May 20, 2025 • 39 mins
When your child’s eyes say “Whatever,” most dads reach for a sharper lecture. We chose a different road: start by receiving love, then lead with empathy, presence, and rapid repair. This conversation maps a practical path for fathers, grandfathers, and father-figures who want to reconnect with kids who feel distant and disillusioned—and do it without sacrificing truth or standards.
• Receiving the Father’s love to heal wounds
• Modeling confession, forgiveness, and repair
• Setting clear expectations without exasperation
• Building emotional safety for honest talk
• Releasing bitterness toward your own father
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SPEAKER_01 (00:00):
What kind of father do you want to be?
What kind of man do you want tobecome for your family and for
yourself?
If you've ever wondered how tostep into the fullness of your
role as a father, husband, andman of God, then you're in the
right place.
Here at the Father Difference,our mission is to inspire and
equip men to be the best fathersthey can be.
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It's a powerful mission.
And today, we're going toexplore exactly how you can take
steps toward that calling.
Whether you're a father, a son,a husband, grandfather, single
dad, stepfather, or just lookingto grow, I believe God has
something powerful for you intoday's message.
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And now your host, a husband,father, grandfather, author, and
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former NFL player, Pastor EdMcGlass.
SPEAKER_00 (01:15):
Hey, well, it's good to see you.
I have missed you this last uhgosh, it's been about six weeks
of travel and being with mygrandkids in Switzerland.
We had some epic times justconnecting as a grandpa, being
yelled at by my uh little uhyoung granddaughters in German
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at times, not yelling, butcommunicating with their papa
and with my uh beautiful brideJill.
And uh so glad to be home and soglad to be with you and and
really excited about the seriesthat we're in because it's the
same thing in Switzerland as itis here in the whole idea of how
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do I reach my my kids whenthey're distant, when they're as
a dad, how do I break through,you know, that barrier where
they're they give you kind ofthe whatever face or whatever
hand.
And believe it or not, it's thesame in Switzerland.
And thanks for the love that youguys are shooting to me.
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And and and the real coach, justuh man, that guy is he's serious
business man.
He's one of my favorite guys.
And uh, and so welcome Ray.
Ray Diggs is there and uh withyou.
And uh one of the things that Igot to do, which is one of my
favorite things, you might notknow this about me, but I'm also
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an artist, I'm a painter, I'm aplain air painter, and I
actually was on the side of amountain.
I'm gonna start with this, anduh yet no, this is not
Disneyland.
Yes, this is the Matterhorn fromthe side of a mountain, a
painting that I started thereoutside, and it was there was a
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storm covering the entiremountain and me when I went up
on the mountain, praying thatGod would break through.
And for about three and a half,four hours, this we had a
breakthrough to what you seeright here.
And I got to start blocking inthis uh amazing mountain there
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in Switzerland.
And but by the way, this uh ifyou're interested in any of my
paintings, I have a number ofthem.
Our studio is going to beoffering those towards uh later
this fall and for donations.
And if you're interested insupporting our ministry and you
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want to get a painting at thesame time from some of these
classic mountains, uh you sendme a message and you can I'll
put you in line.
We I got five uh paintings therethe Mount Frau, the Iger that's
had the most people die tryingto climb it, and the Matterhorn,
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and a couple of other just epicmountainscapes in a time of
rest.
So thanks for your prayers.
Thanks for this time.
It was incredibly refreshing.
We lived as Swiss people, and uhyours truly hit his head at
least 25 or 30 times on theceiling in my daughter's old
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Swiss house that had five and ahalf foot ceilings.
So I was I couldn't be 6'4 for alot of time.
And so let us know where you'rewatching.
Uh would love for you to justsend me a message, and we'd love
to uh be with you today.
So today we're gonna talk aboutin your family, your kids, how
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to reach your kids when whenthey're distant, when they're
when they're struggling in theirlife.
And as a matter of fact, when Iwas in Switzerland, this was the
very topic that came up over andover and over again with Swiss
parents, German parents, towhere they're their kids are
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like, I don't need you anymorein my life.
And they're kind of pushing youaway and pushing you back.
And uh and so grateful to beable to think through this and
and kind of uh lay out just acouple of thoughts for you to
do.
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Well, there's a number of thingsfirst I want to say is that all
the latest statistics that areout now with this next
generation of young people isthey have, I think they're under
tremendous assault from thedevil.
And part of it is I thinkthey're an amazing generation
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that God's gonna use.
And and we've seen in ourcountry and around the world the
smatterings of the spirit of Godmoving.
And as a result of God moving,you see this incredible uh
outpouring of the Holy Spiritthrough our country, throughout
Europe, there's these gatheringsof young people around worship
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that are extraordinary.
And so on one side, there'sincredible breakthrough starting
to happen with the generation ofour children, our teenagers, and
our college-age kids around theworld.
We went to an amazing churchthere, got to preach on Easter
Sunday, and there's there'sbreakthrough for this generation
of young people.
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They, some of them don't wantthe faith of their family, if
it's religious, they want toencounter the living Christ.
They want to encounter him inworship, in prayer, in power, in
forgiveness, in life.
And I'm just so grateful towatch that in Switzerland.
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We actually got invitations backto come back uh next year and to
do some preaching and andministry there, which we can't
wait to do.
I think it's gonna be one of ourcountries because my grannies
are there, my amazinggrandchildren, my amazing
daughter, and my amazingson-in-love, who's married to
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Mary and his family.
And so, how don't we reach thesekids?
Well, here's a couple of things.
If you've been with me foranything, this might be a little
bit of a review, but I wouldlove your questions or comments.
And one is number one, firstslide here, is that we've got to
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to be the parents that God'scalled us to be, the very first
thing that needs to happen isthat we've got to embrace God's
fatherhood to heal our ownwounds.
You can't kind of put on anunderstanding of blessing and
being the kind of parent thatreally makes a difference with
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your children if you yourselfaren't partaking.
See, we're we're able to giveaway what we've received.
We're not able to give away whatwe know.
I wish we could.
I wish I could just preach alittle sermon to my kids, and
and my kids then go, Oh, I gotit now.
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But it's the sermon we live thatwe believe that we in in the God
that we've encountered.
