First Baptist Gulfport

Training Dad
Proverbs 22:6

“A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.” Billy Graham

Things Children Remember Their Dad Saying:
1. I’m too tired
2. We don’t have enough money
3. Keep quiet

Cats in the Cradle

He'd say "I'm gonna be like you, dad"
"You know I'm gonna be like you"

And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me

Train up a child in the way he should go - but be sure you go that way yourself. Charles Spurgeon

Can you dedicate your children to more than one thing?

What is your priority?

Dads, if you want your children to trust God, you must trust God.

Praying ~ Bible Reading ~ Worshipping ~ Serving

Sonship ~ Discipleship ~ Worship
Partnership ~ Fellowship

I try to spend as much time as possible with God and my family. That’s more important than anything I’m doing in baseball. Albert Pujols

A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian... and most of all, his family ought to know. Dwight L. Moody

Start early and stay focused to the end.

The church can not do your job.

I believe the family was established long before the church, and my duty is to my family first. I am not to neglect my family. Dwight L. Moody

God is the archetypal Father; all other fatherhood is a more or less imperfect copy of his perfect fatherhood. F.F. Bruce

God is...self sufficient. He is self sustaining. He is infinite.
He never changes. All Wise. All Good. All Righteous.
All Powerful. All Knowing. Ever Present.

God is...Just. Kind. Merciful. Faithful. Loving. Compassionate. Giving. Forgiving. Caring. Gracious.

The best fathers make every effort to connect their children to life in Jesus!