We are to provide and protect, but we are also to be a catalyst and set the tone in attending and participating as a family in the ministries of the church, opening up our homes to fellowship with other believers, and praying with, and for, our families daily. Our job doesn’t stop with the provision of material needs. Our children are body and soul, and as such, we, as fathers, are to primarily “bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4).