And here is a great verse in 1John 3, verse 1.
See what a great love the Fatherhas lavished on us that we
should be called the children ofGod.
John encountered God the Fatherfor himself through the love of
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Jesus for him.
And God's plan is that we wouldall encounter this great love
that God has for us.
And the more we receive that forourselves, the more we have to
give to our children.
And it's not that we're hisbeloved sons and daughters that
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he loves.
And that's such a powerfulidentity when you receive that
for yourselves.
It's not something you justclaim and live in, it's
something that you can receive.
It's something incrediblypowerful for you, incredibly
powerful for your family.
Because, and and I've taught youthis before, and I've learned it
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over and over again.
I can only give away thosethings that I've received from
God.
I wish I could just give awaywhat I know.
It would be less work.
But I can only give away thosethings that I've received.
The result of that great lovethat he has on us gives us three
things to think about with ourkids.
Number one, as we receive ourown sonship, or if you're a gal
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here, your own daughtership inyour life, you've got to accept
God's love as your perfectfather.
You might have had a great dadin your life or no dad in your
life.
But the more you receive thatfor yourself, the more it
impacts your own core identityas a man, as a father, or if
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you're a gal here watching as agal.
It's the only true identity foryou to receive that will really
change your relationship, notonly with God Himself, but also
with your children.
Because your children know whenyou're preaching at them, but
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they also know when you'recoming at them as a son, like
you're calling them to be.
See, when you've received yoursonship in your own adoption as
a beloved son, your childrenwill see that in you more than
your role in the church, morethan all the scripture you know,
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more than all the rules that youmight put on them.
They want to know how they canlive a life like a son or like a
daughter.
See, you know, when you when youbegin to identify and release
all those issues you had withyour dad, guess what happens?
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Your dad could even be thegreatest God in the world.
But the more you've learned toreceive from the father, the
more it begins to shape andchange your heart towards your
kids.
That's what the you know, thefather difference ministry is
about.
When God the Father makes adifference in you and fathers
you the way he fathered his sonJesus, and the more you receive
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from them, the more you have foryour kids.
And the third thing that thatstrikes me about that is that
when we model God's fatherlyempathies, in other words, the
way he's fathered you, we'regoing to connect with our kids'
hearts.
I mean, just think about uh thelast time you had to confront an
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issue with one of your kids, asin or something in their own
life, and you came at it in away to where it's son, I know
exactly what you're goingthrough because I I blew it just
like you, versus I can't believeyou did that, being my son, and
et cetera, et cetera, et cetera,to where they think that the
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standard for their life ishigher than the standard for
your life.
You got to release that.
Here's the next idea.
When you begin to model that,that realness and that
incarnational life of youneeding to be have God as your
father, it's gonna make themhungry.
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And so as a result of that, oneof the things that the one of
the first things that happenedin my own heart is I began to
speak affirmation into mychildren, the same way God the
Father would through scripturewas speaking to me.
And I love this scripture inColossians, it says, you know,
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talking about relationshipsbetween one another in the body
of Christ, but you can applythis as well as being a father.
Let your conversations always befull of grace, seasoned with
salt, so that you may know howto answer everyone.
I mean, imagine what a what apicture that is.
And you know, being a carnivoreand eating as healthy as I can
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possibly eat, and and learningabout this, is that a steak
tastes so much better withbutter and salt.
Well, so does a conversationthat's filled with grace.
It tastes so much better to yourchildren if you're presenting it
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to them, just full of the graceof how God has loved you, versus
from a place of superiority orfrom a place where they believe
that you're gonna only love themif they get it right, which I
deal with in coaching with a lotof kids.
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A lot of the prisons that wereshaped for them were shaped by
the way their dads many timesand their moms at times talked
to themselves, the way theylived out their relationship
with Jesus.
And so imagine doing it in sucha way that it's full of grace
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because you're so grateful forwhat God has done for you.
And it doesn't lose its power,you know, and you're presenting
it.
So you know how to answersomebody.
And so there are times when youjust, you know, I I've had moms
that I've been coaching thatstarted out with me saying,
Well, I just, you know, my wayis I just tell my kids the
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truth.
Well, there's times when youhold back from confronting them,
or you might push your heartaway so far that they don't
listen to you anymore.
And how quickly we err on tryingto get them to obey the truth,
because we've been modeled thatway, or in some ways we believe
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we've got to get it right forGod to love us.
And we forget that the gospel isall about that Jesus got it
right.
So that when we bring ourbrokenness to him, his grace
upon our brokenness enables usto have a relationship with him
and his father the same way hedid.
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Gosh, that's just blesses me.
So, what's this look like?
Well, use the words like Ibelieve in you.
Find something that you reallywant to connect them with.
Even when they're giving you thewhatever, I want to talk to you.
You begin, you begin to ask theLord, Father, show me what
you're doing with my son or mydaughter, that I can kind of
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partner with you.
And when you see their strengthsand their efforts to get there,
don't don't just reward them atperfection.
Find something that you cancelebrate in their life.
It might be just a little win.
That's incredibly powerful forthem in their life.
Incredibly powerful for them.
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You know, it helps to buildtrust then through this
consistent uh encouragement.
And see, the way the way I kindof frame this for me and my own
family is I'm always sharingabout my brokenness of the
things that I've blown and howGod's come through for me.
And it gives my kids hope.
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But I spent years going, youknow, you're a pastor's son now,
and people are gonna be watchingyou, and you got to live up to
the level.
Well, what pressure that is onthem.
You know why it's such pressure?
I can't even live that way as apastor.
And we know if you, you know, asa leader, as a spiritual leader,
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what we model we get.
And so if we're all if the onlyway that somebody knows you in
the church is from your sermonson Sunday, and you're preaching
them the repent of their sin,and you don't model that to
them, well, they're gonna getdiscouraged, and they're guess
what?
They're gonna run away.
Here's the next thing to thinkabout be present and create
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shared moments with them.
There's nothing more importantthan you being present with your
children.
Boy, I struggle with this as adad because I was always trying
to build something for God.
I was always, you know, tryingto get to the next level.
And I missed a lot of greatshared moments with my kids.
