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Father & Daughter Discipleship Retreat Doug Phillips

These are the messages to give to the family that hopes to inspire daughters to walk beside their fathers and dads to invest in the lives of their daughters. Here’s why:

God’s Word speaks volumes to the relationship between fathers and daughters: A father’s most sacred duty is his daughter’s protection and preservation from childhood to virtuous womanhood. He leads her, woos her, and wins her with a tenderness and affection unique to the bonds of father and daughter. Success in a father’s mission is directly related to the seriousness and compassion with which he seeks to raise his daughter as an industrious, family-affirming, children-loving woman of God. She, in turn, looks to her father as a loving picture of leadership, of devotion, and of care. A daughter’s relationship with her father will help to define her view of the worth of a woman, the meaning of fulfillment and contentment, and her vision for virtue. When these relationships are realized and cultivated, the generational mission of the Christian family is secure.

Is it any wonder that Satan is on the prowl, seeking to tear the hearts of daughters from their fathers, and driving wedges of indifference between them—fathers with no time for their little girls, and young ladies who have replaced the love of their fathers with the acceptance of peers and inappropriate romantic relationships? These recordings from the 2003 Vision Forum Ministries Father and Daughter Discipleship Retreat are one step on the journey of recovering the preciousness of this relationship, so crucial to the kingdom-building work of the Church.