The Important Role of a Godly Father

The focus the following articles place on a mother influencing the growth of her son is not meant to replace the role a father plays in his son’s life.

We all know how important a godly, loving father is in a boy’s life. You and your son are very blessed if you have a man of God in your home during these critical years.

But tragically, one in four homes today is without a man in the house at all, leaving many mothers alone in their battle to raise their beloved boys. Countless other homes have fathers who have relinquished their God-appointed role in their son’s life.

Too many of our boys grow up seeing ungodly, critical, or controlling behavior displayed by the man in their home, rather than witnessing the example of a good, strong, loving leader.

You as a mother cannot replace the father role in your son’s life. However, you can raise a modern-day hero who will fight for his family and be a faithful, loving husband and father.

I pray you will grab hold of this truth: Our God us the same today as when He raised up mighty men in a fallen world.

Can you raise your son to one day love, lead, and protect a wife and family in a world like this?

The answer is yes. The heartbeat of NextGenHusband is to give you the tools to help your son become a tender warrior who will one day fight for his family, a godly husband who will faithfully love his wife , and a leader who will be a man of his word.

The time is now to take your love, tears, prayers, and influence and pour them into his future. Even if our world does not change its moral fiber, you can influence your son and bring hope to the next generation. It's an opportunity of a lifetime-yours.

The Problem We Face in Today's World

We are raising a generation of boys who have better relationships with their video games, iPods, televisions and computers than they have with their families. Their world is one where pornography is no longer a hidden shame, but encourages as entertainment.

With a 50 percent divorce rate both inside and outside the church, this generation's view on marriage is that is has little hope for success.

Our sons are embroiled daily in a battle of the mind. They are being bombarded by conflicting messages about what a real man is. Today's so-called heroes are exalted for selfish pursuits-pleasure, money, and fame. It seems our sons are educated on every subject except how to love a wife and lead a family.

Far too few role models are willing to take a stand against immorality and infidelity, to teach our boys to declare victory for themselves and the generations to follow.

What Will Happen If We Do Nothing to Prepare Our Sons to Fight for Their Future Families?

I have spoken at countless woman’s events the past two decades, and I can’t tell you how often broken women have shared the same stories with me, over and over, about how empty their marriages are or how the marriage ended.

Every time I come home, I cry out to God to give our men the strength to fight for their families, remain faithful, and gain knowledge on how to love their wives and protect their families.

Then one day it occurred to me: The way a man loves a woman has a lot to do with what he learned as a little boy through his relationship with his mother. This is because she is the first woman God placed in his life until he is married.

What if a husbands had a mother who invested her life not only in cooking, cleaning, and caring for her son, but also in carefully and deliberately bestowing upon him what every man desires to know—how to understand and care for the fragile heart of his bride?

Imagine how differently many tragic love stories would end if every new bride took the hand of a well-trained hero—a stronger warrior, equipped for victory as a loving leader. The marriage love story would be much more fulfilling if young princes were raised learning the art of loving their future wives.