Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 18, 2002
                    
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    God is very interested in men becoming good fathers. Here in this passage we find some of the leading characteristics of a successful father.
                
                    
                        ILLUSTRATION: (From "It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It" by Robert Fulghum)  It was Molly’s, age 7, job to pack the lunches for her family.  She would put in the sandwiches, cookies, fruit and so on in a paper bag.  One day, in addition to the paper bag she usually packed for her father, she gave
                        
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