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GOD CREATED FATHER Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
ADAM the first human father Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
Lessons to learn from ADAM Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
1. God is looking for fathers who freely choose to obey Him and submit to His love. Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
OBEDIENCE • is the highest form of WORSHIP • lifetime faithful devotion. Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
2. Fathers with integrity live in the knowledge that nothing is hidden from God's sight. Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
3. Instead of blaming others, godly fathers take responsibility for their own failures and shortcomings. Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
FATHER’S ROLES Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
PROTECTOR • “This is now bone of my bones • and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” • Gen 2:23 • “Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.” • Col 3:21 Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
CHIEF PROVIDER • “ 8 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” • 1Tim 5:8 Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
LOVE HIS WIFE • "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” • Ephesians 5:25 Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
LOVE HIS CHILDREN • “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” • Ephesians 6:4 Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
A LEADER • "The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing.” • Ephesians 5:23 Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
AN INFLUENCER • Be an example • Being an influencer is the highest form of ministry that the husband can make to his wife and to his children Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
fathers… you can be a godly one. Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
CHARACTERISTICS OF A GODLY FATHER Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
1. Be an initiator • Take Charge • Be an encourager • Resource ideas • Normalize failures Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
2. Lead Spiritually • Remain faithful • Love like Christ • Seek peace in the home Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
3. Love Unconditionally • Love others • Live humble • Forgive Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
4. Lead by Serving • Care for your thoughts • Be optimistic • Be proactive Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:25 Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission
To all FATHERS… God Bless Gina C. Miado Family Life Director, SMM Southern Mindanao Mission