A prayer for fathers by Matt Haviland.

Fathers do not exasperate your children.

Instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord,

Ephesion 6.

Lord, we thank you for the way you have designed what a family is supposed to look like.

In the specific roles you have ordained to a mother and a father of how to lead their children.

Yet Lord, through our sinful ways we have taken what you have made holy and created our own version of families.

Because of this, our children are suffering. It is for the fathers, families, and children of our

nation that we do pray today. Lord we specifically pray for fathers and fatherhood across our land. We thank you for the men who are leading according to your statutes and the ones that are laying down their lives for your purposes. We pray that you will continue to use these men to

lead their families and other men. We pray that you will strengthen the fathers of

our nation and that you will continue to empower churches,

organizations, and individuals to invest in fathers and fatherhood for the sake of

our children.

God, we pray for single fathers, whether they are raising their children alone,

or even if they are doing the best they can with the time they have.

We pray for strength, protection, wisdom, and

discernment to help them through whatever trials they may be facing. Thank you, for these men and please guard their hearts and

minds in Christ Jesus. Help meet all of their needs that they may experience your

peace that surpasses all comprehension.

Jesus, we pray for the dads out there who are being alienated from their children right now.

We pray, O Lord, that you would shield and shelter them from the pain and possibly

the anger that may be rising up in them.

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