Five Powerful Ways to Transform Your Family Legacy in 2025

Pastor Ed explores the transformative power fathers have in shaping their children's identity, faith, and future through intentional presence and blessing.

• Your words as a father have extraordinary power to shape your children's souls and future
• The sincere faith you demonstrate becomes the anchor your children return to throughout life
• Speaking specific blessings over your children cements their identity and purpose
• Teaching your children to forgive quickly prevents bitterness from destroying relationships
• The physical act of laying hands on your children creates powerful moments of blessing
• Your legacy isn't found in career achievements but in the character you transfer to your children
• Modern culture often diminishes the father's role, while God designed fathers to provide essential blessings
• Being present and engaged as a father creates ripple effects across generations
• The story of Jacob renaming Benjamin demonstrates how a father's words can rewrite destiny
• Forgiveness frees both the forgiver and the forgiven from emotional prisons

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Chapters

• 0:00 The Father Difference Mission
• 4:15 Teaching Children to Live by Faith
• 16:38 Words of Blessing Have Great Power
• 24:39 Walking in Courage, Not Fear
• 28:05 The Art of Forgiving Quickly
• 35:39 God's Power Through Your Blessing
• 44:33 Closing Prayer and Fatherhood Academy

Transcript

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What kind of father do you want to be? What kind of man do you want to become for your family and for yourself? If you've ever wondered how to step into the fullness of your role as a father, husband, and man 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 fathers they can be. It's a powerful mission. And today, we're going to explore exactly how you can take steps toward that calling. Whether you're a father, a son, a husband, grandfather, single dad, stepfather, or just looking to grow, I believe God has something powerful for you in today's message. Whether you're tuning in live or watching this later, we are so excited to have you here. If this is what you're looking for, then subscribe so you can tune in each week to the Father Difference Live. You can sign up below. And now your host, a husband, father, grandfather, author, and former NFL player, Pastor Ed McGlass.

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Hey, welcome. So good to be with you. Happy New Year. I haven't seen you since last year. I'm sure there's some of you that have tired of hearing that. But welcome, welcome, my Instagram friends. Twitter friends are there, Facebook friends, and Facebook's actually, I think, got born again over the weekend. You can hear about that news. They're going to remove the political stuff and make it like Twitter, they say. Wow, that could be incredible. If you're joining me from Rumble, welcome, my Rumble friends, ex-friend Rumble, Instagram, YouTubers. Hey, welcome, YouTubers. Good to see my friend, one of the more famous uh military heroes in my life, Justin Carlton in the house. So uh welcome, good to be with you. And we're gonna talk about 2025 and the real difference that you can make as a husband, as a father. But I I wanted to share, kind of starting out five things that that would make an incredible difference in the life of your children and this next year. Maybe you're a single guy watching, going, oh man, it's about married people and and kids. Well, guess what? If you're single, you might be a dad one day. These would be great things to kind of learn in your life as well. And so welcome. It's good to see you. Ray, Bo. Connie's there with us today. Maybe her husband's using her account. Welcome, Connie. So grateful that you're here at the Father Difference in 2025. A lot is happening. There's a lot of news going on in the world. And yes, yours truly, we live in Southern California. And right near my son's home up in Santa Monica, they got a major fire. So be praying for that. We're just uh tuning in to that whole thing. As a matter of fact, my son Edward got to be there at the stock exchange, and because of his acumen, got to be there when they rang the bell. And uh so proud of him and his beautiful bride Kate in New York City tonight. While we got fires on the West Coast, they got icy cold streets on the East Coast. And it's playoff times. I'm still praying for my Giants. Rams are still in it. So if you're a fan, you can join with me. So let's let's talk about for the next uh 20 minutes the the some of the five things that you can really do to make a huge difference. You got a question, throw it in the comment. Would love to hear from you. But we're gonna talk about that. So we're let's just get right into what we're gonna talk about. So five powerful ways to be a great father and grandfather in 2025. Well, number one, teach them to live by faith. The most powerful voice in the family that's most of the many times too silent is the voice of the dad. My wife is in the game. She's just amazing. She's an amazing mother. But something happens in my family when I started getting engaged into teaching my children how to live by faith. And so a man's belief is his anchor. You know, my my grandfather, he spoke words of faith into me. And matter of fact, your own words will shape the souls of your children. And and a careless word can even ignite a fire. So we need to speak wisely. So let me let me explain. Let me tell you a story. I was after my first year in the National Football League, I was at my grandfather's house. He was a retired admiral in the Navy, first chief exec of the CIA, and an amazing military career. And he would sit on his portion and read the Washington Post, which at the time was a conservative newspaper. That's how long ago it was. And he'd be reading