whether families were low or high income. Statistics also show that when a dad is a regular church attender, his children are considerably more likely to be regular church attenders (33% regular & 44% irregular attending). If a father is an irregular church attender, the statistics fall off significantly (only 3% of kids become regular church attenders). What is worse is that there is almost no difference between a Father that attends irregularly and one that doesn’t attend at all (3% vs 2% of their children end up regularly attending church). The statistics also showed that a mother’s church attendance had only a small impact. Dads are far more important than we realize.

The Bible is clear in Eph 6:4, “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Fathers must teach their children about God and must attend church regularly. Obviously simple statistics do not show everything and God can do whatever he wants, but these statistics are very telling and reinforce what the Bible already teaches. Dads need to step up and be men. Fulfill your responsibility and train your kids in the faith. Read the Bible with them, pray with them, and teach them doctrine. They are relying on you, do not fail them.