3 Bible Tips: Being a Better Father
With Father's Day coming up, here are some tips for us dads.
1. Don't be harsh or ridicule your child.
"And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath..." (Ephesians 6:4a). The New International Version translates it, "Do not exasperate your children."
This can also discourage children (Colossians 3:21).
2. Use everyday experiences to teach your children God's way.
"You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up" (Deuteronomy 6:7).
3. Did we mention, teach them about God and His way?
"…but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord" (Ephesians 6:4b). The Amplified Bible says, "but rear them [tenderly] in the training and discipline and the counsel and admonition of the Lord."
For more on this subject, see Does Father Know Best?