about today's news. And I walked out and sat with him, and we talked about things in life. Matter of fact, when my after my dad was killed in action, my grandfather was there. Maybe you've had an amazing grandfather in your life. So we're sitting on the porch, and I I just asked him, I said, What grandpa, what do you think about me? And he closed his paper and he looks at me and he says, You remind me of someone. And my ears perked up. He said, you know, when I was a a commandant at the Naval Academy, a a young man came into my office and said, Admiral Ford, and he wasn't a midshipman to the Naval Academy. He was a visitor on campus that day. Admiral Ford, if you will make an order and call all of the midshipmen to the chapel for a special service today, I would love the opportunity to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to them and lead as many of those young men to Christ that I can. And my grandfather looks at me and he says, He was Billy Graham. And that day, hundreds and hundreds of midshipmen came forward. He made an order, and all the midshipmen on campus went to a chapel there with the statue of Tecumseh, which is right outside the chapel at the Naval Academy. And he looks at me and he says, You remind me of him. You're just like him. Those words just kind of went in me. That's what the words of a grandfather can do. That's what the words of a father can do. When you speak a blessing with your words of something you see in your children that's powerful, that gives them hope and it changes them. It went into me. And I mean, it it gave me permission in that moment to live out the story that God had called me to, even with more faith and vigor in my life, because the most important father figure in my life at the time, because my dad was killed in action, was my grandfather. And when he said that to me, it just cemented something in me. That's how powerful those kind of words can have. And then he did something that I didn't expect. He said, and upon my death, I will write an order today and put it in my will that you are to preach my memorial service from the same pulpit that Billy Graham did many years ago. Not only did he say, Bless me with his words, he made an opportunity for me to have to trust God to step into that calling that God had called him to. That's part of being a great father. It's not just saying, I love this about you. It's also about helping position your children in places where they can use those gifts. We're going to talk about that a little bit later. And so upon his death many years ago, and I got a call from the chaplain of the United States Naval Academy at the time, and he said, just Ed McGlassen. I said it is. He said, Your uh your grandfather uh wanted you to be a part of our memorial service today. We're gonna have you come up and share for a couple of minutes, you know, and a nice story and your memories of him. I think this was the Lord, because my grandfather, when he said to do something, it was yes, sir, you know, he earned that right. And he had tremendous authority. I mean, he he hung out with Admiral Halsey and was, you know, at Pearl Harbor at the signing of the surrender of Japan. He was on the Missouri there. He, you know, there was a three-star admiral in the war. And I said, um, excuse me, with all due respect, uh, chaplain, that was not my father's order. I actually read it. And the order states that he is ordering me to do his service, his memorial service. And he was quiet on the other end of the phone. And I said, Isn't that not true? He goes, Well, that's not generally the way we do things. And I said, I understand that, but the Navy way is to follow orders. And he said, Yes, sir. And so to his chagrin, I walked up in that pulpit that that he preached in each Sunday, but that Billy Graham preached at one time. And in front of my family and the remaining midshipmen there at the Naval Academy, there were a few hundred midshipmen there. It was during the summer, and shared Christ and had an altar call. And about 200 to 250 midshipmen stood up, raised their hands, and gave their life to Christ. It was an incredible moment. Well, let me tell you that that moment happened for me because my grandfather spoke something into my life. Now, let me show you a scripture that just this talks about this. And it's in 2 Timothy, and it says that, you know, he's writing to Timothy, who's struggling, you know, as a pastor, has a gigantic church, he's got a lot of problems. And so he writes these words from prison. He couldn't be there with him, and he says, I'm reminded of your sincere faith. And then he describes it, a faith that first dwelt, dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, and in your mother Eunice, and now I'm sure it dwells in you as well. See, God's way that He changes the world through families is that your life, and I'm going to say something to you as a father, your life is way more important in the lives of your children than sometimes you possibly know. And I'm not talking about just you feeding them. I'm not talking about, you know, you just trying to be a good dad, but you carry something with your voice. You carry an authority. Matter of fact, the fifth command from God, you know, calls on our children and us as children to honor our father and mother that it might go well with us in the land, and you might find favor. Matter of fact, the favor of your children is connected to their ability to honor you as a father and honor your wife as a mother. There's something incredibly powerful with that. And we have lived in a culture today that is really fractured and disjointed. And there's all kinds of cancel, you know, parents are being canceled by their children as though they have no place to play. But I got to tell you, you have this incredible gift in you as a dad. When you understand that, when you when you embrace that