Becoming The Dad Your Kids Need

We explore how identity as beloved sons and daughters of God reshapes fatherhood, heals performance-driven parenting, and restores joy. Through stories, scripture, and prayer, we map a path from pressure to presence and invite listeners to be refathered by God.

• Sonship as core identity and its impact on families
• Performance parenting and the harm of “daddy ball”
• Adoption by God and being re-fathered
• "Like Father, like Son" as a family blueprint
• Transformed desires: Loving righteousness, hating wickedness
• Joy as strength in daily parenting
• Prayer for prodigals, healing, and renewed hearts
• Invitation to take practical next steps in faith

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Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome And Mission
• 1:18 Sonship And Core Identity
• 3:35 Performance Parenting And “Daddy Ball”
• 9:20 Adoption And Being Refathered By God
• 15:20 Like Father, Like Son In Practice
• 20:30 Desires Transformed: Love Righteousness, Hate Wickedness
• 26:30 Joy As Strength And Daily Presence
• 32:30 Story Of Jeannie: Joy Through Suffering
• 39:20 Prayer For Healing And Return
• 43:10 Fatherhood Academy Invitation And Support

Transcript

SPEAKER_00: 0:00

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.

SPEAKER_01: 1:18

So good to be with you here from bright, sunny sun in California. And today we're going to talk about this whole idea about sonship, or if you're a gal daughtership that's watching today, and how that affects us and how we see ourselves and those places in our life that might be broken, where identity is really the key of really understanding who God has made us to be. And when we're not clear about who we are and that core identity, the result is that uh we can take on a false identity and end up doing a lot of damage in our own life and as a mom or dad, do damage with our kids. You with me? So welcome. I'd love to hear where you're from if you want to shoot me a text. Um here we have a few people this that are already online and TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook on both pages. Love to hear where you're from. Give me a shout out. I'll do my best to get back to you. And let's get into the material and just the crucial role of sonship. So if I were to ask you a question, who are you? What is the core identity that God has put in your life, the way you see yourself? Because it's so easy for us to have an identity or an understanding about who we are that comes out of what we're broken about. I meet people all the time that have been followers of Jesus for years and are not really clear about who they really are to God. It could be that part of that is because of the way your dad framed who you were when you were growing up. And when you don't have a dad that's that's clear about who he is, he really struggles to help you discover who God's made you to be. Identity is central to what we're going to talk about today and how God can take a broken identity or an identity that we build in our life that didn't happen and keep us stuck. I got to be with a dear friend today, and we were talking about identity. And you know, one of the things that he said to me was he has spent so much of his life trying to live for the towards the father that wasn't looking his way. No matter what he did, no matter how much he achieved, no matter how much he obeyed the family rules, he never ever felt like he arrived. He never ever felt like his dad was proud of him. And now, years after of just real, in his own words, torment, he has learned to connect to a father finally towards the end of his life in a way that he never got to have in the early part of his days. So part of our conversation was do you think that your dad knew who he was? And his comment was, no, he didn't. And that's one of the reasons that we struggle. It's a reason I struggled as a young father with my own children because I didn't realize that I was trying to eke out my identity of being a good dad or being a father through the performance of my children. And so if you've parked how you feel about yourself to the way your kids are following the rules or producing or becoming this or that, then you can be in a lot of trouble. I mean, the I I I, you know, one of the craziest places for us as parents sometimes is little league. Especially if you're a coach of a little league team, and that gets accused of daddy ball. And daddy ball is when they accuse you of playing your son, or if you're doing a woman's sport, your daughter ahead of their, you know, genetically superior children that should be playing in your son or daughter's place. Oh boy, I tell you, I was a coach for a number of years in some of the battles that I had with parents because they didn't feel like I was giving their children the same looks or the same coaching. And I remember one dad comes up to me and he goes, Why don't you play my son more? You know, why why why is he always on the bench? I said, Well, part of the reason is because he spends the whole practice cussing at everyone and fighting with everyone. And I told him, as long as he's not a teammate, he gets to ride the pine, to which he doesn't like. And he goes, he does. Well, I said, I'll handle it. And I said, Can I ask you a question? And I said, Um, your son said this the other day, and I it's too profane for me to say online to another person, have you ever said that same thing to your son? And it just hit him, and he puts his head down, he goes, Yeah, I'm I'm like really hard on my son. Well, how's it working? Well, he's not listening to anything I say. I said, Well, maybe if you learn how to hear from God yourself about the way God speaks to you, it'll change the way you speak to