Monday, August 18, 2008

For Men Only!

Here's a few things that's working against us. Were traveling through life unconnected and unexamined, but we are Oh so careful to maintain an Image suggesting that were OK when we really aren't... The man we present in public looks all right,while deep inside we harbor great turmoil and conflict.
But were not living in a vacuum, those emotions have to go somewhere. Some who feel unconnected choose avenues of relief and comfort outside of God's plan,which only brings harm to our relationships with Him and others. Our emotional conflicts are compounded by bitterly contested spiritual conflicts as the world, the flesh, and Satan exploit our isolation. Satan will create diversions, and that is all that it is a 'diversion'. He gives us way to many substitutes to God's actual plan for our lives.
So, What's the plan??? Here's one plan that can work (of course we need to stay connected to God through prayer) But also if men are not progressing personally, spiritually,relationally, we may not have connected on an honest level with other men. But we need to! Men relating to other men is right where God wants us to be. It's where we can get help when it is most needed, watch each others back, pray for and encourage one another, and care enough to confront so that we help each other become the men God created us to be...
James 5:19-20
" My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from a multitude of sins."
PaulP

1 comment:

Perry Crisp said...

true word, my brother...