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Overtime: Identity, Part 2 & Settling Who I Am & What My Life Is All About
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2 Corinthians 5:17 Word spread throughout the hospital about the infectious man in room 3330. You won’t believe what happened next! Join Patrick Morley as we discuss what all men want and how God provides for you to get it. You will also have a unique opportunity to make “My Declaration of Christian Manhood.” Good…
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What Do You Want? [Patrick Morley]
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The Big Idea: I would rather die for a worthy cause than live for no reason. John 1:29-51, Philippians 1:29 Imagine bumping into the President of the United States (or Bono or Billy Graham) on the sidewalk. You start to follow him. Seeing your curiosity, he asks, “What do you want?” That’s exactly what happened…
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The Goal of Biblical Manhood
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The Big Idea: Your worst day with Jesus can be infinitely better than your best day without Him. Every day you get up, get dressed, go to work, come home, eat some dinner, watch a little TV, maybe read something, go to bed, then get up and do it all over again. Why? So one…
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What We Learn From The Wise Men
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What prompted the three wise men to update their passports and travel to Bethlehem to worship an infant child? What prompts men to seek Jesus today, and is it different or the same? In this special Christmas message, we will look at how the Lord guided the wise men, and how he guides men today.…
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What Is Biblical Manhood, and How Do We Get It?
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The Big Idea: I don’t just read my Bible. I let my Bible read me. Why do we need biblical manhood? Mick Jagger tells us why in the evergreen lyric, “I can’t get no satisfaction. I try, and I try, and I try, and I try. Can’t you see I’m on a losing streak. I…
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The 5 Types of Men
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The Big Idea: Adam failed. Jesus Nailed. Grace Prevailed. The “four visions of the world” explained in our last lesson produce “five types of men.” Which one are you? Join us this week and learn the answer! We’ll delve into the chart Man in the Mirror uses around the world to explain these 5 types of…
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6 Habits to Grow Your Faith
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The Big Idea: Intentional spiritual habits will train your heart to instinctive godliness. During the Gospel Challenge, we have looked at 4 Ways to View the World, The 5 Types of Men (and Why They Need the Gospel), and this week, at 6 Habits That Will Grow Your Faith. Paul urged Timothy. “Train yourself for…
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Cutting Through the Noise
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Big Idea: You can hear God best when you intentionally create space for His voice in your life. John 15:1-11 God is talking. To you. And to me. It’s not always easy to hear Him. He is whispering, but that’s not why we can’t hear him. It’s not because He’s not talking loud enough, but because…
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What If God Told You Money Can Buy Happiness?
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Ecclesiastes 5:18-20, Luke 18:18-30, 19:1-10, 1 Samuel 16:7, 2 Corinthians 8:12, 9:6-11, Psalm 37:23-26 The Big Idea: Have you ever known a generous man who was not fundamentally happy with his lot in life? In this week’s lesson we’re going to explore the relationship between money and happiness. There is a connection, but it may…
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The Surefire Way To Be Known As a Man Of Integrity
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The Big Idea: Just do whatever love would do. Galatians 5:13-24, Romans 13:8-10, Matthew 7:12, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, John 14:26 You already know if integrity was merely about getting the right information, we’d all have slam dunked this long ago! So what’s the problem? Is God’s moral code just a bridge too far? More importantly,…
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Maintaining Your Integrity When Temptation Comes
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Big Idea: When temptation comes, RUN. If it catches you, RESIST. If it defeats you, REPENT. If it gloats, REMEMBER the Gospel: “It is finished.” (REPEAT) James 1:13-15, Proverbs 15:31-33; 19:20, Genesis 3 Every man has faced temptation. Sometimes we succeed in resisting it and sometimes we fail, often at the expense of our integrity.…
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Creating Early Momentum
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The Big Idea: Dream unbelievably big, but start believably small. It’s your burden. But you’ve been successful to find others who share not only your pain and burden, but also your vision. You’ve assembled the right team, the right plan, and the right resources. But you can’t rebuild the whole thing in one fell swoop.…
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The Names We Have Been Given
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Throughout our lives we are given names. Names that sometimes we live up to and names that we fall under the weight of. Some names are painful and have brought shame. And others give us a glimpse of hope of who we will one day be. So how do we begin to see our real…
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3 Keys to Overcome Oppostion
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The Big Idea: Expect opposition.Trust God.Take responsibility. It was looking so good. Great vision. A dedicated team. An awesome plan. Enough resources to get started. A quick win (or two). Everyone had such high hopes. And then, it started: the resistance. Some came from genuinely concerned people. Of course, there were a few grumps who…
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What Getting a “Quick Win” Can Do For You
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The Big Idea: Nothing can turn doubters into allies faster than getting a quick win. You always knew this would be harder than it looked, right? And you always knew there would be surprises? But you were determined. And that has paid off. You identified and removed the bottleneck that was holding you back. Now…
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Tapping Into the Emotions of Christmas
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The Big Idea: We are now the ones reporting this good news of great joy for all the people. I hope you are filled with the joy of Christmas, but Christmas also magnifies the pain of the human heart. In this lesson, against the backdrop of desperate times, we’ll unpack the explosive, mind-bending headline that…
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Manhood Defined
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The Big Idea: Where God has made you responsible, you need to move to make the unfruitful fruitful. Would you say that most men have a good understanding of what a real man is and how to become one? Do you? Many men today feel unfulfilled because they are pursuing a false version of manhood.…
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The Consequences of Your Belief System
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The Big Idea: Don’t be shocked when people act in a way consistent with their beliefs. Just share the truth in love. Are you frustrated with the beliefs and actions of those around you? When Paul arrived in Athens, he found a city full of disparate belief systems and worldviews. Some mocked him as a…
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Finding a Deeper Personal Relationship with God
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The Big Idea: The turning point of our lives is when we stop seeking the God we want, and start seeking the God who is. Imagine the doctor just told you, “I’m sorry, but you only have five weeks to live.” What would be important to you? What would you want to do, and with…
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Building a Life of Integrity
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The Big Idea: A life of integrity is built on: Hope in God, Holiness like God, Reverence for God In a world that’s getting weirder, it can be hard to find solid ground to stand on. How does a Christian build a life of integrity when the values and truth seem to be disintegrating? Brett…
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Do Something Great With Your Life!