and you live out of that in your life, your family is different because of it. Right here, what does Paul say? I'm reminded of this, faith, because I I saw it. I mean, imagine what what that means to you when people come up to you and they said, you know, I met your son or I met your daughter, and they're really extraordinary people. They remind me a lot of of you. It's probably one of the greatest compliments I could ever get as a dad, is that I've made a difference. Because I didn't start out that way. If you've been following me through the years, you know I really started out as a broken dad, and God began to refather me and teach me about how I could change. And so that very first point that we're we're talking about is that the way you live your life out in front of your children is absolutely vital for how they learn to follow God themselves. So something practical this year is even with your grandkids and with your own children, how often do you uh share uh scriptures or things you're going through in your story with them that's not an attempt to try to get them to read the Bible, where you're just being grandpa and say, I've learned I learned this the other day when I read this in the Bible. You want to hear about it? And they realize that you're not trying to preach a little sermon to get them to go back to church more, but you're actually sharing out of the wealth of your relationship with Jesus. That's incredibly powerful when you do that. And the more you do that, the more impact you have. Here's a second thing I wanted to uh uh share with you. And uh and then and that is your words of blessing have great power in your children's life. You could be uh a deadbeat dad, someone might call you. You might be somebody who's uh went to prison, got separated from your children, or in an addiction recovery program, which is an awesome thing. Takes a lot of courage to do that. A lot of men won't ever do those kind of things. But you still have a voice that matters to your kids. That's why they're so put off with you, so angry, and how they the reactions may times are over the top is because you really matter to them. And so your words have great power and great blessing. And not only that, you know, James says in in chapter three, a word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything or destroy it. Our words can start a forest fire. So it only takes a little spark. I mean, that's happening right around me in Southern California with these high winds, that it only takes a spark to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that too. Interesting how Paul kind of talks, you know, brings that together to teach us about, or actually James is teaching us about our voice and how powerful that is. Teach them to fan their gifts into a flame. That verse goes on there. And what it means is how do you start a fire, by the way? All the spark, if there's a spark there, all it needs is air. And you know, in part of what I wrote here is you encourage them, help them see their potential that lies dormant, waiting kind of for a breath of life. Have you ever started a fire out at a campfire and and you find dry wood and you could use a spark thing, or if you want to use the old Indian way, you you put a log and put it between your hands and or a string. There's a lot of different ways to heat it up, which takes a long time. As soon as there is a spark and it begins to catch on fire, what do you do? You you blow on it, you fan it into a flame. Then you start adding more fuel to that fire, and it grows and grows and grows. And part of what happens is that there's a gift that was given to you. These gifts that are given from God, you can just not use them and let them kind of lay around, or you can fan it into a flame. And and part of the spiritual gifts that we have is you know, so many times people think the spiritual gifts is, well, what's my gift? That's my identity, well, my gift is this, or my gift is that. Well, if you think about all the spiritual gifts that are listed, it's interesting that they're all directed to come through you for the sake of another person. For instance, the gift of healing, who's that for? You so that you can lay hands on people and go, I'm a healer? That's the that's the wrong heart. He's the ultimate healer. But it's for the person that's sick. Uh, a word of prophecy is for somebody who needs to be exhorted. Somebody teaches God's word. You know, the hearing of it and the teaching of it gives them breakthrough in their life as they learn to hear God for themselves. But it's when we make the gifts about ourselves that we get kind of out of balance, as though, you know, you know, you know, these are my things to do in the world, not understanding that ultimately every spiritual gift that God gives you is for somebody else. Every sermon that I write is for somebody else, though I learn from it. It's not so people can say, oh, you're a great preacher or you're a great teacher. And those compliments are great, but what I care about more than anything is that you'll grab something tonight as a nugget in your life, and it will change your family. And then you'll you'll get a hold of me and say, Ed, I just I did what you said, and it's changed my family. And that's a touchdown to me. I'll you get the game ball for those kind of things. And so part of, you know, part of the spiritual gifts are for other people. And so he says to what fan us into a flame. And so the way you fan into a flame is that you use it. You use it and you get out there and you bless people with it, and you pay attention to what God's doing all around you. For this reason, I'm I'm reminded, I remind you to fan into the flame, which which is in you through the laying out of my hands. Here's another incredible thing about spiritual gifts, and what Paul is talking about here is that Paul laid hands on Timothy and