Author: Ali, Contributors: Elton Streyle and Noah, Photography and Editing: Ali

Lord, I come to You this Father’s Day to thank You for my earthly father, and to thank You for being my perfect Heavenly Father. I praise You for the ways my earthly father has pointed me toward You through his positive relationship with You.

Fathers are intended to reflect Your love to their children. Psalm 103:13 “As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him” (ESV). I praise You that my father has shown me the compassion described in this verse. If someone’s father has not treated them compassionately, I ask for Your healing, comfort, and perspective on the situation.

Regardless of how my earthly Father has provided for me, I know that I can rely on You to always provide for me. Philippians 4:19 “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” You are the source of every good thing about my father or father figure. James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” Encourage the fathers I know to develop their relationship with You in such a way that their children can follow in their footsteps and glorify You.

If your father is deceased, ask God to give you positive memories of him.

Thank you for loving me. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

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Author: Ali, Contributor: Elton Streyle and Noah, Photography and Editing: Ali

Perfect Heavenly Father, I come to You through the Name of Your Son Jesus Christ to express my gratitude for the father or father-figures You have provided in my life. If he is deceased, thank you for my memory of him. Thank you for the wisdom I have gleaned from my father, and how he has set an example for me in following You. If my father is not a believer, please use me or other believers in his life to bring him to You.

Just as You have designed mothers to reflect Your character to their children, You have designed fathers to do the same. Psalm 103:13 (ESV) “As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.” Thank you that even the discipline from my father is a result of his love for me. Proverbs 3:11 “My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor detest His correction; for whom the Lord loves He corrects, just as a father the son in whom he delights.” If this is not the motivation behind a father’s discipline, I ask that You would transform him to be more like You in this area.

Thank you for these specific attributes of my father: [insert your father’s attributes here]. Direct me to be more intentional about expressing my appreciation to him. If I have a difficult relationship with my father, I ask that Your Spirit would guide us to reconciliation, and if needed, that You would enable me to practice genuine forgiveness towards him.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Author: Elton Streyle, Contributor: Noah, Photography and Editing: Ali

Lord, I come to You through the Name of Your Son, Jesus, to bring You praise and thanks on this day to specifically be able honor our fathers and grandfathers. This day is set aside for these men who had or are having a tremendous influence on our lives.

You have created the family to work best with different roles for our fathers and mothers, with You in the center of it all. You are the one who has put the family together. Psalm 127:3 “Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward.”

I want to lift up to You all the fathers and grandfathers that I know in my circle of relationships to ask You to strengthen and encourage them in their relationships with their loved ones. Give them patience and wisdom to lead and guide with Your love. Show them how to effectively follow the instruction in Ephesians 6:4. “And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.” Have the goal of these fathers and grandfathers be what is expressed in in Proverbs 22:6. “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

I acknowledge that some have experienced great pain around the subject of earthly fathers. I ask that You remind them to turn to You, the perfect Father who never fails or lets anyone down. Psalm 46:1-2a “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear.”

In Jesus’ Name, I ask that You have a mighty movement of Your Spirit in fathers and grandfathers so that families will see what is expressed in Joshua 24:15b. “But for me and my house, we will serve the L0RD.” Amen.