The Man in the Mirror by Patrick Morley
Week 10: Chapter 9 — Children: How Can I Be a Better Father?
Read Chapter 9 of The Man in the Mirror. Key passages: Deuteronomy 6:4–9; Psalm 127:3–5; Ephesians 6:4.
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Morley argues that fatherhood is not a role a man can delegate or delay — the window is brief, the stakes are eternal, and most men don't realize what they're missing until it's gone.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Morley writes that many men are present in the house but absent in the home — physically there but emotionally and spiritually checked out. Be honest: which describes you more accurately right now?
2.Deuteronomy 6 commands fathers to teach God's words to their children 'diligently' — when sitting, walking, lying down, and rising up. What would it look like for spiritual instruction to be woven into the normal rhythms of your family's life rather than confined to a special event?
3.Morley discusses the deep and lasting impact — positive and negative — that a father has on his children's image of God, their sense of worth, and their patterns of relationship. What did your own father pass down to you, for better or worse?
a.What do you want to replicate?
b.What do you want to break?