blessed him. And the gift of God that that many of the things that Paul carried in his own life became those things that Timothy now carried. See, your words over your children and your grandchildren have great power, but when you lay hands on them and bless them, that's a whole different level. Because when somebody lays their hands on you, it grows your capacity to do whatever God has called you to do. And I and I've had some incredible mentors and men of God in my life and my story lay hands on me, and everything changed. Not I wasn't like instantly great at anything, but the spark of the gift that that that Paul talks to Timothy about started in their life. So think about your grandsons and your own sons and daughters, and the things that you're frustrated in their life about. Could it be that they're needing you to lay hands on them and bless them? And the things that you love about them and things you think God is doing in their life. It's a very powerful, tender time. It's one of the most profound things that you can do as a dad for the sake of your kids, is to learn how to bless them. And not to say, oh, you know, I love you, and you're great, and you're wonderful, and you're fine, and you're a great athlete. But that blessing comes out of this heart where you begin to hear from God for your children, and you begin to remind them about who God's made them to be. Just like a grandpa. That's when my grandkids listen to me. That I tell them stories and they they're wondering if I'm making one up or is it real? It's a powerful time with my grandkids, and I love it so much. The next thing I want to share with you is teach them how to walk in courage by following you around. This next generation is incredibly isolated from fathers and grandfathers. You might think as a grandpa, you you finally got to the place in life you can retire and go do the things you want to do. But you know, your best work is right now. You can solidify the legacy of the things, the sincere faith that God has put in you, and you can begin giving that away to your children. Because what's more powerful, building a big company with all the perks and the nice cars and things, or building a great grandson, who can not only do what you do in business or me or something else, but does that with your grandchildren one day. See, that's real legacy. Money comes and goes, but that blessing grows, right? You you teach them because see they're gonna follow your steps. So you show what it means to be brave. Uh fear is not is a shadow, power, love, and self-control are the light. That's why Paul says that God has given us a spirit, uh, not of fear, but of love, power, love, and self-control. And who's better to teach your children about those things than you? They can watch a million YouTube videos, but nothing's more powerful than get in time with their grandpa or with their dad, especially when we're not trying to preach at them because we're trying to fix something. They pick that up really quickly. My children were experts at it. Matter of fact, they'd they turn into smart asses sometimes and give me a nickel and go, thanks for the sermon, dad. Oh man. Because see, God, what God's after is you transferring the man that you really are in Christ right into them as a foundation stone for how they're gonna learn about life. And if we don't do that, are we gonna trust the wack-a-doodle universities? That's not their job. Identity chiefly comes from the way a father blesses his son and his daughter. That cements them into who God's made them to be. Even when they're struggling, you're there, you're loving, you're pursuing. It's a powerful thing. And so not only that that God's not, but he's given us this incredible gift of power, love, and self-control. He's those things when your grandchildren see that in your life worked out, and you share that with them. That means the world to them. Means the world. Number four, and got two more here. Teach them to forgive quickly. So important. Hold no grudges, bitterness eats away at the heart. One man wrote, myself included. When you forgive, you show them the way. Boy, it's incredibly destructive. And you know, I have some business friends that uh I get to be in a Bible study with, and one of them I'm gonna brag on. He he had a competitor that they were in a lawsuit and they was trying to steal his brand and and his re and what he did was you know, he just was so incensed over that this guy who who he introduced to the business is now coming and stolen from him. So he went to the Lord about it, and God said, We need to forgive him. Even had a pastor friend of mine who's uh John Blue, who's just an amazing pastor in Southern California here, and uh talked to him about this. And so he writes this guy a letter and sends it to him. And and you know, years later, he's at a a marketing convention with people in the in the garment industry, and this guy walks up to him and he goes, I gotta tell you that letter you wrote me changed my life. I have it on my desk. And I read it every week. And with all the things I did to you, and I was so wrong. You know, please forgive me. And he he looked at him and said, already did. That's those are legacy moments in our life where we do good to people who steal from us, who persecute us. And so we recruit we forgive quickly. It's a powerful thing. And that's why you know the scripture teaches us to be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another as God in Christ has forgave you. That's the way of being a man of God. That's a way of following Christ. And that's the way of modeling to your children. I mean, when your kids do things, do you sort of get angry at them for a while? I mean, I, you know, I I had people that I've hurt, and and uh and I go to them and they go, Well, I'm praying about forgiving you. And I said, What do you mean you're praying about it? Well, I