What one word comes to mind when you think about God? Loving? All powerful? Gracious? Truth? God is many things all at once but a word not frequently used to describe God is RELATIONAL. In Jesus’ final prayer to the Father about and for us he paints a picture of interwoven relationship that he desires for you and me with God at the center: “…that they may all be one, even as you, Father, are in me and I in You, that they may also be in US, so that the world will believe You sent Me.” Close, eternal bonds are the driving force for the Godhead and his people. Can the same be said of God’s men today? Are we connected eternally first and socially, professionally, and ethnically second? Is our identity and its connection to eternity resulting in a powerfully intimate and strong community? Jesus said to his men, “For one is your Teacher and you are all brothers.” Then, just like now, acting and connecting like forever brothers holds the key to the life God wants for us. You can’t become like Jesus by yourself. You can if you have FOREVER BROTHERS taking you deeper. Do you?
“It is only the true gospel that protects the heart of God’s man. But, what does it protect him from? From the love of money, from the pursuit of worldly things, and from ever thinking he can either EARN or LOSE the love of God. For God’s man, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is everything. Don’t miss the sixth and final session in our series “Inside Out”.
Why is it that the elderly are so revered in scripture, and so ignored in culture? When did men decide to take cues from our culture or our flesh rather than the word of God? 1 Timothy 5 will begin with a quick counter cultural calling for God’s man to honor the more aged members of society…but the truth doesn’t stop there! Join us for week 5 of From The Inside Out!
Our culture is eroding truth itself. We have subjective versions of truth; your truth, my truth…but, how do we know what is ACTUALLY the truth? We will only be able to spot a lie, to the extent that we know the truth. So what do we do? As God’s Man we feast on the truth…DAILY! Join us as we unpack 1 Timothy 4, in our series “From The Inside Out!
So many things seek to control the heart, and the life of God’s man. The desire to accumulate and achieve, the things we do for fun, the quest for meaning and purpose…but God’s man is to be controlled by one thing… the Spirit of God. Join us for week 3 of our series “Inside Out” where we continue to unpack Paul’s encouragement to Timothy.
In any battle, in any skirmish or military effort one of the initial and most important tactical attacks….is upon communication. If you can disrupt communication, you can defeat your enemy. For God’s Man, prayer is our direct line of communication to our leader…Jesus Christ. Prayer is the method through which God reveals His plan, encourages our hearts, and leads our lives. The question is…are we men of prayer? Will we become men of prayer? Join us for session two as we unpack the power of a praying Man!
Everything that God wants to unlock in our lives, all of the places He wants to use us powerfully, everything He desires to do THROUGH us….begins by things unlocking WITHIN us. In a time when he deeply needed encouragement, Timothy received a letter from his lifelong mentor and friend..Paul. Through the book of 1 Timothy we will find out that God’s man is made strong in the inner places, so that he can build the kingdom in the spaces and places God has placed Him. The Christian life is truly lived…. From The Inside Out.
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When things are not going well materially in a man’s life he tends to believe that things aren’t going well spiritually. The thought is: “Maybe God isn’t pleased with how I am living my life?” The translation or thinking behind that thought is that God is less present in financial adversity and more present in financial prosperity. WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! We all know poor people who live lives rich in love and God and rich people who live lives bankrupt in the same. So that can’t be right and, according to the Bible, isn’t! So how should we think about material prosperity? What should our attitude be about our financial condition? How do we get our heads right about this all consuming emphasis of life so that our peace is not robbed and we live joyfully and gratefully in God? Hit PLAY on session 5 of The Secret Life with Kenny Luck and find out.
Time is to relationships is what oxygen is to life – you can’t have one without the other. The fact of the matter is that every man wants great relationships but not every man disciplines himself toward that strong hope. Any man who has ever taken an interest in a woman understands this! If he hopes to be with her in any way, he must discipline himself to get her attention, spend time, and risk acceptance or rejection. When it comes to getting close to God, that same hope and that same pursuit is met with acceptance one hundred percent of the time. Oh, and God loves when it is just you and him. Do we dare stand him up? Not if we desire closeness and connection. Join men’s expert and Pastor Kenny Luck for a deep dive into Jesus’ call for a secret life of spiritual disciplines.
My third grade teacher wrote on my progress report “Kenny is a bright student but he has diahrrea of the mouth.” WOW. Point taken. I said a lot of words but they were not connected in the moment and I was not self aware – ruining the hope for meaningful connection with anybody! Jesus says “When you pray don’t heap up empty phrases like the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them.” WOW. This is strong medicine when it comes to the discipline of prayer and what meaningful conversation with God looks like. What would Jesus write on our PRAYER PROGRESS REPORT? Sometimes we need to get it straight from Jesus – unfiltered. Join men’s expert and pastor Kenny Luck on how a secret life of prayer can change everything.
