Dear Lord; Good morning Father! To start off today, I’d like to thank You for the emotional “purging” You helped me with yesterday. Sometimes, the hidden feelings that quietly eat at our spirits are the hardest to control, and it feels absolutely wonderful to have laid that one down. Every negative I can shed brings me that much closer to You.
As You know, for Christmas I got both my boys new Children’s Bibles. These are lovely books Lord, which tell Your story and give Your Word to them in a way that they’re excited to read each night. Most evenings I’ve been reading with Aidan, but he’s also taken to reading some of it on his own and has just been devouring the stories. We’re almost completely through Genesis, and both my boys are amazed and filled with wonder at Your Power and Love for Your Children. I’ve been thrilled to see them so enthralled with learning about You, and I pray it continues to interest and excite them. Jonathan has taken to reading our daily conversations as well, and it warms my heart that he wants to know You so much more. I so want to raise these boys to be God-Loving, compassionate and righteous men.
“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” – Proverbs 22:6
Heavenly Father, please help me continue to bring Your Loving Presence into my childrens’ lives. Fill them with the Holy Spirit, and make Your Heavenly Light shine through them so all may see Your Influence. I pray that You grant me the wisdom, the strength and the resolve to help them be the men I know they can be. Amen.
~Phather Phil
Hi, I’m Phil Malmstrom, a.k.a. Phather Phil. I’m self-employed, father of two wonderful young men, an ordained minister who delights in spreading Jesus’ Message of Hope and Love, a science-fiction junkie, an aspiring photographer and above all that one of God’s Children who rejoices in His Blessings each day. 
You are not only teaching your boys about God, but you are living it out. Children will more likely follow our example than just our teaching. Your boys see you following and loving Jesus and they will want to do the same. What an awesome legacy you are giving them.
Many blessings to you!
Thank you Lisa! I’m certainly trying to, and I believe we’re headed in the right direction. I love it when Jonathan reads my daily Emails to God and comes to me with questions, or in many cases just to tell me how much he liked it.
Have a Blessed Day!
This is my heart’s desire as well. I want my children to see Christ in me and come to know a relationship with Him in their own way. I greatly desire for my children to walk with God all of their days.
You are raising Godly boys that will become Godly men. As Lisa said, “You are not only teaching your boys about God, but you are living it out.” That is so important. We can tell them things but unless we are ‘practicing what we preach’ our words mean nothing. I firmly believe that you and Shannon are wonderful examples of Christ to your boys.
Thank you Jenifer. I believe the same of you and Lisa as well, so the compliment is richly appreciated. Have a Blessed Day!
Me too… I pray over their heads every night that He will grow within them a heart to love and follow after Him! I can tell that you are a wonderful father Phil!
Thank you so much for the kind words Heidi. I very much want my boys to have what you so eloquently dubbed a “transformational relationship” with Him and to feel His Presence in their lives each day.
Have a Blessed Day!
We also pray over our boys. That they’ll be bold and courageous for Him and love Him with all their hearts. But we also have to live it out in front of them so they can see Him in us….and I’m sure you’re doing a great job of it!
Thank you Allison! I’m very proud of both of them, and love seeing them have excitement about Him. Have a Blessed Day!
How cool to see your boys dive into the living word of God. wow. you are planting seeds within them. I sure enjoy reading your conversations/prayers with God. Thanks for being so honest and open.
It is really cool Jean! Thank you for the kind words, and for what you share on your blog as well. Have a Blessed Day!