I recently met someone who was curious about the ministry of Men Living Up. We scheduled a lunch meeting for he and his accountability partner so that we would have enough time to tell the full story. At our lunch meeting, which lasted 2 hours, I told them how God has called me to share my story with other men.
One of the things I have experienced consistently is that when I share my story, the person I am sharing with always shares their story. So far, I haven’t met a single guy who doesn’t have a story. Maybe I haven’t met the right person yet, or maybe God is just having me meet the right people. For whatever reason, guys are telling me their stories. There are so many common threads; early exposure to pornography, difficult family situations, and fatherlessness, to name just a few.
Our lunch meeting came to an end and the two men were in a mild state-of-shock. My story mirrored so much of theirs. We committed to staying in touch and checking on each other and left the meeting.
The next day one of the guys, (I’ll call him Bob) emailed me and shared that he had returned to work and a young man had approached him and asked him about the meeting. Bob shared that we had talked about the power of lust and sexual addiction. Bob shared that he had struggled with lust and sexual sin for years. (Pretty brave fella, right?) The young man’s face became pale and noticeably drawn. He walked slowly to Bob’s office door and shut it. He then proceeded to tell Bob that he had struggled with pornography for years. He was tired of the battle and wanted to overcome this but had always failed. He had never told anyone about his struggles. He asked Bob to be his accountability partner right there on the spot. Bob had experienced what we talked about at lunch within an hour of our conversation.
Men are waiting for someone to be first. So much of the Christian “walk” is not about walking at all, it’s about opening our mouth. We have to open our mouth when the Holy Spirit is speaking to us. How many opportunities have we missed because we were afraid of how the other person would react? How many lives could have been changed if we had only said what God was leading us to say?
Never had this kind of opportunity? Ask God right now to provide just one opportunity. This is a prayer God loves to answer. Be ready because it will come when you least expect it, and usually much sooner than you expect. What if Bob had just said that it was a “simple business lunch?” Would this man still be imprisoned and alone in his battle?
Remove that tongue depressor of fear and speak when the Holy Spirit tells you to.
I challenge you to “open your mouth… and say “ahhh.’
Open your mouth… and say “ahhhh.”
I recently met someone who was curious about the ministry of Men Living Up. We scheduled a lunch meeting for he and his accountability partner so that we would have enough time to tell the full story. At our lunch meeting, which lasted 2 hours, I told them how God has called me to share my story with other men.
One of the things I have experienced consistently is that when I share my story, the person I am sharing with always shares their story. So far, I haven’t met a single guy who doesn’t have a story. Maybe I haven’t met the right person yet, or maybe God is just having me meet the right people. For whatever reason, guys are telling me their stories. There are so many common threads; early exposure to pornography, difficult family situations, and fatherlessness, to name just a few.
Our lunch meeting came to an end and the two men were in a mild state-of-shock. My story mirrored so much of theirs. We committed to staying in touch and checking on each other and left the meeting.
The next day one of the guys, (I’ll call him Bob) emailed me and shared that he had returned to work and a young man had approached him and asked him about the meeting. Bob shared that we had talked about the power of lust and sexual addiction. Bob shared that he had struggled with lust and sexual sin for years. (Pretty brave fella, right?) The young man’s face became pale and noticeably drawn. He walked slowly to Bob’s office door and shut it. He then proceeded to tell Bob that he had struggled with pornography for years. He was tired of the battle and wanted to overcome this but had always failed. He had never told anyone about his struggles. He asked Bob to be his accountability partner right there on the spot. Bob had experienced what we talked about at lunch within an hour of our conversation.
Men are waiting for someone to be first. So much of the Christian “walk” is not about walking at all, it’s about opening our mouth. We have to open our mouth when the Holy Spirit is speaking to us. How many opportunities have we missed because we were afraid of how the other person would react? How many lives could have been changed if we had only said what God was leading us to say?
Never had this kind of opportunity? Ask God right now to provide just one opportunity. This is a prayer God loves to answer. Be ready because it will come when you least expect it, and usually much sooner than you expect. What if Bob had just said that it was a “simple business lunch?” Would this man still be imprisoned and alone in his battle?
Remove that tongue depressor of fear and speak when the Holy Spirit tells you to.
I challenge you to “open your mouth… and say “ahhh.’