just don't want to. I just don't like you right now. And so, because I don't like you, I'm just not gonna forgive you. I said, So you want to live in bitterness and have God not bless you in your life because you're mad at me? I'm so sorry for what I did. And they just, it's like, uh, I'm trying to forgive, but I I have I'd have to let go of the heat. And I go, well, that's the the point. How are you doing with your family? How are you modeling forgiveness? Do you forgive quickly? Or do you hold on to us? See, what when you teach them about forgiveness, look, it'll teach your kids that there's nothing God can't forgive. When you model that, I mean, it's it's even when you've had people offend you and hurt you and you choose to forgive them. We just had something that happened on Christmas Day. And a neighbor picked up a black sedan and a car that looked like it had an Uber sign in the window. And my grandkids were on the inside of my house, and we were having Jessica's amazing pancakes and Christmas morning breakfast. And while we're having our breakfast, this guy jumps out of the car and steals all of my grandchildren's presents that they got from their other uh nanny, uh grandma and grandpa. And so when they found out about it, uh we didn't realize it until after everything had happened, and then they found out about it. I watched my daughter get them in a circle and uh helped them forgive, and they were crying because they lost other presence, but they forgave them, and once they forgave him and they prayed, their prayer was something like we choose to forgive that bad man for stealing our presence. And Jesus, we we pray that you you know you would deal with them. And then it was over, and they could it's like they never lost anything, they were just so full of joy. They forgave quickly. Powerful thing that we can do. The other thing that happens when you forgive quickly stops bitterness from destroying your family. I mean, it almost every family that I coach and are part of, they end up having uh the families that they have bitterness that runs for years. Well, I just say let the bigger person go first. And number three, and watch I forgive quickly, it gives your children a way to forgive you and those who hurt them. Boy, when you're modeling this to your children, you're not gonna have something between them and you because when you do, that can grow, and the next thing you know, months have gone by and you've not talked. Boy, isn't it isn't it time? My sense this next year is that that's one of the things that God is gonna do all over our country, and maybe in the world, is that He is gonna reunite families and bring kids back and get rid of all the this canceling that's happening, where children have canceled their parents and their grandparents. Because modern psychology says if you feel bad, it's somebody else's fault. Separate yourself from them and make a boundary because they're unsafe. The next thing you do, those children cut themselves off from blessing and family. Incredibly powerful. It's a big thing in our country, unfortunately. Around the election, all that crazy stuff. You know, uh just the the bitterness and all that, but forgiving quickly protects your children. And finally, just to share this with you as well teach them about God's power with your blessings. See your hands on them can lift them up. When's the last time you laid your hands on your children to bless them with things that you see that could really help them in their life? I mean, your legacy of faith that as you bless them, they're gonna carry that with them. They're gonna carry that holy capacity of this with them in their life. And that's a powerful thing. And so part of it may maybe you need some time with your your kids and your grandkids when they're little. I know dads right now that are in our coaching or our fatherhood academy that you know they get with their kids every night and pray with them and lay hands on them and bless them. There's nothing more powerful than that. Nothing more powerful because it can change a whole story. And so, you know, and just kind of conclude with this story, is you know, Jacob get comes upon the the wagon train where his wife is just given birth to her son, and without him being there to name that son as she was dying, Rachel, as her soul was departing for she was dying, she named him Ben O'Neill. And what's so profound about that is Ben O'Nein means son of my sorrow. And I can't tell you how many young men I meet and women that lived a life of sorrow because their fathers weren't there to bless them in their life and be in their story. You want to heal the ache in the world and the and the the ache in universities and the craziness of the world? Well, dads, when we rise up, God does something profound. Something that it's it's unexplainably powerful. When a dad is present in the life. And it's never too late for that, by the way. But it's so reporting. But look, it says, but Jacob, whose name has been changed to Israel, calls him Benjamin. Which means son of my right hand. He changes his name when he heard Ben Oni, he knew he couldn't keep that name, and he named him son of my right hand, and the tribe of Benjamin was born through the words and the blessing of a dad. Think about how how powerful that is. The Benjamites today exist because the father was blessed by God and had his name changed to Israel, Jacob to Israel. And when he came upon his wife who had just passed, the love of his life, he renamed that boy from son of my sorrow to son of my right hand. Wow. Think about that. That's how much power your voice carries. No matter what the culture has tried to say to you in the past, God has given us a reboot. And I'm not just talking about the political reboot. He wants to reboot the family of God, the church of Jesus. Because that ultimately is where God's blessing comes. And that