{"id":355,"date":"2019-01-18T17:30:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T00:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=355"},"modified":"2019-01-18T16:03:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T23:03:11","slug":"dad-the-protector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=355","title":{"rendered":"Dad the Protector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">[To follow <strong><em>The Ewellogy<\/em><\/strong>, please click on <strong><em>Leave a Comment<\/em><\/strong> above, fill in your name and email, and check the box: <strong><em>Notify me of new posts by email<\/em><\/strong>. If your comment is, &#8220;Notify me,&#8221; it won&#8217;t post publicly. If you don&#8217;t start to receive the blog by email right away, please write to me at bob@ewell.com, and I will see that you get on the list.] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Someone asked me the other day if there was a verse for the father as protector of the family. My immediate response was that there aren&#8217;t that many specific verses about fathers (e.g., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=ephesians+6%3A4&amp;version=ESV\">Ephesians 6.4<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=colossians+3%3A21&amp;version=ESV\">Colossians 3.21<\/a> come to mind), and they don&#8217;t say anything about protection.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, of course, God is our example of a father, so we can think about God&#8217;s role as protector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Psalm 20.1: &#8220;May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Psalm 59.1: &#8220;Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we expand from God as our Father to God as our Shepherd, it&#8217;s even better! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Psalm 23.4: &#8220;Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me&#8230;&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>John 10.11: &#8220;I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.&#8221;<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s an excellent ministry for fathers called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dtfs.org\">Dad the Family Shepherd<\/a>. The name says it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So to answer my friend, yes, as a dad, you are responsible, among other things, to protect your family. Your model is your heavenly Father, and as you <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1aZ7669yISjPerZoXtIyXbP_mspdQcsp7\/view?usp=sharing\">spend time with him<\/a>, you can become more and more like him in your fathering. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone asked me the other day if there was a verse for the father as protector of the family. My immediate response was that there aren&#8217;t that many specific verses about fathers (e.g., Ephesians 6.4 and Colossians 3.21 come to mind), and they don&#8217;t say anything about protection. 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