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And it was like, we understand,dad, that you're serving the
Lord.
Well, you know what?
Playtime is just as supernaturaland powerful as preaching
sermons or sharing Christ withsomebody.
You do it with them.
You got to create these moments.
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And I love the scripture inRomans.
It's just be devoted to oneanother in love.
And it's talking about thechurch coming together, and and
and it's, you know, people aregonna know that we're Christians
by the way, we love one another.
And, you know, we honor oneanother above yourself.
Though what if we did that inour families, too?
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Incredibly powerful.
You know, when you honor oneanother above yourself, you're
always trying to honor and shand to give honor where you see
it.
Well, here's a couple of ways ina family here, you know,
dedicate time uh for just sharedactivities.
You know, in early days, it waseverything is kind of round the
floor.
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My my granddaughters back withthem, kind of reliving, you
know, my first round offatherhood, second round of
fatherhoods being a grandpa,it's just painting with them,
playing with them, pushing themon a swing outside, chasing them
around the house, hitting myhead on the ceiling over and
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over again.
You know one thing I learned, Ilearned to turn my baseball cap
backwards so I could see thebeams.
And boy, that helpedtremendously.
You know, be emotionallyavailable during interactions.
You know, ask questions whereyou're you're calling them into
a conversation, and that's soimportant for them.
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It's so important for them tofeel like you really care about
what they're going through.
Not like, could you just getover this?
And you're not just trying totalk them out of it or give them
a scripture and say, why are youdoubting?
You share your own doubts, yousay your own struggles.
That's powerful.
And just create these routinesthat foster connection.
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You things that you can do as amom or a dad to where you're
constantly connecting.
Now, I'll give you a secret tothis one.
Ask this question How would youlike me to be your mom in this
next season?
Or to be your dad?
What are some things that dadcan do that would really show
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you how much I love you?
And just listen.
They might be hurt and pushedback, and you kind of press in
to ask for forgiveness, but whenthey open their heart, just do
them.
And when you do, it just meansso much to them.
And I have adult children rightnow with their own children who
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need time from me a certain way.
And so I asked them, how can Ibe your dad?
What can I do?
And Mary was like, Dad, I liketo paint with you.
And we did, we went out and andpainted together.
We went out and and and and diduh uh did paintings together in
the middle of the Alps.
It was just so much fun.
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Next thing is the next point ismodel asking for forgiveness.
Now, I've talked to you aboutthis over and over, and I found
that this is this is probablythe most important thing that
you can do in your family toteach them how to break through
bitterness and strife.
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Because most of my coaching,when families call me, they call
me about bitterness and theytalk about either their children
or their teenagers or theirseparated kids, or even the
topic of our discussion, how toreconnect it with a son who's
walked away.
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It's about breaking through andforgiveness.
And, you know, one of the waysthat you know Paul writes in
Colossians 3, 13, he says, bearwith one another and forgive one
another.
Bear with one another.
There's a point in relationshipwhere you got to be willing to
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wait for the moment ofreconciliation by really living
in this place of forgivingsomebody over and over again as
they hurt you.
Uh, if any of you has agrievance against somebody.
And so, you know, Paul'scalling, you know, you know,
bear, don't draw a line, don'troll in the cannons and blow
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them up.
But forgive as the Lord hasforgiven you.
So here's your model you forgiveyour children the way God has
forgiven you.
That that that is just vital.
And so, how often do you dothat?
Well, let me tell you, you dothat as often as you possibly
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can, because you do it as soonas you know bitterness begins to
you know roll into your heart,and that's so important for you
to manage and to deal with,because if you don't, the result
will be is that you'll lose theheart of your kids and you will
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teach them how to do this to youwhen you blow it.
So, what does that look like?
You admit your mistakes andapologize.
You say, Will you forgive me?
You get quick at asking forforgiveness.
Did I do something that hurtyou?
Tell me so I can ask forforgiveness.
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And we've learned, my wife and Ihave learned that even in a
conversation when we feel thiswith our kids, we try to
immediately go, hey, did I justcross the line with you?
And we have adult children rightnow, and we do that.
We did that the other day.
And I had to make a call todayto one of my kids and say, you
know, that I hurt you when Isaid that.
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Yeah, Dad, you did.
Will you forgive me for sayingthat?
Why'd you say that?
And then talk them through, youknow, and go, you know what?
I was trying I was trying tooverstep my bounds.
That's such a powerful thing foryou and for me when we
understand that's our role.
We've got to model this.
Admit your mistakes, help meunderstand how I hurt you.
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That's such a powerful way torestore relationships.
Well, what if they're doing thisto you for a long time?
You keep asking that.
I mean, I I I've buried too manydads who never did this.
And at their funeral, you know,I their kids are just like they
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don't have much from theirfather other than the hurt that
never got reconciled.
And just uh model vulnerabilitythat will really build trust,
that'll really build trust.
I'm gonna tell you, that's suchthe more I can model the way I
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am with Jesus, the more impactI'm gonna have.
And you know what, it it'schanged my my own story in
profound ways when I do that.
It's such a powerful thing.
Thanks, David, for your comment.
Absolutely, my friend.
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Okay, let's just kind of bringthis, get this, you know, kind
of drive this bus into thegarage.
So Ephesians 4 says, Fathers donot exasperate your children,
instead, bring them up in thetraining and instruction of the
Lord.
Now, Paul's writing this verseto a bunch of dads who've been
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influenced by a culture, theEphesians, kind of the Greek
culture, that knowledge waspower, doing what's right is
power, is what you know that itreally determines who you are
instead of what you do.
And so he's he's instructingthem.
Don't exasperate your children,don't just beat them down when
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they don't quite get it.
Instead, bring them up in thetraining and instruction of the
Lord.
Well, what is that?
Well, how has God brought you upas a son or a daughter?
Let me tell you, man, the wayGod brings you up is that he
fathers you and gives you a lotof room to blow it.
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And he's always there with thehealing bomb to heal your story.
Always there.
And that's so profound for youand for me in our own life that
he doesn't just cut us off.
But part of what happens is thatyou can, I don't know, you get
in those moments where your kidsare frustrating you and you want
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them to listen to you.
