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Although most Christian husbands would agree that a man’s highest responsibility is to be the spiritual leader of his home, yet many men have only the vaguest idea of what that means. And herein lies our problem—we know that God expects us to be the spiritual leaders of our family, but we don’t have a clue where to begin. Let me share three principles which I believe will help you get started: 1) A spiritual leader must minister out of the overflow of his own spiritual life. 2) A spiritual leader must lead by example. 3) A spiritual leader must establish traditions that can be passed from one generation to the next.
“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
— Ephesians 6:4 (ESV)
Lord, help us to be the spiritual leader our wives and children need. Amen.