Fools & Wise – Devotions with Dad

Anger (3 of 3): Right Kind of Mad

For dad only: Get to the Heart of Anger Many times a good dad will get boiling mad for the right reason. How we respond, however, makes a huge impact on our children’s lives. If you see your kid coloring on the pages of the family Bible, you may become furious over such sacrilege. However,… Continue reading Anger (3 of 3): Right Kind of Mad

Anger (2 of 3): Selfish Madness

For dad only: When You Feel Angry What makes you mad? Do you fear you are a control freak? One blow-up will not make-up for the weeks and months I have wasted by not training my children properly. Kids should not behave out of fear of angering dad. Loss of control Most men get angry… Continue reading Anger (2 of 3): Selfish Madness

Anger (1 of 3)

For dad only: How to Be the Best Parent Being a good parent is less about learning techniques and more about becoming a good person. You become the best parent by becoming a good Christian, a good citizen, and a good example. Dad, you cannot keep on struggling with lust and anger problems your whole… Continue reading Anger (1 of 3)

Who is to Blame? (2 of 2)

For DAD Only: Lame Blame Guilty people like to make others feel guilty. Like giant yellow tractors, they dump their own dirt onto other’s backs, trying to clear the landscape of their souls. Dad, it doesn’t matter how many earth-movers we have in our homes, they will never be able to remove the grunginess of… Continue reading Who is to Blame? (2 of 2)

Hard Work (1 of 2)

For DAD Only: Teaching Kids to Work I have seen my kids go outside, build a tree fort, and dig a small pond—all in half the time it took them to vacuum the living room. There is no question that kids have the ability to work. How well they work, however, depends on how we… Continue reading Hard Work (1 of 2)

Mystery (3 of 3): Disappearing Crooks

Support this ministry! For dad only: Building Gold, Silver, Precious Stones You, Dad, are building a home on the foundation of Jesus Christ. What you build on that foundation can be worthless or eternal. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon… Continue reading Mystery (3 of 3): Disappearing Crooks

Mystery (2 of 3): Dissappearing Rusty

For dad only, devotional about contention and strife, see below for story teaching boys courage and bravery: The Cross vs. the Rod Do your kids boss each other around? Do they tattle on each other? Do they nag one another or point out each other’s faults? That what this family devotional’s about. Contention is a… Continue reading Mystery (2 of 3): Dissappearing Rusty

Mystery (1 of 3): Dissapearing Aunt

For dad only: The Lightning Rod While helping homeschool my kids, I learned that my thinking was wrong about electricity. I want to apply it to life in this devotional about contention and fighting in the home. I always thought electricity flowed from positive to negative. Instead, it flows from negative to positive. Lightning strikes… Continue reading Mystery (1 of 3): Dissapearing Aunt

Initiative (3 of 3)

For DAD Only: Seven Ways to have Heaven on Earth Deuteronomy 11:21 “That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.” You would love to have Heaven on earth, right? I… Continue reading Initiative (3 of 3)

Persistence (2 of 3)

For DAD Only: Are You Game for Child Raising? Some kids grow up hating work because their dad never teaches them how. Others hate work because they have to do all of it. Although some parents swing to the extreme of never demanding anything from their kids, others fly to the other end of the… Continue reading Persistence (2 of 3)