Gmen November 2014

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ecently, the world celebrated Halloween.

Neighborhood to neighborhood saw kids go from home to home, collecting candy and overall having a lot of fun. One of the most common questions being asked was, “Who are you?�

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You’ll either take the temptation out, or, like so many men, temptation will take you out!

The men that know their God shall be strong, and do exploits

Daniel 11:32

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To which kid after kid would say, “Freddy Cougar”,

“Spider Man”, “A Princess” and on and on. It all reminds me of a favorite story in scripture where a group of men were asked a similar question. While attempting to cast demons out of a man:

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There were some Jews who traveled around throwing out evil spirits. They tried to use the power of the name of the Lord Jesus against some people with evil spirits. They said, “In the name of the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you!” 15 The evil spirit replied, “I know Jesus and I’m familiar with Paul, but who are you?”

When you know how awesome your Father is, you realize how awesome you are!

As a result, they operated in failure and defeat.

In Matthew 10:10 Jesus said that Satan comes to steal, kill and destroy. Men all over the world today are And they proceeded to tear his clothes off and beat him silly!

There’s a message in all of this:

When you don’t know who you are, you behave like someone else! In this case, the sons of Sceva, didn’t realize that they were sons of God!

victims of identity theft! That’s why we’re not seeing them do today, what they did in scripture. Because we forgot who we are. We lack revelation of our legacy.

Sons of God

Abraham had a covenant ceremony with

In biblical times, your father

God, and then was

established your identity. You

renamed [father of many]

were, the son of _______ per your initial introduction! Why? Because they knew that your

Peter first realized Christ

father’s legacy was what

was Gods, and then was

rubbed off on, or, was expected

renamed [Rocky in

of you at a minimum.

Hebrew]

Have you ever realized every man in scripture who received revelation of who they were,

Jacob wrestled with God,

first, had a revelation of who

and was then renamed

God is?

[contender, prince]

When Peter got a revelation of God, God gave him revelation of himself! In other words, when you get a hold of how awesome God is, He’ll show you how awesome you can be! It’s an eternal father-son dynamic.

Every comic book or super hero has an episode where the villain makes them forget who they are. Why? Because when heroes forget who they are, they start to act like someone else.

The man who doesn’t know

Jewish chief priest, were doing

his God, does not know His

this.15 The evil spirit replied, “I

legacy.

know Jesus and I’m familiar with Paul, but who are you?”

Clark Kent forgets that he’s superman and doesn’t save anybody.

From Adam and Abraham to Jesus and Paul, your story doesn’t begin with you.

You have a legacy of divine

Bruce Wayne forgets that

sonship to live up to. As

he’s batman and doesn’t

Christian men we come from

fight crime

a bloodline of greatness and its high time we started

Peter Parker forgets that

acting like it.

he’s spider man and doesn’t kill villains.

Don’t forget who you are!

A

s goes the man, so goes the

family, the church, the nationand sadly, it's not going well.

Every statistic, from porn to paternity, from divorce to detention rates, shouts with astounding clarity: "Men are in

trouble!"

Men are struggling not to slip into superficial, selfindulgent secularism when so many on every side are running in that direction. The need is

urgent and the time is now for real revival in the hearts of men. If you are seeking a path forward, an action to get some traction in a better direction, ‘Act Like Men’ is that path!

Men are so busy doing so many different things. No down time, every day, every week filled with stuff. What society and church so

desperately need though are men who embrace all God created them to be: men

who long to follow Him without limits and meet the needs of those around them

desperately need, though,

without hesitation. To get

are men who embrace all

there we need what Pastor

means to be a man.

In his definitive, bold voice, MacDonald calls men to be watchful, firm in their faith, strong, and loving. This isn't a call for bravado and bluster.

It's a call for men to mix tender and tough, to be humble, to without hesitation. To get there we need what Pastor James MacDonald calls "radical surgery" - a deep, probing exploration and reparation of all that it means to be a man.

follow Jesus. It is a call to be leaders, men of God, husbands who are present and caring and strong. It is straight talk, no posturing or posing or beating around the bushinviting men to redemption and restoration in their manhood.

inviting men to redemption

If your relationship with

and restoration in their

God is far from

manhood.

transforming your life

Author James Macdonald believes men want to be challenged and stretched to the limits of who

If you don't even have a clue what the next steps should look like

we are. That's how God designed us.

It's time for you to take a step toward living out

If you know you're not the man God created you to be

God's calling.

James MacDonald is the founding and senior pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, Illinois and his prayer is that you will dig in and begin to pray, asking God to engrave on your heart what it truly means to act like a man, and experience the fulfillment He created you, as a man, to enjoy.

When a man operates in Godly responsibility he considers the weaker, the unable, and the ignorant ahead of his own welfare

W

ith the term "boss"

getting thrown around so easily these days, it's amazing only one view of that term is so thoroughly investigated.

And that view is what popular culture would have us to believe is the fruitful side of being a boss...the "bossy" part.

The part that includes telling people what to do, how to do it, and where to be. The part that ensures that everyone in the

Ultimately, all of these components point back to the overarching trait that makes a real boss responsibility.

organization answers to you and you only. The part that would rather be feared instead of loved; and respected above every and anything else. It’s the look, the feel, the image of a king....boss.

See, because this side of being a boss requires humility,

transparency, compassion, and empathy...it gets discarded by the proponents of boss-

But there is another side of this

hood; leading it to be ignored

that is so rarely discussed that it

by the masses. Ultimately, all

makes perfect sense in my mind

of these components point

why so many bosses don't stay

back to the overarching trait

bosses for long.

that makes a real boss....responsibility.

It is the most important part of ownership, dominion, and leadership; and it is a key item

as the man God intend for us to be. It was David's willingness to be responsible for his kingdom It was the lack of responsibility Linking with the man that ensnared Adam next to you against and Eve in the the enemy.

Garden of Eden.

and its citizens, even when he made costly errors concerning them, to confirm The Lord God's statement about the sincerity of his

It is the most important part of ownership, dominion, and leadership; and it is a key item in living as the man God intend for us to be. It was David's

heart. It was the lack of responsibility that ensnared Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

When a man operates in Godly responsibility he considers the weaker, And even The Lord God Himself,

the unable, and the ignorant ahead of

although He could never be

his own welfare; working to ensure

considered to be responsible for

their needs are met. He kindly leads

the fall of man, assumed

his wife and children to understanding,

responsibility by offering the life

protection, and love. He realizes the

of His own Son [who also shared

buck stops with him, and as opposed

in that assumption] to become

to just solving problems, his nature of

the required sacrifice for sin,

responsibility drives him to live in

saving us all from eternal

prevention instead of reaction. He

separation. In short, to be

considers his resources to be the

responsible is to be like Christ.

support of his family, his business, his

Because responsibility doesn't

community. And because he realizes

have room for excuses.

he must be accountable to The Lord, he offers himself to be accountable to others.

He is a real boss.

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Scripture Psalms 82:6

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I hereby declare, “You are gods, sons of the Most High—all of you!”

Thought If you don't know what your Authority is, the Devil will beat you over the Head with it. – Bill Winston