Unnoticed | Father’s Day | Pastor Léonce Crump

We want to be clear on what it means to be a good father so that we can raise healthy and happy children. Do not get me wrong, there is a litany of things I desire out of fatherhood, but when I get down to the core, to the something of first importance, it is a desire to know for sure, “This is what it means to be a good father.” To be able to answer that question and raise healthy, happy kids to the best of my ability is what sometimes keeps me up at night, and I am sure it has kept many of you up as well. Of course, there are several challenges that we face in fathering children. We have an Enemy, the Devil, whose assignment is to kill, steal and destroy, and he has done much killing, stealing, and destruction in modern and postmodern families. Fatherlessness, the emotional vacancy of fathers who might be physically present, and an all-out assault on the family unit has left many scars. On top of that, for many of us, no one taught us how to be good fathers. How does that leave us feeling? Unfit. Unequipped. Lost. None of us should have to feel this way. Every father should be clear on how to be a good father and able—to the best of their ability—to raise healthy and happy children.