Safe Eyes internet filter recently released Version 6.0 of their award-winning Internet monitoring and parental control software. This update is now available for immediate download for PC users. (Latest Mac version is 3.4 released Jan 7, 2009.)

Safe Eyes is a tool for parents and families wanting to block objectionable content, monitor social networking, establish time limits, and provide web activity reports. Safe Eyes software can also be used on mobile devices and businesses.

Version 6.0 of Safe Eyes internet filter software features improved reporting and monitoring, an Easy Setup Wizard for creating multiple user accounts, and the ability to filter online TV according to standard TV ratings. Safe Eyes 6 also gives you the ability to enable safe-search settings on all major search engines with a single click, and prevent users from downloading music with explicit lyrics through iTunes.

To get the newest Safe Eyes software as well as see release notes and updated system requirements, click here.

Disclosure: FamilyDads is a paying customer of Safe Eyes  (we use it on our own computers!) as well an affiliate of Safe Eyes and receives a commission on referred sales. Purchasing through the FamilyDads Safe Eyes affiliate link directly supports the ministry efforts of FamilyDads.

We all go through times when we are tired. Not necessarily tired of being a dad. Just tired as a person, either physically, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually.

Have you been there? Are you there right now?

We are especially vulnerable during these times.

We are vulnerable to “messing up” with our children and our wife – doing harmful actions or speaking harmful words to them. We are too tired to give them what they need at the moment, or too tired to refrain from hurting them with our words or actions.

Instead we snap at them, wound them with our words or actions, or make a decision we would not have made if we weren’t tired.

During these times of fatigue, we are also vulnerable to our spiritual enemy.

At the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, he went out into the desert for 40 days of fasting and “outdoor life” alone.

At the end of these 40 days, the Bible says he was tired and hungry. It was at that time that satan strategically came and tempted him. (Matthew 4:1-11)

This is a strategy satan uses against us men — awaiting for us to become tired or lacking in resources to tempt us. I have found this strategy effective at times in my own life. Temptations and pressures to fail as a father and husband come when I am tired or in a season of lacking resources.

These two can go hand-in-hand too.

Be aware when you are tired or lack resources. Be especially on guard during these times.

The strategy of your spiritual opponent will be active against you. Remain alert and self-controlled, taking impure thoughts captive.

Pray. Guard your heart. Use wisdom.

Stay committed to God, yourself, and your family during these times.

You can do it, because… you have what it takes. You really do.

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” ~Philippians 4:13

Blessings to you and your family,

Joey Watkins

Founder, FamilyDads.com

A Bible Translation From The Language Jesus Spoke

Christians in the Eastern World have for centuries primarily read the Bible in Aramaic, the language that was spoken day-to-day during the lifetime of Jesus, his disciples, and the earliest Christians. Today, the most popular English translation of the Aramaic text is the Lamsa Bible on sale now at DadResources.com.

If you are a PC user and have already upgraded to Windows 7, or are considering doing so, you might be interested to know that Safe Eyes, an Internet Content Filter for Parents, is among the first to earn the “Compatible with Windows 7″ logo from Microsoft.

In order to qualify for this logo, a product must pass tests designed by Microsoft for compatibility and reliability with their new Windows 7 operating system. What this means is that Safe Eyes is certified to block objectionable content and websites for both the 32-bit and 64-bit version of Microsoft’s web browser, Internet Explorer, which is the most-used web browser. According to Safe Eyes, most content filters will not filter the 64-bit version — even if the filter software is successfully installed — which leaves your computer vulnerable to displaying pornography and other inappropriate content.

So if you want to protect your eyes and the eyes of your spouse and kids while surfing the web on any web browser, signup for a 15-day free trial of Safe Eyes at the Safe Eyes website.

Safe Eyes also is compatible on Macs and iPhones.

Another marriage may have permanently ended last week when a husband and father of four boys recently flew down to Argentina for a five-day fling with a woman who was not his wife.

If you follow the news, you know I’m referring to South Carolina’s governor, Mark Sanford.

If that wasn’t enough, the event happened over Father’s Day.

Married to his wife Jenny for 20 years — yes twenty — Mark is yet another example of our vulnerability as men in the area of sexual temptation.

Last year, I wrote about then-governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer, a husband and father of three daughters, who was publicly exposed for involvement with a woman who was not his wife.

These men’s appetites for sensual pleasure controlled their hearts to the point that it ultimately resulted in acting out their thoughts and fantasies for a brief episode of physical pleasure at the expense of their family.

They betrayed their wives… their children… their grand-children… and more.

This area of temptation probably trips up more dads than any other single issue. Why? Because it is so attractive, so alluring, so provocative, so accessible, and so seemingly easy to keep secret.

Dad, maybe you’re not governor of a state. It doesn’t matter. Whether or not you have public leadership obligations, know this…

Our families are DEPENDING on our loyalty.

Our wives are DEPENDING on our faithfulness.

Our children are DEPENDING on our integrity.

They need our loyalty, faithfulness, and integrity, whether they express it to us or not.

Unfaithful behavior has repercussions that are NOT limited to you alone. They touch many areas of your life… your relationship with God, your wife, your children, friends, co-workers, work productivity, leadership status, finances, and more.

If you struggle in this area of temptation and have not shared it with another man whom you trust for accountability, you need to take that first step.

Find another man or small group of men with whom you can meet regularly to expose your heart, your thoughts, and your actions. Someone you trust enough to share honestly with.

Use Internet accountability software to protect your marriage and setup your wife as your accountability partner to view your Internet viewing daily reports.

In this day and age of “anything goes” morals, we must be loyal to our family with our eyes, our thoughts, our actions… our hearts.

Remember this strategy each time you are tempted: “What I feed grows; what I starve dies.”

Let us also remember to pray for Mark and Jenny Sanford and their four boys during this time.

“Let not immorality be heard of among you.”  ~Ephesians 5:3

Blessings to you and your family,
Joey Watkins
Founder, FamilyDads.com

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