yourself, which will change the way you speak to your son. And he's got teary eyes and looked at me, he goes, My son's really in trouble. He's trouble in school, he's trouble. I want him just to have some wins. I said, Well, here's the first step as a dad. Is he winning with you? Because if he's not winning with you, he uh he's gonna feel like a loser and everything because the first audience that really matters to your son is their dad in that stand. What he's saying, what he's doing, what he's looking, how he's yelling. And not all dads are equal. There's some dads that are amazing out there, tremendous support of their kids. But I think far too many dads are out there, they're sort of living through the performance of their children. And when you do that, it really breaks them. So, how do you how do you change that as we're talking about this whole issue of identity and how sonship, that that gift that God gives us as men, or if you're a gal watching, can really change that. One of the our my friend Ray, who's watching, his dad was like that. And uh, and so he was even a local reporter as uh as a baseball coach and and uh reported on that and watched that over and over again, same scenario. You know, as a matter of fact, in the National Football League, I watched a number of players that were really emotionally handicapped because of the way their fathers treated them. Drove them, drove them, drove them, drove them because their dad wanted them to make that football team or become that superstar. Because it's like his whole identity depended on the performance of his kids. Imagine that kind of pressure. Did you have some of that? I had some of that myself. So, how does God heal that in us? Well, I want to turn to our outline here and share with you that point number one from a scripture, really powerful thing to begin for you to begin to think about. Because the more you are secure in who God has called you to be, the more that will secure your family and help them discover that for themselves. Well, point number one here. So, why is it really important to receive our adoption from the Father? Because to understand sonship, we got to receive and adopt our adoption. It's one of the incredible promises in the Bible that you think, well, I don't need to be adopted. I had a dad and a mom. Well, God the Father doesn't adopt us just because we don't have. God the Father adopts us so that he can be the father of our story and that we would know it, and that we would have that same kind of relationship that he had with his own son, Jesus. So why is it important? Well, number one, we're going to become like the man who fathers us. So if you want to change your stripes and have your kids turn out better, understand that they are becoming like the father that's fathering them. You know, when Jesus said, Who's ever seen me to Thomas have seen my father? Jesus represented who God the Father was to its disciples and to the world. That same kind of thing happens in a family when, you know, other people see our children, and then they they begin to understand how they're fathered. And is there any greater compliment? I've had this a number of times when my children, here's one of my beloved sons right here. Hey Edward, I'm live talking about you online. I love you, gotta go. But is there anything more amazing than to have my son just giving you a phone call? You know, one of the things that I love, Josh is one of the one of the jewels in my life, is that my son calls me every night on the way home from work. I love those times. There's nothing, I don't think there's anything sweeter for you as a dad than when your children invite you into their story and they want more from you. They want to learn from you. And and part of the secret of establishing that, because we have a lot of parents where you tried to do the best job you did, and your kids are just sideways, sometimes from the enemy, the devil is you know, sewed things in them, their friends, drugs, craziness. But uh, I know this that if you're a dad and you have sired children or been a stepdad who has fathered somebody else's sons, your voice over your children and the way you live out your story is the most powerful thing you can do and be in the life of your children. See, we can't build someone in kind of somebody else. I want you to be more like him or her. We're only able to build and father based on the man that we are becoming, the son that the father has adopted, that that identity in us, when we when we build that and we live that in front of our children, that is such a powerful roadmap that no matter what the devil throws at our kids, they're going to know the way home. And that's just a promise to you. And I'm saying that for somebody whose children have gone sideways and you're just really concerned about them. And they don't want you in their story. And that's a heartache for so many parents and grandparents today. Guess what? God's promised before the great and coming day of the Lord, He's going to turn the hearts of fathers, us, grandpas, us, towards our children so that the heart of our children will turn back to their fathers. That's uh kind of the last prophetic salvo from heaven through Malachi, and that Jesus came to begin to fulfill, and He is fulfilling in us as fathers. He's turning our hearts. You want to be part of that troop? Keep hanging out with me because that's where we're going. That's where I'm going. I I want to end my race, hopefully, in a lot of later years, with a lot more gray hair, but have all my children and my grandchildren and maybe a few great-grandchildren around my bed to bless them on the way out. Is there anything better than that? Okay. I took a little side thing, but let me get back to what I