That's your goal, that they hearyou and they're not listening
and they're doing this to you.
Well, you need to back away.
Well, why is that?
Why is that so important?
Well, how does God speak to youwhen you blow it?
Then he just nuke you and hisaudible voice just crushes you
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until you submit.
Or is that that still smallvoice of the Holy Spirit that's
wooing you back when you're along ways away?
See, none of us would be able tosurvive an encounter with the
Lord where he just dominates youand makes you obey.
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It's by grace we've been savedthrough faith.
It's not of our works, least anyman should boast.
It's a gift of God.
It's a gift of grace that turnsour heart.
It's the same with your kids.
So, what does that look like?
See, children they they thrivewith this emotional structure
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and clarity about their ownlife.
And what I mean by that is thatthey'll thrive when they have a
safe emotional place to growwith you when they're not
perfect.
Them also understanding what youexpect of them and and and and
how you can be asked thisquestion, which has been one of
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my you know superpowerquestions, is how can I be a
better father to you?
Help me become a better dad andlisten and just live out what
they ask of you, and you knowwhat happens?
They'll open their heart to you.
It's extraordinary.
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It's extraordinary.
I've watched this happen with mychildren, and I'm so grateful
that they're doing how often doI have to ask this question?
All the time.
Because I can tell, you by theway, you can tell when you have
the heart of your kids.
You can also tell, and they'regiving you the whatever, you
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know, when they're pushing youaway, no matter what country
you're from.
And I was dealing with some dadsin Switzerland with their with
their own children that haveleft the church and are doing
what they do.
And and one of them in aconversation, I was asking him
after a church service Well,tell me about your relationship
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with your son.
I mean, what do you love abouthim?
And he said nothing.
He's just not.
kind of obeying the rule.
And I said, So how good are youat ba obeying them?
And his eyes went down and helooks up at me.
Well I'm working on it.
I said, Well is that the kind ofway your dad treated you when
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you got it right?
Then you felt his affection?
How did he treat you when yougot it wrong?
Like that was a bigdisappointment.
Imagine if we could fix that inparenting.
You know, just uh and and sogood.
And and boy that's so great Raythat you said that the Holy
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Spirit just showed you thatyou've got to forgive your late
dad.
That is so that is so importantand and you never had a chance
to reconcile you said but whenyou know you know when you have
a a dad that passes before youand you're not able to to
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reconcile one of the mostpowerful things you can do is
forgive him because people youknow they they sin in places in
their life where they don't haveGod's love and grace in their
life.
And so I don't I don't know thatI've ever met a father who
purposely said I'm going to be amonster to my kids.
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I meet dads all the time thatsaid man I wish I could be a
different kind of dad and one ofthe ways that you can be an
incredible father to yourchildren is to make sure you've
forgiven your dads completelyand you let him off the hook for
what he really didn't have togive you.
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That's so so powerful.
Because your dad in a in a realsense gave you everything he had
or he would have given you morethanks so much for that Ray.
Thanks for that David yourcomments so here's your next
step right here.
If you've not already kind ofsigned up for our academy we
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have that available for youwe're in the midst of reframing
and rebranding all of that rightnow and I'm going to pray for
you right now if you want tosend me some of your prayer
requests uh that would beawesome I got an another comment
back from Ray you just hit thenail on the head in my last
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conversation with my dad he toldme exactly what you just said
that he did not set out to be amonster to his kids.
Wow wow such a powerful momentso grateful for you Ray you're
helping us all tonight and thatmost dads don't and and I've met
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with some pretty broken dads intheir last moments in their last
days and they're not like ohgosh they all want to be a
better dad be a better father.
So how about you?
You want to email me at edtaneat the fatherdifference dot com
that it'd be a a blessing I'dlove to help you maybe you're in
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in learning more about ourfatherhood academy we'd be
honored to share this with youwe're in the midst of rebranding
everything and going to have anofficial launch here soon but
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I'm so grateful to be with youhere tonight.
I'm back home from the mountainsfrom my grannies with my friends
here online.
And so I'd like to pray for youand before we close tonight.
So Father thank you for mybrothers and sisters that are
here I I pray your grace uponthem your life in them I'm so
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grateful for them.
I'm so grateful for the men thatthey're becoming the fathers
that are becoming the the sonsthe grandpas I pray Lord that
you would absolutelyrevolutionize their family and
heal the relationship betweentheir sons and daughters and
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that this year it would be knownin their family story even in
distant relatives in theirfamilies of complete
reconciliation of fathers tochildren children to fathers
children to mothers too father Ipray you'd bless them you'd be
with them you'd fill them youuse them as lights in a in a day
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where there's so much hurt withyoung people and bring your
revival again my father upon ourfamilies in the name of the
Father Son and Holy Spirit Ipray and all God's people said
amen hang with me we got uh anend stream a little explanation
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about uh our fatherhood academyand with love and uh uh father I
pray for David him and his wifeand child that you would uh
father give them the healingthat he searches for in jesus
holy name bless him fatherthanks for being with me so
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grateful we'll talk to you nextweek if you got a a a gal let
him know that uh we have a thedifference a mother makes every
Thursday at 12 o'clock PacificStandard time and it's a rich
rich time uh for your wives andI actually actually teach them
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every time we're together aboutsome of the keys of loving the
the men of their story or thebirth dads of their families to
unlock them and not dominatethem.
So anyway let your wife knowabout that and you can send that
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Lord bless you so grateful.
Good to be home good to be withyou in Jesus' name.
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Dear friends imagine a world where every father feels
equipped to lead with faith loveand purpose a world where
families thrive and communitiesgrow stronger because of devoted
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You know beloved that is the vision that God's
put in my heart for every singlefamily you know he is on the
move I believe he promises inMalachi that before the great
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He's gonna turn the hearts offathers back towards their
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children so the hearts of theirchildren will turn back to their
father.
That's what God is doing.
I meet dads daily who want tolearn to be better fathers.
Yet many have never been shownhow too many families are being
fractured through bitterness andwith parents and grandparents
even being canceled.
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Hey, well, it's good to see you.
I have missed you this last uhgosh, it's been about six weeks
of travel and being with mygrandkids in Switzerland.