the player that's in that group, the guy on that team, are fathers like me and fathers like you. And the more you are in the game as a father like that, where you're present, you're not making your life all about your job and all the stuff you do, but you're a great dad. I'm gonna tell you that there's nothing more profound than that. And what one of the great things that I get to experience in my life is watching my sons now be fathers to my grandchildren. I mean, my son Edward has three daughters, and they got pink surfboards, they got they got pink everything. Got three daughters, amazing, so confident, takes them running every day, gets him dressed. I mean, he just he's just a great dad. He's so he started out so far ahead of me, but I realized, and you should realize, that our sincere faith in God came from somebody else. That's the way God brings it. And when we live out the life that God's called us to, it goes to our children as well. What a powerful inheritance we can give. My son Luke is just, he's had number four, lives in Tennessee. Amazing kids. And my daughter Jessica and my and Mary, you know, in Switzerland with Tim and Greg with Jessica. I just I'm just so blessed as a grandpa. We got 14. And uh but what blesses me more than anything is watching my children love my grandkids, play with them, speak to them, bless them, and do some of the same things that I have done. Now that my friend's a legacy that changes the world. Why don't we pray? Father, I I pray for my friends that are watching, I pray for their families this year and in uh 2025. That you would you would use them in a profound way to be a great father, to be a great granddad after granddad. That you would open doors for them to be in their life, and they would share their very lives, the way they work, the things they do with their children in deep, profound ways. I thank you, Lord, for this new year or ministry and all that we're doing. And I'm so grateful. I'm so grateful to my friends who join us every week. And I pray you'd bless them. I pray that you would pour your spirit out upon them, and that you would give them grace and all the tools and the gifts they need to be a great dad, if they're married to be a great husband, if they're single looking for a wife, that they would be a godly young man preparing for a romance of a lifetime. And if they're hurting dad right now, Lord, I pray you'd bless him and give them the priorities that you want them to have this year. And that they would they would be more about building a legacy with their kids and all the great things they could accomplish in business and life. In the name of Jesus. And all God's men and some of the gals said, Amen. Thanks for being with us. I'm so grateful. We got a little video to show you at the end here. Thank you for your support. Your end-of-the-ar support was wonderful. And we're building out our academy right now. We could use your help if you want to be a part of that. And so the Lord bless you. And we are before we, I think this is supposed to be automatic. Is that right, Icy? Or I do I need to run it? I'm not sure. But if you'd like to know more things about what we're doing, you can go to our website at the Father, it's a Fatherhood Academy that we're getting ready to launch here. That'll really help you and give you the tools you need to be the best man, husband, or father you can be. We got online courses there. And so, all that to say, thanks for joining me tonight. I love your comments. If you need some coaching, you can reach out to me and my website at thefatherdifference.com. You'd like some time to process and deal with some private things. I'd love to do that with you. Remember, it's never too late for God to completely change your story. Thanks for joining us.

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Dear friends, imagine a world where every father feels equipped to lead with faith, love, and purpose. A world where families thrive and communities grow stronger because of devoted, Christ-centered fathers.

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You know, beloved, that is the vision that God's put in my heart for every single family. You know, he is on the move, I believe. He promises in Malachi that before the great and coming day of the Lord, he's gonna do something profound. He's gonna turn the hearts of fathers back towards their children. So the hearts of their children will turn back to their father. That's what God is doing. I meet dads daily who want to learn to be better fathers. Yet many have never been shown how. Too many families are being fractured to bitterness and with parents and grandparents even being canceled. That's why we're launching an online community to quit men to be the fathers that God has called them to be. It's more than a program, it's a part of a movement that God is already doing to reshape fatherhood. It's a sacred calling rooted in the teachings of Christ. And we're calling this the Fatherhood Academy, where men will embark on a journey of healing and spiritual restoration that helps them transform their family relationship. And to make this vision a reality, would you consider partnering with us financially as we continue to reach and disciple every man, dad, and grandpa that comes our way? Your donation will help create a ripple across the neighborhoods, communities, you know, and ultimately our nation, anchoring each child, your division and the unwavering love and guidance of a devoted dad. Your end-of-the-year gift right now, whether it's a one-time donation or an ongoing pledge monthly, will make a huge difference. Together we can equip fathers to build hope-filled futures for their children and their grandchildren. Remember, my friend, the Father loves you. And he sent his son to let you know. Pray it for you, Pastor Ed.

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