Fathers will impact their children. For some this impact will be positive and for others negative. But make no mistake, there will be a lasting impact. This world needs stable father figures who will engage in their children’s lives. Father engagement, however, needs to be specific and intentional. I could categorize fathers in a few different groups. There are those who are completely checked out and have no engagement with their children. This father offers no love,

John 10:10, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” Jesus looked out on the multitude and saw a crowd of people that were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. They were people without protection, without provision, without direction, and without hope. If Jesus were to set a while and observe people these days He coul d draw the same conclusion as He did in the first century. Perhaps,