We had some epic times justconnecting as a grandpa, being
yelled at by my uh little uhyoung granddaughters in German
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at times, not yelling, butcommunicating with their papa
and with my uh beautiful brideJill.
And uh so glad to be home and soglad to be with you and and
really excited about the seriesthat we're in because it's the
same thing in Switzerland as itis here in the whole idea of how
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do I reach my my kids whenthey're distant, when they're as
a dad, how do I break through,you know, that barrier where
they're they give you kind ofthe whatever face or whatever
hand.
And believe it or not, it's thesame in Switzerland.
And thanks for the love that youguys are shooting to me.
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And and and the real coach, justuh man, that guy is he's serious
business man.
He's one of my favorite guys.
And uh, and so welcome Ray.
Ray Diggs is there and uh withyou.
And uh one of the things that Igot to do, which is one of my
favorite things, you might notknow this about me, but I'm also
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an artist, I'm a painter, I'm aplain air painter, and I
actually was on the side of amountain.
I'm gonna start with this, anduh yet no, this is not
Disneyland.
Yes, this is the Matterhorn fromthe side of a mountain, a
painting that I started thereoutside, and it was there was a
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storm covering the entiremountain and me when I went up
on the mountain, praying thatGod would break through.
And for about three and a half,four hours, this we had a
breakthrough to what you seeright here.
And I got to start blocking inthis uh amazing mountain there
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in Switzerland.
And but by the way, this uh ifyou're interested in any of my
paintings, I have a number ofthem.
Our studio is going to beoffering those towards uh later
this fall and for donations.
And if you're interested insupporting our ministry and you
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want to get a painting at thesame time from some of these
classic mountains, uh you sendme a message and you can I'll
put you in line.
We I got five uh paintings therethe Mount Frau, the Iger that's
had the most people die tryingto climb it, and the Matterhorn,
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and a couple of other just epicmountainscapes in a time of
rest.
So thanks for your prayers.
Thanks for this time.
It was incredibly refreshing.
We lived as Swiss people, and uhyours truly hit his head at
least 25 or 30 times on theceiling in my daughter's old
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Swiss house that had five and ahalf foot ceilings.
So I was I couldn't be 6'4 for alot of time.
And so let us know where you'rewatching.
Uh would love for you to justsend me a message, and we'd love
to uh be with you today.
So today we're gonna talk aboutin your family, your kids, how
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to reach your kids when whenthey're distant, when they're
when they're struggling in theirlife.
And as a matter of fact, when Iwas in Switzerland, this was the
very topic that came up over andover and over again with Swiss
parents, German parents, towhere they're their kids are
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like, I don't need you anymorein my life.
And they're kind of pushing youaway and pushing you back.
And uh and so grateful to beable to think through this and
and kind of uh lay out just acouple of thoughts for you to
do.
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Well, there's a number of thingsfirst I want to say is that all
the latest statistics that areout now with this next
generation of young people isthey have, I think they're under
tremendous assault from thedevil.
And part of it is I thinkthey're an amazing generation
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that God's gonna use.
And and we've seen in ourcountry and around the world the
smatterings of the spirit of Godmoving.
And as a result of God moving,you see this incredible uh
outpouring of the Holy Spiritthrough our country, throughout
Europe, there's these gatheringsof young people around worship
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that are extraordinary.
And so on one side, there'sincredible breakthrough starting
to happen with the generation ofour children, our teenagers, and
our college-age kids around theworld.
We went to an amazing churchthere, got to preach on Easter
Sunday, and there's there'sbreakthrough for this generation
of young people.
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They, some of them don't wantthe faith of their family, if
it's religious, they want toencounter the living Christ.
They want to encounter him inworship, in prayer, in power, in
forgiveness, in life.
And I'm just so grateful towatch that in Switzerland.
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We actually got invitations backto come back uh next year and to
do some preaching and andministry there, which we can't
wait to do.
I think it's gonna be one of ourcountries because my grannies
are there, my amazinggrandchildren, my amazing
daughter, and my amazingson-in-love, who's married to
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Mary and his family.
And so, how don't we reach thesekids?
Well, here's a couple of things.
If you've been with me foranything, this might be a little
bit of a review, but I wouldlove your questions or comments.
And one is number one, firstslide here, is that we've got to
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to be the parents that God'scalled us to be, the very first
thing that needs to happen isthat we've got to embrace God's
fatherhood to heal our ownwounds.
You can't kind of put on anunderstanding of blessing and
being the kind of parent thatreally makes a difference with
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your children if you yourselfaren't partaking.
See, we're we're able to giveaway what we've received.
We're not able to give away whatwe know.
I wish we could.
I wish I could just preach alittle sermon to my kids, and
and my kids then go, Oh, I gotit now.
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But it's the sermon we live thatwe believe that we in in the God
that we've encountered.
And here is a great verse in 1John 3, verse 1.
See what a great love the Fatherhas lavished on us that we
should be called the children ofGod.
John encountered God the Fatherfor himself through the love of
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Jesus for him.
And God's plan is that we wouldall encounter this great love
that God has for us.
And the more we receive that forourselves, the more we have to
give to our children.
And it's not that we're hisbeloved sons and daughters that
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he loves.
And that's such a powerfulidentity when you receive that
for yourselves.
It's not something you justclaim and live in, it's
something that you can receive.
It's something incrediblypowerful for you, incredibly
powerful for your family.
Because, and and I've taught youthis before, and I've learned it
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over and over again.
I can only give away thosethings that I've received from
God.
I wish I could just give awaywhat I know.
It would be less work.
But I can only give away thosethings that I've received.
The result of that great lovethat he has on us gives us three
things to think about with ourkids.
Number one, as we receive ourown sonship, or if you're a gal
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here, your own daughtership inyour life, you've got to accept
God's love as your perfectfather.
You might have had a great dadin your life or no dad in your
life.
But the more you receive thatfor yourself, the more it
impacts your own core identityas a man, as a father, or if
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you're a gal here watching as agal.
It's the only true identity foryou to receive that will really
change your relationship, notonly with God Himself, but also
with your children.
Because your children know whenyou're preaching at them, but
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they also know when you'recoming at them as a son, like
you're calling them to be.