was sharing with you. See, the truth, number one thing I want to say to you tonight is that we will become like the man who follows us. So think about, take a moment and think about what your dad sewed or did not sew into you good, bad, and the ugly. Think about those things that are repeated patterns in your own life that you are like your dad. Even if you hated your dad and wanted to do everything opposite of them, how are you doing with that? I had a young man uh not too long ago I was coaching, and I said, So, how are you doing? It's a dad. He goes, Well, I just do everything opposite of my father. I hate my dad. I said, if I could have your wife in on this conversation, what would she say, or what if she says to you about the way you are fathering her kids too? Well, she tells me all the time that I'm too rough, I'm too gruff, and I just don't get it. I'm trying to do the best that I can. I said, have you noticed how you talk when you mention your dad? Could it be that God wants to do some work in your heart with your own father so that your voice that you're projecting over your children isn't this voice where you're trying to be the opposite of your dad because you hated him? That's gonna leak into you. And so, and I said to him, I said, So what do you how do you handle a situation when your children don't want to do the good that you want them to do? I get mad. And I looked at him and I said, Like your dad? And he just went, Oh I didn't really see that. I said, That's what we do. Because, see, we've been made to be fathered, and when we're fathered by a dad, we're gonna get the good, bad, and ugly sometimes. So he made some big changes, got his son back. Next slide. Not only will we become like the man who fathers us, we will have, you know, when we learn to receive our adoption, we will have a father to re-father us. I love that term, refathered. I don't I don't know exactly who came up with it. I wish I could say that's me, but I'm sure it's everything that we have is borrowed from somewhere. And so God the Father doesn't want to replace your dad, but he wants to refather those things in you and in me that are broken because of our sin when we've sinned against God ourselves, and that sin that was done against us, and maybe the way we were fathered or mishandled or abused by other people. And see, God's plan all along is to be in that space where he re-fathers us, and that that is so powerful. That is so powerful when we understand that no matter how broken our dads are, no matter how broken our backstory is, God the Father's promise is to come in and re-father us along the same lines as the way he fathered his son. I just love that picture. And he goes and it goes on here, and and in John 1:14, here's the proof of that. And the word became flesh and blood. He's talking about Jesus Christ and moved into the neighborhood. I love this. This is the message version. And we saw the glory with our own eyes, the one of a kind glory, like Father, like son, generous inside and out, true from start to finish. Boy, you want to reboot with God the Father, receive your adoption as a son, and live out of that understanding. Well, the promise right here in in the book of John, chapter one, verse 14, is that people will see the glory of in their own eyes of what God the Father can do in our lives and with Christ in our lives when we learn that like father, like son relationship that Jesus lived out as a man before his father and before his disciples on purpose to give them a way to be different. That makes us, and this is gosh, this has changed my life. He started making my heart generous, even when my kids were broken. And they weren't doing what I said because God beelanded right back to me to show me I was the same way. I was the same way, I was just as broken, way more broken than my kids. But I generosity started to grow in me. Generosity with God's love, generosity with his forgiveness. Generosity was walking with my kids when they had broken places and they didn't feel judged by me. That is so powerful for us, so life-giving to know that we have a father that we can come just how we are to him, and he'll take what's broken in us and re-father that place inside of us, and he will make that place inside of us just like his son Jesus. That's extraordinary. Extraordinary. Goes on here. Number three, we will want the same desires as Jesus, hence my title, when you receive your sonship, your desires begin to change. You know, there's a there's a great verse in Hebrews 1:9. It's the it's the view inside of the heart of Jesus. It's an old testament scripture that that the writer to the Hebrews brings up in one verse nine and quotes it about who the Son of Man would be, who the Son of God truly is going to be. And it says, in describing Jesus, you loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore, God your God has anointed you with the oil of gladness, with the oil of joy beyond your companions. See, one of the marks of a beloved son is that your desires now begin to shift as you open God's word every day and as you call on him to change your heart, you will begin loving what God loves. And God loves righteousness. And that's doing it God's way and following God's word, no matter what it takes. And at the same time, that you you have this love for righteousness, you also have this hatred of wickedness. And and by the way, that wickedness comes towards us first. And when we deal with our own wickedness, because sin is wickedness. When we when we turn from God and and we say no to him to our own things, not receiving the best, it's wicked to God. It it needs forgiveness. That's why we go to him and confess our sins, the Bible says. And not only that, he promises what? To forgive us our