The Manhood Journey

The world may not understand where you're going, but God does.

He knows where you're headed, when you'll arrive, and the troubles you'll sail through along the way.

He doesn't promise smooth seas, but He does promise to never leave us or forsake us. Not only will this world claim your journey is doomed, they'll encourage you to go it alone. Be your o

QUESTIONS:

1. Would your family describe your attitude toward your job as mostly positive or negative? Why is this so? If it's mostly negative, how can you turn that ship around and help them view work as a good thing to bring glory to God? If mostly positive, why not up your game and turn work talk into missional opportunity talk?




2. Are you stuck in a ca

However, while you're busy working on the “machine," don't lose sight of what God's doing in the "mechanic" He cares much more about who you are becoming than what task you are performing.

He went on to describe his own journey in more detail. He said that he'd stopped viewing every challenge as just a problem to solve, but a moment t

QUESTIONS:

1. What dishonorable things do you need to cleanse from your life? What routine or occasional choices are you making that can be muddying your heart, mind, and soul? Where do you need to flee from those things?




2. How have you strayed in your walk with Christ? If He's called you to abide and remain in Him, where have you set your foot outside of

MY OWN MOTIVES The first type of prayer is the one which asks God to identify our own 'desires that battle within? Ask God to show you what your real, unvarnished, unjustification-excused desires are. A few quick thoughts might help:

Do you serve your wife (good move) just to create the opportunity for more fun in the bedroom (bad motive)?

Do you wan

QUESTIONS:

1. If I had you list, right now, who your enemies are, who would you put on that list? Forget for a moment that we just talked about them not being the enemy and write down who you'd have said fit this description. Now, for each of them, can you identify the 'real' enemy behind them?




2. What spiritual opposition do you face on a regular basis? I

What a golden opportunity! First, I was grateful he brought me the question (bridge of trust still intact? Check!). Second, I was delighted that I'd been where he was before. I didn't want to only believe the Bible because other respected leaders said I should. There was something deep in me that knew that if the Bible was true, it could prove itse

QUESTIONS:

1. How good are you at asking questions? How can you improve in this area? Would those closest to you describe you more as a 'teller' or an 'asker?




2. Think of the names of one or two of your closer friends (excluding your wife and kids). With those names in mind, can you list any of the following characteristics about them:

a. Their most signifi

If I win that battle, the whole insanity of moral relativism erodes. And, we've not only established that truth exists, but we've raised the stakes. We know where to find it!

If we elevate God's Word as the source of truth in our homes, we actually tackle many myths at once:

Truth is all relative (1 John 5:20 – 'We know also that the Son of God has c