See, when you've received yoursonship in your own adoption as
a beloved son, your childrenwill see that in you more than
your role in the church, morethan all the scripture you know,
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more than all the rules that youmight put on them.
They want to know how they canlive a life like a son or like a
daughter.
See, you know, when you when youbegin to identify and release
all those issues you had withyour dad, guess what happens?
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Your dad could even be thegreatest God in the world.
But the more you've learned toreceive from the father, the
more it begins to shape andchange your heart towards your
kids.
That's what the you know, thefather difference ministry is
about.
When God the Father makes adifference in you and fathers
you the way he fathered his sonJesus, and the more you receive
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from them, the more you have foryour kids.
And the third thing that thatstrikes me about that is that
when we model God's fatherlyempathies, in other words, the
way he's fathered you, we'regoing to connect with our kids'
hearts.
I mean, just think about uh thelast time you had to confront an
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issue with one of your kids, asin or something in their own
life, and you came at it in away to where it's son, I know
exactly what you're goingthrough because I I blew it just
like you, versus I can't believeyou did that, being my son, and
et cetera, et cetera, et cetera,to where they think that the
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standard for their life ishigher than the standard for
your life.
You got to release that.
Here's the next idea.
When you begin to model that,that realness and that
incarnational life of youneeding to be have God as your
father, it's gonna make themhungry.
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And so as a result of that, oneof the things that the one of
the first things that happenedin my own heart is I began to
speak affirmation into mychildren, the same way God the
Father would through scripturewas speaking to me.
And I love this scripture inColossians, it says, you know,
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talking about relationshipsbetween one another in the body
of Christ, but you can applythis as well as being a father.
Let your conversations always befull of grace, seasoned with
salt, so that you may know howto answer everyone.
I mean, imagine what a what apicture that is.
And you know, being a carnivoreand eating as healthy as I can
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possibly eat, and and learningabout this, is that a steak
tastes so much better withbutter and salt.
Well, so does a conversationthat's filled with grace.
It tastes so much better to yourchildren if you're presenting it
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to them, just full of the graceof how God has loved you, versus
from a place of superiority orfrom a place where they believe
that you're gonna only love themif they get it right, which I
deal with in coaching with a lotof kids.
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A lot of the prisons that wereshaped for them were shaped by
the way their dads many timesand their moms at times talked
to themselves, the way theylived out their relationship
with Jesus.
And so imagine doing it in sucha way that it's full of grace
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because you're so grateful forwhat God has done for you.
And it doesn't lose its power,you know, and you're presenting
it.
So you know how to answersomebody.
And so there are times when youjust, you know, I I've had moms
that I've been coaching thatstarted out with me saying,
Well, I just, you know, my wayis I just tell my kids the
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truth.
Well, there's times when youhold back from confronting them,
or you might push your heartaway so far that they don't
listen to you anymore.
And how quickly we err on tryingto get them to obey the truth,
because we've been modeled thatway, or in some ways we believe
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we've got to get it right forGod to love us.
And we forget that the gospel isall about that Jesus got it
right.
So that when we bring ourbrokenness to him, his grace
upon our brokenness enables usto have a relationship with him
and his father the same way hedid.
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Gosh, that's just blesses me.
So, what's this look like?
Well, use the words like Ibelieve in you.
Find something that you reallywant to connect them with.
Even when they're giving you thewhatever, I want to talk to you.
You begin, you begin to ask theLord, Father, show me what
you're doing with my son or mydaughter, that I can kind of
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partner with you.
And when you see their strengthsand their efforts to get there,
don't don't just reward them atperfection.
Find something that you cancelebrate in their life.
It might be just a little win.
That's incredibly powerful forthem in their life.
Incredibly powerful for them.
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You know, it helps to buildtrust then through this
consistent uh encouragement.
And see, the way the way I kindof frame this for me and my own
family is I'm always sharingabout my brokenness of the
things that I've blown and howGod's come through for me.
And it gives my kids hope.
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But I spent years going, youknow, you're a pastor's son now,
and people are gonna be watchingyou, and you got to live up to
the level.
Well, what pressure that is onthem.
You know why it's such pressure?
I can't even live that way as apastor.
And we know if you, you know, asa leader, as a spiritual leader,
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what we model we get.
And so if we're all if the onlyway that somebody knows you in
the church is from your sermonson Sunday, and you're preaching
them the repent of their sin,and you don't model that to
them, well, they're gonna getdiscouraged, and they're guess
what?
They're gonna run away.
Here's the next thing to thinkabout be present and create
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shared moments with them.
There's nothing more importantthan you being present with your
children.
Boy, I struggle with this as adad because I was always trying
to build something for God.
I was always, you know, tryingto get to the next level.
And I missed a lot of greatshared moments with my kids.
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And it was like, we understand,dad, that you're serving the
Lord.
Well, you know what?
Playtime is just as supernaturaland powerful as preaching
sermons or sharing Christ withsomebody.
You do it with them.
You got to create these moments.
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And I love the scripture inRomans.
It's just be devoted to oneanother in love.
And it's talking about thechurch coming together, and and
and it's, you know, people aregonna know that we're Christians
by the way, we love one another.
And, you know, we honor oneanother above yourself.
Though what if we did that inour families, too?
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Incredibly powerful.
You know, when you honor oneanother above yourself, you're
always trying to honor and shand to give honor where you see
it.
Well, here's a couple of ways ina family here, you know,
dedicate time uh for just sharedactivities.
You know, in early days, it waseverything is kind of round the
floor.
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My my granddaughters back withthem, kind of reliving, you
know, my first round offatherhood, second round of
fatherhoods being a grandpa,it's just painting with them,
playing with them, pushing themon a swing outside, chasing them
around the house, hitting myhead on the ceiling over and
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over again.
You know one thing I learned, Ilearned to turn my baseball cap
backwards so I could see thebeams.
And boy, that helpedtremendously.
You know, be emotionallyavailable during interactions.
You know, ask questions whereyou're you're calling them into
a conversation, and that's soimportant for them.
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It's so important for them tofeel like you really care about
what they're going through.
Not like, could you just getover this?
And you're not just trying totalk them out of it or give them
a scripture and say, why are youdoubting?
