Breaking the chain

Yesterday at CrossTrainers I heard testimonies of men who grew up under abusive fathers, but now make decisions ever day to be husbands and fathers that honor God. The power of Christ breaks the chain with the past. God be praised!

Are there any patterns from the past that God wants you to break? What new example are you setting today for your wife and children?

I wonder how many people refuse to carry the Cross, but willingly carry a grudge. Bitterness. Masks of unreality. Denial. Let's be men who lay down garbage that we were never meant to carry.