sins and cleanse us in 1 John 1 9 there of all unrighteousness. God wants to fill your life with his righteousness. But to do that, we've got to give those things that we don't want him to see. We talked about this last week. The very first step in recovery is that you got to admit that you're not God, that you can't handle it. You maybe your issue is drinking alcohol, that you can't stop drinking. You can say, if you, well, I'm just a dry alcoholic. Boy, you're just like a guy who drinks all the time. See, part of it is that God wants to bring us to a place where we're we're free. And the only way for us to be free is when we come to him and we pour out what he already knows is broken in our life. And when we confess that to him and we bring that, and it comes not just, Lord, forgive me for this sin, but when we come and say, Lord, I can't stop doing this. Lord, I haven't been able to stop yelling at my kids or yelling at my daughters or being angry with my wife. Lord, I confess this I am stuck. I got problems in me, and I can't stop doing it. But Father, I know that as I confess this to you, forgive me of my sins, forgive me of these things, I need you to put your spirit in me and to give me a whole new way to live my life. Let me tell you, when you do that, he does beloved. But he's waiting. It's like we got a lid on our on our we have a lid on how much goes in to our life, and repentance is when we open up and expose what's really going on in our hearts to the Lord that he already knows, so that the Jesus can grab all those things and replace it and fill us. Now, look what it he fills us filled us with. This is the sign of the forgiven man, this is the sign of the righteous man, and he has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions. Gosh, I love that. See, what Jesus, you know, embodied was the joy of the Lord because he had this celebrated relationship with his loving father where sin didn't get in the way because Jesus loved righteousness and lived for righteousness and never sinned. And so the fruit of that was this incredible joy. Imagine, imagine you in your own life learning how to live and love the righteousness of God and come to him and behold uh in such a profound way that he fills you with the joy of the Lord. You know, they say the joy of the Lord is your strength. It is, it's it's a supernatural impartation of the heart of the Father upon you, of what he really thinks about you. His joy overtakes you, and it is a profound thing indeed. And imagine I I think if we were able to if we were sitting with Jesus right now, he would have this this giggle about him. It was just so joyful. So when you get around, if you've ever been around Heidi uh Baker and Roland Baker, who in Mozambique, you know, and and uh just a a really tough, persecuted country, but they they live in such pleasure of their father's bidding, no matter if it's hard or it's easy. They live in this incredible joy of knowing that Papa, Papa God, absolutely is fond of them, and he is fond of them. He's fond of me, he's fond of you, and he wants you to experience that. And so, not only that, the the next slide here is that we will receive that same like father, like son relationship Jesus had. Boy, isn't isn't that what you want as a young man or or if you if you're a gal watching? Jesus said, Who's ever seen me have seen the father? Who's ever seen me, Jesus said? You could they noticed the way he did his life. He he was fearless. And it was like nobody really's ever lived that way, where they lived out of the love and pleasure of the Father in heaven. I mean, Jesus, and I've talked to you this before, he said in John 5, you said that the secret of his life was, you know, I only do the things I see my father doing. He lived in this place of trusting the leadership of his heart, his life, his safety, his future in his father who sent him. The Bible says God so loved the world that he sent his son. He trusted his father. And even at the end, he trusted his father in his death on the cross to get to cover the sins of everybody before him and the sins of everybody after him. The price that we that we deserve to pay because of our sin, Christ paid it all. And he had great joy in following his father, even though there are times it was incredibly hard. But I imagine, you know, if we were walking around with Jesus like his disciple. And you see this in throughout scripture, and some of its loss in translation. Jesus is a funny guy in so many of the ways he he talked, and they he got them laughing. And uh there's just because he was so full of the joy of the Lord their lives mattered. And see, when when you live in that place, and here's the deal Jesus. Jesus never spent any time where he wasn't under the gaze of his loving father and he knew it. See it it I tell you for most of us guys and and gals out there, is there anything more powerful than knowing that God is watching you and He's there and that He has your back? Is there anything more profound than that in life? I don't think so. I meet guys all the time that feel absolutely alone They feel like that the totality of their life is just on their own shoulders and the result of that is that they think they gotta work this whole thing out by themselves and we're gonna tie this together right here. I'm gonna give you part two next week. But how many of you guys feel like you're you do a lot of your life alone? I mean, even in church, and we have our churches and our groups and everything else, but how connected to God the Father are you? It's vital because it's not only vital for you and how you feel about yourself. But your own your own core identity as a son as you receive that sonship from God the Father, that that that that gift of of being a son, and