You share your own doubts, yousay your own struggles.
That's powerful.
And just create these routinesthat foster connection.
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You things that you can do as amom or a dad to where you're
constantly connecting.
Now, I'll give you a secret tothis one.
Ask this question How would youlike me to be your mom in this
next season?
Or to be your dad?
What are some things that dadcan do that would really show
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you how much I love you?
And just listen.
They might be hurt and pushedback, and you kind of press in
to ask for forgiveness, but whenthey open their heart, just do
them.
And when you do, it just meansso much to them.
And I have adult children rightnow with their own children who
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need time from me a certain way.
And so I asked them, how can Ibe your dad?
What can I do?
And Mary was like, Dad, I liketo paint with you.
And we did, we went out and andpainted together.
We went out and and and and diduh uh did paintings together in
the middle of the Alps.
It was just so much fun.
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Next thing is the next point ismodel asking for forgiveness.
Now, I've talked to you aboutthis over and over, and I found
that this is this is probablythe most important thing that
you can do in your family toteach them how to break through
bitterness and strife.
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Because most of my coaching,when families call me, they call
me about bitterness and theytalk about either their children
or their teenagers or theirseparated kids, or even the
topic of our discussion, how toreconnect it with a son who's
walked away.
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It's about breaking through andforgiveness.
And, you know, one of the waysthat you know Paul writes in
Colossians 3, 13, he says, bearwith one another and forgive one
another.
Bear with one another.
There's a point in relationshipwhere you got to be willing to
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wait for the moment ofreconciliation by really living
in this place of forgivingsomebody over and over again as
they hurt you.
Uh, if any of you has agrievance against somebody.
And so, you know, Paul'scalling, you know, you know,
bear, don't draw a line, don'troll in the cannons and blow
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them up.
But forgive as the Lord hasforgiven you.
So here's your model you forgiveyour children the way God has
forgiven you.
That that that is just vital.
And so, how often do you dothat?
Well, let me tell you, you dothat as often as you possibly
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can, because you do it as soonas you know bitterness begins to
you know roll into your heart,and that's so important for you
to manage and to deal with,because if you don't, the result
will be is that you'll lose theheart of your kids and you will
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teach them how to do this to youwhen you blow it.
So, what does that look like?
You admit your mistakes andapologize.
You say, Will you forgive me?
You get quick at asking forforgiveness.
Did I do something that hurtyou?
Tell me so I can ask forforgiveness.
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And we've learned, my wife and Ihave learned that even in a
conversation when we feel thiswith our kids, we try to
immediately go, hey, did I justcross the line with you?
And we have adult children rightnow, and we do that.
We did that the other day.
And I had to make a call todayto one of my kids and say, you
know, that I hurt you when Isaid that.
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Yeah, Dad, you did.
Will you forgive me for sayingthat?
Why'd you say that?
And then talk them through, youknow, and go, you know what?
I was trying I was trying tooverstep my bounds.
That's such a powerful thing foryou and for me when we
understand that's our role.
We've got to model this.
Admit your mistakes, help meunderstand how I hurt you.
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That's such a powerful way torestore relationships.
Well, what if they're doing thisto you for a long time?
You keep asking that.
I mean, I I I've buried too manydads who never did this.
And at their funeral, you know,I their kids are just like they
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don't have much from theirfather other than the hurt that
never got reconciled.
And just uh model vulnerabilitythat will really build trust,
that'll really build trust.
I'm gonna tell you, that's suchthe more I can model the way I
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am with Jesus, the more impactI'm gonna have.
And you know what, it it'schanged my my own story in
profound ways when I do that.
It's such a powerful thing.
Thanks, David, for your comment.
Absolutely, my friend.
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Okay, let's just kind of bringthis, get this, you know, kind
of drive this bus into thegarage.
So Ephesians 4 says, Fathers donot exasperate your children,
instead, bring them up in thetraining and instruction of the
Lord.
Now, Paul's writing this verseto a bunch of dads who've been
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influenced by a culture, theEphesians, kind of the Greek
culture, that knowledge waspower, doing what's right is
power, is what you know that itreally determines who you are
instead of what you do.
And so he's he's instructingthem.
Don't exasperate your children,don't just beat them down when
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they don't quite get it.
Instead, bring them up in thetraining and instruction of the
Lord.
Well, what is that?
Well, how has God brought you upas a son or a daughter?
Let me tell you, man, the wayGod brings you up is that he
fathers you and gives you a lotof room to blow it.
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And he's always there with thehealing bomb to heal your story.
Always there.
And that's so profound for youand for me in our own life that
he doesn't just cut us off.
But part of what happens is thatyou can, I don't know, you get
in those moments where your kidsare frustrating you and you want
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them to listen to you.
That's your goal, that they hearyou and they're not listening
and they're doing this to you.
Well, you need to back away.
Well, why is that?
Why is that so important?
Well, how does God speak to youwhen you blow it?
Then he just nuke you and hisaudible voice just crushes you
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until you submit.
Or is that that still smallvoice of the Holy Spirit that's
wooing you back when you're along ways away?
See, none of us would be able tosurvive an encounter with the
Lord where he just dominates youand makes you obey.
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It's by grace we've been savedthrough faith.
It's not of our works, least anyman should boast.
It's a gift of God.
It's a gift of grace that turnsour heart.
It's the same with your kids.
So, what does that look like?
See, children they they thrivewith this emotional structure
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and clarity about their ownlife.
And what I mean by that is thatthey'll thrive when they have a
safe emotional place to growwith you when they're not
perfect.
Them also understanding what youexpect of them and and and and
how you can be asked thisquestion, which has been one of
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my you know superpowerquestions, is how can I be a
better father to you?
Help me become a better dad andlisten and just live out what
they ask of you, and you knowwhat happens?
They'll open their heart to you.
It's extraordinary.
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It's extraordinary.
I've watched this happen with mychildren, and I'm so grateful
that they're doing how often doI have to ask this question?
All the time.
Because I can tell, you by theway, you can tell when you have
the heart of your kids.
You can also tell, and they'regiving you the whatever, you
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know, when they're pushing youaway, no matter what country
you're from.
