Today we celebrate Father’s Day, and we remember our fathers everywhere by gathering together around them, and also remembering those who have left us in death. But lest we forget amidst all of the celebration, we should, above all else, pray for them. We should lift them up, and pray that they will always be good fathers, even as God is our good Abba, and our good Father. We should pray that they love us, our mothers, and the Lord our God. Moreover, we should pray for their salvation, and for them to receive the grace of God as they profess Jesus Christ to be their savior. If we do this then we will have given them the best Father’s Day gift that a child can give. Likewise, every father should pray these words over his children: