I am firm believer that real men aren't born, they're made. The reason why we see so few real men today is because a lot of men today were raised in fatherless homes and never really had a decent male role model in their lives.
When I first got saved, the immediately put today's youth on my heart. After a couple of months of volunteer work, I realized that a lot of the mess that our teen age boys were getting into was because they didn't have a father figure in their lives. I then began to embrace those boys as my own despite whatever circumstances they were in and it didn't take long before I earned their respect. I could talk to those boys about anything and they would open up because they knew I what was being said was done so in confidence and that I would not judge them. In fact, I could ask those boys for anything and they would do it without hesitation, not because they feared me but because they respected me.
I personally feel that it is my obligation as a man of God and the obligation of every man in the church to be a Spiritual father. This is the way I view church: if you are not willing to be a part of the solution, then you're part of the problem.
When I first got saved, the immediately put today's youth on my heart. After a couple of months of volunteer work, I realized that a lot of the mess that our teen age boys were getting into was because they didn't have a father figure in their lives. I then began to embrace those boys as my own despite whatever circumstances they were in and it didn't take long before I earned their respect. I could talk to those boys about anything and they would open up because they knew I what was being said was done so in confidence and that I would not judge them. In fact, I could ask those boys for anything and they would do it without hesitation, not because they feared me but because they respected me.
I personally feel that it is my obligation as a man of God and the obligation of every man in the church to be a Spiritual father. This is the way I view church: if you are not willing to be a part of the solution, then you're part of the problem.