And I was dealing with some dadsin Switzerland with their with
their own children that haveleft the church and are doing
what they do.
And and one of them in aconversation, I was asking him
after a church service Well,tell me about your relationship
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with your son.
I mean, what do you love abouthim?
And he said nothing.
He's just not.
kind of obeying the rule.
And I said, So how good are youat ba obeying them?
And his eyes went down and helooks up at me.
Well I'm working on it.
I said, Well is that the kind ofway your dad treated you when
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you got it right?
Then you felt his affection?
How did he treat you when yougot it wrong?
Like that was a bigdisappointment.
Imagine if we could fix that inparenting.
You know, just uh and and sogood.
And and boy that's so great Raythat you said that the Holy
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Spirit just showed you thatyou've got to forgive your late
dad.
That is so that is so importantand and you never had a chance
to reconcile you said but whenyou know you know when you have
a a dad that passes before youand you're not able to to
(31:01):
reconcile one of the mostpowerful things you can do is
forgive him because people youknow they they sin in places in
their life where they don't haveGod's love and grace in their
life.
And so I don't I don't know thatI've ever met a father who
purposely said I'm going to be amonster to my kids.
(31:26):
I meet dads all the time thatsaid man I wish I could be a
different kind of dad and one ofthe ways that you can be an
incredible father to yourchildren is to make sure you've
forgiven your dads completelyand you let him off the hook for
what he really didn't have togive you.
(31:47):
That's so so powerful.
Because your dad in a in a realsense gave you everything he had
or he would have given you morethanks so much for that Ray.
Thanks for that David yourcomments so here's your next
step right here.
If you've not already kind ofsigned up for our academy we
(32:10):
have that available for youwe're in the midst of reframing
and rebranding all of that rightnow and I'm going to pray for
you right now if you want tosend me some of your prayer
requests uh that would beawesome I got an another comment
back from Ray you just hit thenail on the head in my last
(32:32):
conversation with my dad he toldme exactly what you just said
that he did not set out to be amonster to his kids.
Wow wow such a powerful momentso grateful for you Ray you're
helping us all tonight and thatmost dads don't and and I've met
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with some pretty broken dads intheir last moments in their last
days and they're not like ohgosh they all want to be a
better dad be a better father.
So how about you?
You want to email me at edtaneat the fatherdifference dot com
that it'd be a a blessing I'dlove to help you maybe you're in
(33:17):
a need some of some coachingyourself and you you would like
to uh connect in and we get acouple of resources for you if
you've never seen about our wehave a private coaching that you
can actually go and if you grabthis link you can also get this
(33:38):
at our website uh you get a free15 minute uh private coaching
with me that will help you ifyou'd like if you're interested
in learning more about ourfatherhood academy we'd be
honored to share this with youwe're in the midst of rebranding
everything and going to have anofficial launch here soon but
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I'm so grateful to be with youhere tonight.
I'm back home from the mountainsfrom my grannies with my friends
here online.
And so I'd like to pray for youand before we close tonight.
So Father thank you for mybrothers and sisters that are
here I I pray your grace uponthem your life in them I'm so
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grateful for them.
I'm so grateful for the men thatthey're becoming the fathers
that are becoming the the sonsthe grandpas I pray Lord that
you would absolutelyrevolutionize their family and
heal the relationship betweentheir sons and daughters and
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that this year it would be knownin their family story even in
distant relatives in theirfamilies of complete
reconciliation of fathers tochildren children to fathers
children to mothers too father Ipray you'd bless them you'd be
with them you'd fill them youuse them as lights in a in a day
(35:10):
where there's so much hurt withyoung people and bring your
revival again my father upon ourfamilies in the name of the
Father Son and Holy Spirit Ipray and all God's people said
amen hang with me we got uh anend stream a little explanation
(35:32):
about uh our fatherhood academyand with love and uh uh father I
pray for David him and his wifeand child that you would uh
father give them the healingthat he searches for in jesus
holy name bless him fatherthanks for being with me so
(35:53):
grateful we'll talk to you nextweek if you got a a a gal let
him know that uh we have a thedifference a mother makes every
Thursday at 12 o'clock PacificStandard time and it's a rich
rich time uh for your wives andI actually actually teach them
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every time we're together aboutsome of the keys of loving the
the men of their story or thebirth dads of their families to
unlock them and not dominatethem.
So anyway let your wife knowabout that and you can send that
all that to say I've got alittle outro to play and the
(36:36):
Lord bless you so grateful.
Good to be home good to be withyou in Jesus' name.
SPEAKER_01 (36:42):
Dear friends imagine a world where every father feels
equipped to lead with faith loveand purpose a world where
families thrive and communitiesgrow stronger because of devoted
Christ-centered fathers.
SPEAKER_00 (36:57):
You know beloved that is the vision that God's
put in my heart for every singlefamily you know he is on the
move I believe he promises inMalachi that before the great
and coming day of the Lord he'sgonna do something profound.
He's gonna turn the hearts offathers back towards their
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children so the hearts of theirchildren will turn back to their
father.
That's what God is doing.
I meet dads daily who want tolearn to be better fathers.
Yet many have never been shownhow too many families are being
fractured through bitterness andwith parents and grandparents
even being canceled.
(37:41):
That's why we're launching anonline community to quit and to
be the fathers that God hascalled them to be it's more than
a program it's a part of a amovement that God is already
doing to reshape fatherhood.
It's a sacred calling rooted inthe teachings of Christ and
(38:02):
we're calling this theFatherhood academy where men
will embark on a journey ofhealing and spiritual
restoration that helps themtransform their family
relationship.
And to make this vision areality would you consider
partnering with us financiallyas we continue to reach and
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disciple every man, dad andgrandpa that comes our way your
donation will help create aripple across the neighborhoods,
communities, you know, andultimately our nation anchoring
each child here's a vision inthe unwavering love and guidance
of a devoted dad.
SPEAKER_01 (38:48):
Will you partner with us your gift whether a
one-time donation or ongoingmonthly support will help to
transform lives.
Together we can equip fathersand grandfathers to lead with
faith and create a brighter hopefilled future for generations to
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come click the link to donatetoday.
Thank you for believing in thismission and joining us on this
transformative journey
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