A Few Good Men: A Path to Godly Fatherhood

By Brother Prater

A Few Good Men is a book about fathers and fatherhood. It gives you an in-depth look into the important role fathers play, especially their impact in a child's life. It shows you statistics and the impact inactive fathers have on their children. It also expresses many topics and issues fathers face from day to day. This book is considered a MUST READ by many people!!!

A Few Good Men was written to applaud the fathers who are taking care of their responsibilities; to educate and challenge those who are not; for women to appreciate a child's father who is ful?lling his role; and to give single women a way to identify the qualities of a potential future husband and/or father to present and/or future children.

Plus, the book also includes several simple applications, encouragements, and tools for handling di?erent situations you may face in life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 21, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504955287

Brother Prater

Brother Prater is a gifted minister, musician, public speaker, an advocate against domestic violence/ toxic relationships & the host of a weekly podcast show called ReConnect My Heart www.blogtalkradio.com/reconnectmyheart. His recorded sermons & written devotions on popular social media outlets address many important topics of life, including matters of the heart. He's a people-person & has always had a special connection with the public throughout his life. Brother Prater has been a leader in public service for nearly 30 years, including more than 26 years in law enforcement. He's a rm believer in teaching the power of prayer & the importance of studying God’s Word about every situation. He makes new acquaintances feel like old friends & leaves a positive, lasting impression wherever he goes. Brother Prater is dedicated helping others achieve their purpose in life while sharing the Biblical Truth of God.

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Published by AuthorHouse 02/15/2016

ISBN: 978-1-5049-5529-4 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-5528-7 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016902395

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Contents

My Personal Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: Are Fathers Important?

Chapter 2: The Origin of Father’s Day

Chapter 3: The Meaning of a Father

Chapter 4: The Duties of a Father

Chapter 5: You’re Just Like Your Daddy

Chapter 6: Fathers, Leave Something for Them to

Remember You By

Chapter 7: The Man and His Loins

Chapter 8: You’re Responsible For Your Seed!!

Chapter 9: When Daddy’s Away, The Devil Will Play

Chapter 10: Daddy Versus the System

Chapter 11: The Heart of a Man

Chapter 12: What He Really Wants is… RESPECT

Chapter 13: The Step Daddy

Chapter 14: The Charge to Fathers

Chapter 15: A Prayer to the Fathers

Chapter 16: Things You Need to Know

Chapter 17: Words of Encouragement

17:1 Dealing with Conflict

17:2 In Times of Trouble

17:3 Dealing with Unreasonable People

17:4 Feeling Alone or Rejected

17:5 Forgiving Yourself

17:6 Self-Esteem/ Self-Worth

17:7 Broken-Hearted

17:8 Guarding Your Heart

17:9 Grief

17:10 Getting Your Life Back

17:11 Waiting/Building Patience

A Special Letter To My Son

Forwards by:

Derrick Richardson

and

Deborah Freeman

My reason and desire to be a part of this particular book is genuinely of gratitude. I am deeply and truly thankful for the friendship of not just the man, but the minister of Brother Prater. I have known him for over twenty years. I have witnessed a powerful and phenomenal God ordained shift in his ministry in the past seven years. I have watched his gifting manifest and grow from discernment, word of knowledge, word of wisdom, and into his now powerfully manifested gift of teaching.

I believe it is evident of his God-given teaching gift that it has led him to the current writing of this much needed book. Spiritual written books are usually birth through personal experience and God-ordained process. It is a process in which we as ministers are crushed as in a biblical winepress. This produces much needed anointed and Godly ripe fruit.

I have witnessed some of the process in Brother Prater’s experience in this particular subject matter. He has embodied the teaching of the father in a totally God-inspired view. It is not strange or awkward that God would choose such a man as Brother Prater to minister on such a highly priority message of this caliber.

The secular world as well as some professing Christian men are in great dearth of being true Godly fathers. I have been blessed to read this book and obtain much needed biblical views to fulfilling my role as a Godly father. I was enlightened by new revelations as well as reignited in dormant areas as a father.

I would also encourage mothers of every ethnic group to read this very informative book, as Brother Prater has included wise and knowledgeable nuggets for them as well. I thank God for the anointed vessel of Brother Prater and his availability and willingness to the plan of God in the earth realm. My prayer is that this book reaches the masses to whom it is ordained and manifest much Godly righteous fruit!!! We truly and undeniably now need