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The Big Idea: The greatest mission to which a man can aspire is to be a disciple-making disciple. How do you think you will be remembered? How do you want to be remembered? In this final “5 Weeks To Live” message, we’re going to explore God’s way to do something great with your life. Every…
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Finding Truth You Can Trust
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The Big Idea: You only have two choices: live in the Word, or die in the world. If you’re like most men, there are areas of your life where you wish you were doing better. And yet we can go weeks, months, or even years without seeing any real improvement. The temptations and distractions of…
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The Only Way to Really Live
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The BIG IDEA. Real manhood follows full surrender. We can all agree that it’s tough for many men today to figure out how to keep their priorities straight in this weird world. There are so many distractions that pull at us, and so many forces trying to influence the direction we go. Do you feel like…
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Jesus Isn’t Looking for a Few Good Men
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The Big Idea: Good men rely on their goodness; Godly men rely on Jesus Most men are basically trying to live a decent life. They want to be good husbands, want to have a good career, want their kids to turn out well. But sometimes trying to be good feels like it sucks the life…
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Habit #1: Spiritually Happy Men Read the Bible Regularly
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The Big Idea: Your life will never change in any significant way apart from the regular study of God’s Word. What differentiates joyful men from the rest of the pack? In this new series, we’re going to explore six foolproof habits that set genuinely happy men apart from men who feel like lasting happiness eludes…
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Habit #3 Spiritually Happy Men Serve
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The Big Idea: You need to have a deep, intentional, spiritual impact in one person’s life. (You’ll love it and God gets the glory.) We live in a culture that relentlessly pushes us to think about ourselves. Look out for #1. What do you need to be happy? How about this new car, new relationship,…
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Habit #5: Spiritually Happy Men Are Generous
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The Big Idea: Have you ever known a spiritually unhappy man who tithes? Every “on fire” Christian would love to be tithing. We all know men who are, and we’d love to be more like them—if for no other reason than to be as spiritually happy as they are. But how? Is generosity something you…
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Character-Building Struggle
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The Big Idea: Our job as fathers is to build strong resiliant kids through our presence, process and prayer. We all want our kids to succeed, to avoid our mistakes and the consequences. How do we walk with our kids through struggles that will form their character, rather than save them from every little bump…
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The Role of a Husband
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The Big Idea: If you don’t step up, she can’t come alongside. If you knew then what you know now, would you still get married? Some might say, no. But for the vast majority of us the answer is, yes. But we’d also like some help figuring out what to do about those “irreconcilable differences?”…
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My Name Is Joseph And This Is My Story
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The Big Idea: Jesus came to pay a debt He didn’t owe, because we owed a debt we couldn’t pay. My name is Joseph, and this is my version of the events that led up to the birth of my son. We were living under crushing circumstances. Poverty and disease were rampant. Hope was in…
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What Knowledge Will Bring You Sustainable Joy?
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The Big Idea: The more we grasp just how much Jesus really cares, the more robust will be our joy. Are you a basically unhappy man who occasionally experiences joy, or a basically joyful man who occasionally experiences sadness? We will all feel what C. S. Lewis called “stabs of joy” in our circumstances, but…
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The Fully Surrendered Life
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The Big Idea: The key to embracing God’s will is to fully surrender any will of my own. Many soldiers and martyrs have gone fearlessly to their deaths. But in today’s passage, Jesus underwent a moment of unrivaled agony and suffering. What was happening that was so extraordinary? What does it mean to us? And…
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What Can Happen When a Man Finally Gets It
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The Big Idea: Am I where I’m supposed to be? Am I doing what needs to be done? Is this where I can do the most good? What did a lifelong criminal dying on a cross next to Jesus see that was so powerful he felt compelled to plead, “Jesus, remember me when You come…
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The Man Who Could No Longer Remain Silent
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The Big Idea: What stirs you so deeply that you can no longer remain silent? Our nation is falling apart morally. Few would disagree. But what can you do? No doubt the early disciples were thinking similar thoughts and asking similar questions at the murder of their Leader. Now we come to His burial. In…
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Leading an Unexamined Life
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The Big Idea: It is for a lack of discipleship that men lead unexamined lives. We all want the same things–something we can give our lives to that will make a difference, someone to share our lives with, and a belief system that makes sense of why life is so hard. Christianity and secularism both…
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Significance: The Search for Meaning and Purpose
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The Big Idea: The Rat Race is the conflict between who I am created to be and who I am tempted to be. The proverbial questions of the rat race–“What’s it all about?” and “Is this all there is?”–have tortured us all at one time or another. So let’s kick off this new series by…
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Purpose: Why Do I Exist?