that gift of being fathered to becoming like Jesus Christ. By the time he's done, you're gonna look just like him. The scripture says when we see him one day, we're gonna be just like him because we're gonna see him just the way he is. I think in that moment we're gonna understand in a in a blink of an eye all of the stuff we've had to go through, all the things our children have gone through, our families have gone through, all the suffering, the good, bad, and ugly, the purpose in the way of it it was weaved with this grand weaver of life into your story so that you you're gonna sit back and realize wow, there's never been a time, father, where you haven't been shaping me or or wooing me or sending me somebody to get a word, or some of you have come tonight. The Lord has brought you here to to remind you, to encourage you, to equip you. That's our mission at the Father Difference, that you would connect to a Father who absolutely loves you, a Father who wants to pour his life into you so that you begin to you would experience that scripture that we read in Hebrews 1:9, in that you would love righteousness and hate wickedness, so that your heart, God would anoint your heart just like he did Christ, where you had the you have the oil of joy above all your companions. And I've met some amazing saints in my life that's 68 years old. I've I've been following and walking with Jesus since I've been 24 years old. That's a lot of moons. And uh it's been an incredible joy. And I've gotten I've gotten around to be around so many amazing saints. But I'm gonna highlight just one of maybe the thousand I've gotten to be around who I admire, it's my it's Jill's cousin Jeannie Anderson. And Jeannie Anderson was a she was like a Heidi Baker. She was one of the most astounding women I'd ever met. She got started out in in a story in a real uh broken way, where no matter how hard she tried as a kid in school, and she was really smart. If she got a B and didn't get an A, she got scolded by her father. And so she just said, What the heck? Went out and lived a crazy life, was all over the world and traveled. And then my wife, Jill, got to lead her to Jesus and see her baptized. And and and Jeannie got it. She she just fell in love with this guy, Jesus, who she her number one value is to be in his presence and receive his love every day. And God began to heal all this trauma and this stuff to where she was so gracious to her dad and her family who weren't saved yet. And and she would you'd find her in in different places under bridges with the homeless, loving them, you know. She didn't care about living in palatial places, she she cared about the people that Jesus loved. And so she towards the end of her story, she got cancer, and and she said, Well, if I'm gonna, you know, if Jesus heals me, that's awesome. But I'm gonna take everybody with me I can. And so she invited me one day to the cancer ward there out in the desert. And you gotta picture it. There was these tables of all these gals, and they they all had individual IVs, you know, and and a lot of them knew one another just from the weekly appointment. They had the very similar weekly appointment to come in every week and and get their dose of chemo. And Jeannie was there with them and and uh had such a great heart for them, she decided to go back to that place and uh and minister to these gals. And so she invited me, and I was I was so honored to go there in that place out in Palm Desert with all these gals. And we're driving there, and she goes, Ed, I've been sharing the love of Jesus, but I want you to go in and lead every girl in that place to cry. There's a lot of girls in there that got no hope. Their only hope is in the medicine, and they're mad and they're angry and they're caught. And there was a Jewish gal that was sitting next to Jeannie, and she introduced me to her, and and we watched God save this girl, give her life all this new beaning, a number of many more years of life before I think the cancer ended up taking her. But the joy that she got, she never experienced joy before. She always expected the dread of life to be it. Maybe you're in that place where you you've just had a lot of stuff happening, a lot of loss, a lot of things taken. And so we look at our things that we lose with the problems in our family and stuff, and it's so easy to be discouraged. But there is a joy that transcends all of those things when you understand your core identity of being son or a daughter. And Jeannie knew that core identity of being a daughter, that her life didn't didn't it didn't matter how much money her husband made. It didn't matter, you know, the place that they lived out there in PGA West. All she wanted to do is love the next person that God put in front of her. So she was totally free. And that's how you get free, because that was the way Jesus was. He wasn't about building any buildings or churches the way we tend to build things today. He and he loves his church and all his forms, but it was about the next person, and the only way you don't see the next person is when you're stuck in your own head about all the stuff that's happened to you, and you're really good at rehearsing all the hurt instead of giving all that to God and realizing that everything that God brings to you and to me, underneath it all, we can become more like him because he wants to pour his joy into you in ways that will blow your mind. And so I want to pray for those that are watching right now that you're in a battle and uh you can't see the forest because of the trees, you know, that kind of battle, and you got all these things, but in the midst of all that, you know, focusing in on the righteousness of God and and your sonship or daughtership if you're a