Portrait of a Father - Teacher of the Family
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 24 May 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Chip continues his series, “Portrait of a Father,” with some good advice for dad’s of all ages. Whether you have kids in preschool or grandkids graduating from college, this message will resonate with you.
Main PointsThe Biblical Portrait of a Father
- He's a teacher. - Ephesians 6:4
- He's a lover. - Malachi 4:5-6
How do you become the dad your kids need you to be?
- It must begin with your thinking.
- It only becomes real with support.
- It requires supernatural grace.
- It is sustained by pondering the future.
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the EdgeLiving on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | For most men, the two most influential people in all your life were a teacher and a coach. |
| 0:08.0 | Now listen carefully. The teacher that God has called to have the greatest impact in the life of your child is you. |
| 0:16.0 | But it's more than teaching him how to drive a car, play an instrument, or be good at a sport. |
| 0:19.9 | It's teaching life, morals, a relationship with others, |
| 0:23.7 | and how to be an authentic follower of Jesus Christ. |
| 0:26.5 | If you would like some help in teaching your kids |
| 0:29.4 | how to be the greatest person God wants them to be. |
| 0:31.9 | Stay with us. |
| 0:35.0 | Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:39.0 | The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christians through the Bible teaching of |
| 0:44.2 | Chip Ingram. |
| 0:45.2 | And we're in the middle of his series, Portrait of a Father. |
| 0:48.3 | Today he'll continue highlighting four vital roles only a dad can fill for his kids. So far we've learned what it means |
| 0:55.0 | for a father to be a leader and a priest. Right now Chip's going to begin focusing |
| 0:59.5 | on the final two so get your notepad ready and let's dive in. |
| 1:04.0 | Many of you ever awakened in the middle of the night with a cold sweat |
| 1:08.0 | with a knot right down in the pit of your stomach |
| 1:12.0 | and it seems like life is suspended for that moment and this |
| 1:18.2 | horrifying thought comes to your mind. Are my kids getting from me what they really need from their dad? |
| 1:28.0 | One of those flashes of review where everything else seems to just fade away and |
| 1:37.0 | that issue comes right before you. |
| 1:40.0 | When this happened to me I found myself a few minutes later sitting in the living room. |
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