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The Big Idea: I will feel most alive, most useful, and most significant when I am doing what God created me to do. It’s just a fact of life. Most men don’t know their purpose in life, or their purpose is too small. Sincerely ask a man, “What is the purpose of your life?” and…
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Decisions: How To Make The Right Choice
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The Big Idea: The goal is always to bring my will into alignment with God’s will. Most of us will only make a handful of truly major decisions in the course of a year. “Do I change jobs, move, get married, have children, take on a personal ministry, buy a car, lower my lifestyle,” and…
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Pride
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The Big Idea: Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner. The Bible says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” But what about feeling proud of our son’s grades or getting a promotion? Is that wrong? Actually, that’s a different kind of pride–let’s call it Pride Type I. Pride Type II, on…
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The Desire to be Independent
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The Big Idea: Don’t “make” it happen, “let” it happen. Men want to be in charge–to call their own shots. And God has given us a lot of freedom. But freedom is not the same thing as autonomy. Yet we’re all tempted to think we can be in control of our lives. It might be…
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How Can a Man Change?
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The Big Idea: Discipleship (food, water, friends) = Changed Life What is something you really want to change about your life, but haven’t been able to? You already know this, but if you could have made that change on your own, it would have happened by now. On the other hand, we’ve all watched men’s…
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Rock Solid Men – Becoming a Man of Courage [David Delk]
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The Big Idea: Courage comes from knowing Who is holding the end of the rope. What does it mean to have courage? Most of us as men lead rather mundane and ordinary lives, yet all of us eventually find ourselves in circumstances that require courage. It may be a disagreement with our spouse, a cancer…
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Do Something Great With Your Life
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The Big Idea: The first step to every great outcome is to imagine its possibility. All men are wired to want to do something great with their lives. Some of us may not think it was ever possible. Others that it is no longer possible. But every one of us longs for it. Greatness is…
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Why Doing What You Want Will Make You Miserable [David Delk]
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The Big Idea: We are all shaped by what we submit to. We live in the age of doing what we want when we want. So many men struggle with addictions and priorities that distract them from their true calling. Our relative affluence and technology has brought unprecedented freedom of choice and opportunity. So how…
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How Jesus Looks At Generosity
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The Big Idea: You don’t have to give a large amount to give a lot. It’s pretty obvious that a $10,000 donation will pay for more charitable needs that a $100 donation. So does that make the $10,000 donor more generous, valuable, pleasing, or righteous in God’s eyes? You may be surprised–or not–to learn that…
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Helping Men Climb Out Of Their Rut
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The Big Idea: If God puts a man in your path who is stuck, discipleship means finding out why and then helping him solve that problem. You can see them sitting next to you at any traffic light in America. The pace has numbed their senses. They don’t get enough rest. They’re always on the…
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Daniel: The Principle of Uncompromising Character
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The Big Idea: Godly character doesn’t come from “obeying the rules,” but out of the overflow of a faith-filled heart. No man had a more uncompromising character than Daniel. What kind of character do you have? Are you, like Daniel, known for godly character? If so, how will you stay faithful? Or has your character…
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The Principle of Spiritual Growth
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The Big Idea: The spiritual disciplines are what differentiate men who are growing from those who are not. Every one of us wants to grow and become spiritually mature. So why do some men thrive while others become stagnant? And why do we often feel like an invisible force is trying to hold us back?…
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Being a Dead Slave Leads to a Free Life [David Delk]
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The Big Idea: When I live dead, I truly come alive. Most of us as American men like to be in control. We like the thought of being self-made men, pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps, and of not having anyone tell us what to do. Unfortunately, the self-reliant man is a powerless man in…
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The Principle of Spiritual Maturity
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The Big Idea: You are closing in on spiritual maturity when you can say to another man, “Follow my example.” What does it mean to be “spiritually mature?” And why do many men find spiritual maturity such a struggle? In this lesson we’re going to answer those questions AND give you a practical tool that…
Personal Growth & Transformation
Explore the journey of personal growth and transformation through spiritual disciplines and biblical insights. This series focuses on developing qualities such as faithfulness, patience, stewardship, and wise counsel. Learn practical steps to declutter your spiritual life, embrace the Sabbath, and cultivate a deeper relationship with God. Each lesson is designed to help you grow in wisdom, contentment, and trust, providing a strong foundation for lasting change and spiritual renewal.