DAILY READINGS: 1 Kings 18; Jeremiah 30; Hebrews 1
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Colossians 3:21
Literally this text says, “Fathers, don’t exasperate your children, lest they lose heart.” Those of us who are fathers, mentors or leaders must not frustrate those in our charge, to the point of them losing heart. How could we do this? Perhaps we don’t keep our promises. Perhaps we set standards for them that are both unrealistic and unbiblical. If we are going to provoke at all, make it unto “love and good works!" —Craig Funston
God give us Christian homes!
Homes where the father is true and strong,
Homes that are free from the blight of wrong,
Homes that are joyous with love and song! —B. B. McKinney