Brotherhood Forged is a Christian men's podcast helping men grow in faith, discipline, and leadership.

Leading your family isn't about being the boss. It's about going first. First to serve, first to say I'm sorry, first to pray, first to sacrifice. Joey Koontz, Paul Bengel, and Fred Frederickson take ten minutes on a question every husband and dad needs to answer: if your family follows you, where do they end up?

Topics covered:

- Why leading means going first, not getting your way

- Setting the emotional temperature of your home instead of reacting to it

- Being the thermostat, not the thermometer

- Taking responsibility vs. taking control

- Why handing off your responsibility is rolling the dice with your kids

- Leading yourself first: you can't take your family where you won't go

- Fred on daily surrender and getting out of a stagnant season

- Why "Dad doesn't know, let's figure it out together" is real leadership

- How a harsh or absent dad loses his kids' hearts, even if he checks every other box

- Joey's honest look back at what he'd do differently as a father

Scripture: Ephesians 5:25, Ephesians 6:4

With cohost Fred Frederickson, on Instagram @coachfredofficial

Question for you: What do you think it means to lead your family? What did we miss? Tell us in the comments.

Timestamps:

0:00 What does it mean to lead your family?

0:35 Go first: serve, apologize, pray, sacrifice

1:00 Set the tone and check your temperature

2:14 Thermostat, not thermometer

3:22 Ephesians 5:25 and leading yourself first

3:58 Surrender and taking responsibility for growth

4:56 You don't need all the answers

5:40 Ephesians 6:4: be present or lose their hearts

6:34 Closing thoughts

7:41 If they follow you, do they end up closer to Jesus?

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