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How a Pastor Can Love His Family - 7/29/2008 5:10:50 PM
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crankius
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30 Practical Ways For Pastors to Love Their Wives & Families
Here are some of them:
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IN RELATION TO YOUR FAMILY...
Take responsibility for your children’s education and discipline—don’t leave it to your wife to figure out.
Diligently guard your days off.
There are times when it seems like you have to choose whether to be a good dad/husband or a good pastor. Good pastors choose to be good dad/husbands.
IN RELATION TO YOUR WIFE…
Regularly schedule a date night and take the initiative on logistics, i.e. organize the baby-sitter, make reservations, and have a plan.
Make sure you know her favorite restaurant, meal, flowers, ice cream flavor, and movie.
Schedule a weekly time where you watch the kids and your wife gets out to do whatever she wants—not errands. When you can, give her a whole day off from the kids.
Decide together with your wife how many evenings you will be gone and honor what has been agreed upon.
IN RELATION TO YOUR CHILDREN…
Have deliberate one-on-one time weekly with each of your children, probably to include playing, reading scripture, or praying.
Date your daughters.
Leave the church at church so dad can be dad at home.
Read the list, comment, and share your own thoughts.
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RE: How a Pastor Can Love His Family - 7/29/2008 7:11:56 PM
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rcjames
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Well it seems like a lot of plan of man psycho-babble to me.
If a Pastor gets and keeps his relationship right with God; he will be the perfect husband and father.
Thanks
RC
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RE: How a Pastor Can Love His Family - 7/29/2008 10:43:16 PM
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crankius
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I thought it was just some practical advice from pastors who've been there.
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RE: How a Pastor Can Love His Family - 7/30/2008 8:32:45 AM
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rcjames
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quote:
ORIGINAL: crankius
I thought it was just some practical advice from pastors who've been there.
I will go along with that assassment.
Thanks
RC
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RE: How a Pastor Can Love His Family - 7/30/2008 9:49:27 AM
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gmedifast
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I think that pastors often get tied up ministering to others that they take their family for granted. Often times that is why pastor's children are sometimes the most wayward and hard people on the planet. Pastors are often worse than CEO's of large companies doing this activity, this conference, that meeting, this event, that revival and life becomes church church church and they look up and lose their family because mama is always home, the children are fatherless at ballgames and other activities and the church may be doing great but home is falling apart. I liked the article.
< Message edited by gmedifast -- 7/30/2008 3:15:46 PM >
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RE: How a Pastor Can Love His Family - 7/30/2008 11:04:12 AM
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lightshineon
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I have seen the thing totally turned around in my church, which has nepotism in leaps and bounds in the last two pastors. That is the exception though, and I am sure, that many pastors struggle with this. I am just a volunteer, and struggle with doing for the Lord and my husband, girls, and parents, border collies, you name it. So I am sure a pastor must struggle with it greatly. Though, I am sure many men like my husband struggle, between working long necessary hours, and his family. He does not have a choice, either. Plus he has many ministries including eldership, which he is called on in the night many times, plus in charge of our connection groups, and Sunday School. I think it is pratical and good advice for us all. Thank You.
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