“There are men who fear God. But then there are men who FEAR God. And put to their feet their belief and they step in to get dirty. They’re like God’s Marines. Beach landing? I’m there? Risk? I’m there. Adventure? I’m there. That’s who I want us to be, amen? That’s who we are. That’s who you are.”
“We are going to arouse the anger and visceral anger of satan as go in to the gap to build the wall. There are just types of satans and demons who hate the work of God, hate the work of the Church, hate the work of God’s kingdom, who hate the work that God is doing in your heart.”
“For whenever there is holy assembly of men, and a holy vision, holy momentum, holy choices, holy transformation to go do something great that shows love for God and people in a community. You have no idea how that will ripple out until you get to heaven, that always changes history.”
“Step one is a gut check between you and God. And how you feel about God’s heart. And about your willingness to express God’s heart. Not in some other country, though that is good. Or not on some other continent, though that is good. But right here where you live… on a consistent basis.”
“Who is my neighbor? My neighbor is the one who gives away his own dignity and divests himself of his own dignity to restore the dignity that was lost by this other person. Compassion means not being at peace until someone else’s peace has been fully restored. Who is my neighbor?.”
“Doing relationships right means you’re doing life right. Now, if you’re married and you’re connected to a woman. Doing your relationship right necessarily implies that you’re doing your sex life right as well. Because when you’re doing relationship right with a woman and you’re manifesting the qualities that we talked about you’re going to do your sex life right.”
“Women love men who think of others first, beginning with her. It’s so interesting that when you’re in the first phase of pursuing a woman, you think about her all the time. After the ring goes on or after you kinda settle into the relationship, she like gets confused. She’s like ‘where did that guy go?’ Now I just throw him a bag of chips and a remote.”
“When you rank, when you talk to men and you say, hey, what are some of the most important things to you. Sex is either number one or two. Women… number seven. They’re way more concerned with other things. They’re focused on other things other than sex. But, if those things are happening, the sex is great.”
“When you rank, when you talk to men and you say, hey, what are some of the most important things to you. Sex is either number one or two. Women… number seven. They’re way more concerned with other things. They’re focused on other things other than sex. But, if those things are happening, the sex is great.”
“Now, how we perceive ourselves sexually can be driven by culture or can it be driven by Christ. One way of perceiving sexual reality leads to death, and destruction, and injustice, and all of these different pains. The other way produces life, and peace, and joy, and fulfillment.”
We’re guys, so let’s just get practical. What can a man do to find the best sexual satisfaction in life?
“God knows where your sex life exists in private. And you know what? That’s a room of your life you need to open a door to him. I know it’s private, I know it’s personal, I know there’s a lot of shame there, I know there’s a lot of energy there, I know there’s a lot of emotions there, I know that there are a lot of desires there. But he wants into that- body, mind, and soul.”
“God knows where your sex life exists in private. And you know what? That’s a room of your life you need to open a door to him. I know it’s private, I know it’s personal, I know there’s a lot of shame there, I know there’s a lot of energy there, I know there’s a lot of emotions there, I know that there are a lot of desires there. But he wants into that- body, mind, and soul.”
“I said, ‘Look, the reason that that stuff’s in there is because I am God’s man, I love the Lord, I love you, I love our kids, I am battling to slay my demons. I don’t look at women the way most men look at women. I’m really battling to guard my heart my mind my soul because I want the healthiest sexual expression in my life that shows love for God, love for you, and love for my children.”
“And my goal is just to help you realize the value of your sexuality. And a lot of times, we’re just not told that. We’re actually shamed about it. But if it’s God’s design, then it intrinsically has God’s value attached to it. So when you assign value to anything, you stop misusing it and you start enjoying it.”
“There’s no such thing as having a heart for God and no spine. God allows pressure and wants to use pressure to build spiritual integrity because it’s the only way you can have a spine for God to match a heart for God. But Satan wants to leverage pressure to destroy you.”
“Now, why do people gasp and take deep breaths when they stand at the ocean? What they are experiencing at that moment, whether they know it or not- is that they are in God’s playground. And for the Christian, that is amplified a hundred fold. Why? Because you actually know the creator.”
“Now, why do people gasp and take deep breaths when they stand at the ocean? What they are experiencing at that moment, whether they know it or not- is that they are in God’s playground. And for the Christian, that is amplified a hundred fold. Why? Because you actually know the creator.”
“Full bars requires stillness and it requires quiet. You can’t have a strong connection with God unless you can stop and deal with busy and hurry. You can’t have a strong connection with God if you can’t be silent.”
“If there is an inability in your life to be silent, in order to connect, in order to listen, in order to hear, and in order to receive. If there is an inability to be silent, that, my friend, is unhealthy.”
“Here’s the point if you can’t stop, men. If you can’t be still, by your actions the message is, ‘I’m God’. Because you’re just being self-sufficient versus God-dependent. No time to stop and be still? Then there’s no need. No need for God? I’m God. Period.”
“If you find yourself saying, ‘I’m slammed’ all the time, you’re not so much stating a fact as you are a priority. You find yourself saying, ‘but this really important’. You find yourself saying, ‘Hey honey, I”m going to be home late again.’ See, you find yourself saying stuff that tells everybody else, God and people in your life, that ‘I’m filling the margins of my life with stuff.’ ”
“And if you’re going to the church of self. And you say no to God and yes to self-sufficiency, I can with certainty predict the disintegration your relationship with God and with people. Because there’s no such thing as a well connected self-centered man. It’s not possible.”
“You know what the big problem is with men, broken male culture worldwide? They’re insecure and afraid. And when men are insecure and afraid and they’re not filled up and secure in a relationship with God they get their security from things that harm people. You know that’s what we need more than anything in society with men? They need to be secure, forgiven, accepted.”
“God wants to meet with you often. That place of encounter, wherever you choose to make it. It could be at your desk at work before everybody arrives. It could be in your car. But you know, the heart of God does not change. The Bible says that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. And guess what? He misses His time with you.”
“This time on Earth, you live in a hot battle zone. You’ve been deposited by God’s air calvary into the families, into the areas, and into the regions to fight. You have been dropped into a war. And God is saying, ‘Wake up! Detonate!’ ”
“Am I spreading the knowledge of Christ through how I calibrate my heart, which then calibrates my character, which then directs my conduct, which leads to choices, which leads to consequences. The main consequence that is to be exploding out of your life is that you are to bring a knowledge of Him to a world that needs him.”
“So guys, if we’re a box of dynamite, what is the C4 that is going to explode out of you? Is it the self-driven life? Is it self-sufficiency? Is it me? What is it? The Bible says, exchange that for the Spirit of God and put off that old guy. It’s not somebody you wink and shake hands with. No. We boot him.”
“Guys, the secret to creating a new blast zone is this- you must marinate your mind in this book. So my question to you is, what is the predominate ingredient in you mental marinade that informs and flavors the way you think?”
“The question is not, ‘Do I have a blast zone of influence?’ The question is, ‘What kind of blast zone do I have?’ And to do that, requires a man. Because only a man has the courage to be honest enough to ask himself the hard questions about his impact and his influence.”
