An Anointing Message To Fathers for 2012
by William Jackson, M.Ed.
Going into the new year Pastors, Bishops, Apostles, Priests and
others of religious faiths should pray over all fathers. Now more
than ever in history do we need spiritual guidance, wisdom and
protection.
As a father, educator and mentor, I want to inspire and motivate
fathers, step-fathers, grandfathers, fathers to be, divorced fathers
and even absentee fathers, men who are guardians: to be the best
men their families, children, communities, and churches need.
Difficult times and many challenges are around us; spiritually,
economically, educationally, environmentally and politically.
As men we should be taking the lead in the direction to move
to care for our loved ones, our communities and supporting our
churches. Fathers have a historical responsibility and spiritual
accountability to place our families above our personal needs.
We cannot nor should not be selfish in our love for family,
devotion to God, giving to community and mentoring to youth.
These things as men we should pray and act on to improve ourselves.
1. Fathers, should go to Jesus in prayer and pray with their children
and families. Leading prayer as the leader of the household.
2. Fathers, make mistakes, but own up to them and correct the
mistakes they have made. Working not to repeat them and modeling
responsibility.
3. Fathers, discipline their children with love and not with physical
violence, verbal degradation or emotional manipulation.
4. Fathers, take their children/families to church and bible study to
receive the Word of God and meditate on these words to empower,
inspire and strengthen the family unit.
5. Fathers, are not perfect and should not try to be perfect, ask
God for wisdom, direction and discernment.
6. Fathers, don't blame others for their weakness, but work to
strengthen themselves in the Word of God through prayer and
reading of scripture.
7. Fathers, will not "follow the guys" when they are disrespecting
women, this sets an inappropriate and dangerous model for their
sons to follow.
8. Fathers, don't block their children's anointing with ungodly actions
and modeling that may be repeated by their children as they mature
into adults.
9. Fathers, ask for discernment to recognize the signs of trouble,
chaos and confusion before they happen.
10. Fathers, model respect for the spirit of the church and church
representation.
11. Fathers, lead grace/prayer at meal time and anoint their children
with oil.
12. Fathers, should be able to purchase their daughters personal
items and be proud in doing so. Setting a standard of respect,
pride and responsibility for the young lady he protects and loves.
13. Fathers, promote education in the household. Reading should
come before video games, television or play time.
14. Fathers, talk to their children about drugs and s*x before the
street or television does.
15. Fathers, do not whine about what "HIS" daddy did not do
for him, but follow a model indicative of Godly men and accountability.
16. Fathers, do not blame where he came from for his short-comings.
He focuses on where he is going in a positive direction.
17. Fathers, takes time to visit their children's school and talk to
teachers about their children's progress, strengths, and challenges.
18. Fathers, will happily sacrifice for their family, showing how God’s
love sacrificed for all of us.
19. Fathers, accept responsibility for their children's actions.
Remembering that “the apple does not fall far from the tree.”
Fathers recognize and work to stop generational curses so a new
and positive direction is made for his children.
20. Fathers, will visit their children and spend time with them even
though he may not be present in the home. A true father takes
responsibility for a life that they helped create and a true mother/
woman allows the father to do this and puts her feelings aside to
allow a father to be a father.
21. Fathers, aren't afraid to show love to their children, children
still need reinforcement that they are loved and respected by
their father. Love cannot be bought, bartered, compromised, sold,
exchanged. Love is a action word and actions speak louder than
words.
22. Fathers, spend time just being together with their children
and doing things their children like and will remember doing.
23. Fathers, teach your child to be responsible and accountable
for their actions. Not to blame others for their actions or think
they are owed anything. Respect is always earned.
24. Fathers must teach and model respect to women for their
sons and respect to men by their daughters. s*x must be taken
seriously not as a game, violence is not acceptable by men or
women. Fathers must lead in the understanding of this.
25. Fathers must teach respect, honor, and fear of the Lord.
Quote:
A truly humble man is sensible of his natural distance from God;
of his dependence on Him; of the insufficiency of his own power
and wisdom; and that it is by God's power that he is upheld and
provided for, and that he needs God's wisdom to lead and guide
him, and His might to enable him to do what he ought to do for Him.
Edwards, Jonathan
Posted By: William Jackson
Wednesday, January 4th 2012 at 2:54PM
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