Happy Father's Day @ Baker Kairos #23 Closing

Today, I celebrated Father's Day with close to 100 men at Baker Correctional Institution. Half of the men wore blue, the other half civilian clothes. However, by the redemptive work of Jesus Christ we all had access to the same Heavenly Father through faith. It was an awesome time of celebration as each man entered this morning and wished me a Happy Father's Day. I believe they were just as excited for me as I was to celebrate my First Father's day as a proud papa. It was made even more poignant to me by the stark reality that many of these men were brought up in fatherless homes and now their children are being raised without their fathers presence.
It is a sad statistic that approximately 80% of the men in prison were raised without a father and 70% of their sons will follow them into prison. I have spoken to many of these men who have left children on the street. I encourage them that they are still responsible before God as the father of the children He has given them and that they can stand before God through Christ and can pray for their children and lead lives that their children can follow. Our Heavenly Father is not only in the reconciliation business but in the restoration business. He can restore the years that the locust have eaten.
Let us stand up and stand in the gap for our sons lest they fall prey to the devourer.

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