gal, can unlock your heart to have joy in who he is to you as your father, and who Jesus is as your savior that will empower you to stand up no matter what's facing you. Can I pray for you right now? Lord, I pray for all my friends that are watching and from uh Rumble to TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook pages. I speak to all of those there that are all facing, you know, insurmountable challenges in their life. And uh they know you love them, Lord, but they they're dry and they want your joy. They want more of your joy than we're talking about tonight. They want that freedom that comes from their sonship or daughtership of of being a beloved daughter where you're not naming yourself by your stuff or your accomplishments. And I just pray, Father, that you would come. And Jesus, I pray you would visit them right now. Maybe there's somebody watching that that you it's been a long time since you've been in church. It's been a long time since you've said yes to Jesus. All you gotta do is do that right now. Just say, Jesus, I need you right now. I'm tired of doing my life in my own strength. Will you forgive me? I give you my sin. Forgive me of all those things that I have I have done just out of trying to to live my life my own way. But I don't want my life my own way. I want a life that's filled with your joy. I want a life that's filled with you, Father. I want to be fathered by you, Father, and I want, Jesus, I want you to to indwell me with your presence and Holy Spirit, empower me so that all these weapons the enemy has been using to knock me down will be defeated. And not only in me, but for my children. And I pray for all of your kids. I pray for those that are far away who've run away from Jesus, maybe run away from you, and I pray, Father, you'd bring them all home. All of them. I pray that the year two 2025 would be the year of incredible return of lost kids to parents. I pray, Father, just bless them, have phone calls, conversations, letters responded to, emails responded to, texts responded to, and give my brothers and sisters as mom and dads that are watching, given the faith to keep loving, keep reaching out, and keep modeling to their children what it looks like when you learn to lay your down love life down for Jesus, being loved by Him and you, Father, so we can make the difference you want us to make. In the name of Jesus, we pray. And all God's people said, Amen. Gosh, it's so great to be with you. Um, before I leave, I just want to let you know that we are releasing now our Fatherhood Academy. And I want to encourage you, if you're if you really want to grow, and and this is gals too, this isn't just men only, though it might seem like when I say empowering men, it's also women. Because I have gals who are reading our material and reading our books, but we have a special introductory price for you to be part of that, which helps support us in everything we do. Incredibly affordable. But you can go to my website, and I just gonna put that link back up there, and I want you to check it out. I think it would be a powerful way for you to learn how to receive more from God. If you want that joy I talked about, you want more of learning how to be a daughter or a son, and receiving your sonship and the and the power of that and how that will change your family. I want to encourage you to check it out. And I I promise you, it it will do something. So, you know, we we're all we only have room at this special discounted price for the first hundred people. And so I want to I want to get every one of our friends tonight, and maybe you've not thought about this, and I'm gonna play a little video that talks about it. Go to my website, check it out. And part of that is this membership gets some personal coaching time with me every month, a video series on books, resources, a podcast, you know, a number of things that are special for our members that are part of that. And I've not really talked much about this, but I want to invite you in and check out this program. And maybe you're in a place where you don't necessarily want to do it for yourself, but you want to maybe buy a scholarship for some people that can't afford it. Because right now, our our European subscriptions and people were we're offering this as well for people around the world, and you can help us get this farther. So if that's your heart and you're saying, Ed, you your teaching is really blessing me, and I want to bless you and support you. Just watch this video as we close, and I'll see you next week. I'm praying for you. I love your comments. Uh, reach out to me at the fatherdifference.com and we'll get back to you. Lord bless you, my friend. I'll see you next week. Check this out.

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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 through bitterness and with parents and grandparents even being canceled. That's why we're launching an online community to quit and to be the fathers that God has called them to be. It's more than a program, it's a part of a a movement that God is already doing to reshape fatherhood. It's a sacred calling rooted in the teachings of pride. 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 nature, anchoring each child, their division, and the unwavering love and guidance of a devoted dad.

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Will you partner with us? Your gift, whether a one-time donation or ongoing monthly support, will help to transform lives. Together, we can equip fathers and grandfathers to lead with faith and create a brighter, hope filled future for generations to come. Click the link to donate today. Thank you for believing in this mission and joining us on this transformative journey.