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These are strong days for CMN as the Lord leads us into one mission field after another for Christ and Christlike manhood. The following will be of great interest to you. Please read it all. Vietnam is a nation in which the ministry to men is growing and expanding in depth and results. After years of travel and broadcasts into this storied nation, CMN's ministry to men has ignited into a full flame that is having a powerful impact. And... we need a few men who are willing to teach and train the men in Vietnam. Face to face! Phuong...

Many years ago at a Lions Roar event, Pastor Joel Brooks said a phrase that has become a phrase I use often … and one that I remind myself of daily. “Men don’t change until the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing.” The wise man institutes change prior to the pain. Not to say change doesn’t have its own inherent pain … the principle is that you’ll only grow to the level for which you are willing to endure the pain. Prescriptive wisdom is to work on your physical health before a preventable issue...

In your life, ministry, family, and business … nothing just happens. There are things that happen, but the forward movement you desire toward goals and vision doesn’t just happen. Attaining anything valuable takes hard work. A simple timeline of creating and sustaining momentum looks like this: prayer, planning, preparation, perseverance, perspiration. Repeat. Then, repeat again.

Abraham fully trusted God. In Romans chapter 4, we read that Abraham never wavered in trusting God. He is described as the father of faith. He walked with God into his future without holding back. He received a promise that he would be the father of a great nation. However. There was Hagar. Abraham trusted God. Yet, he was a man … just like you and me. He had a tough time waiting for a promise God gave him. He became so short of patience to have an heir that his wife Sarah suggested he have sex with her servant...

Are you in a fight? Are obstacles battling your forward movement? My friend Big Tommy always said, “If you’re on the path of life and there are no obstacles, you’re on the wrong path.” The way my dad put it was, “Crisis is normal to life.” Victory is always on the other side of a fight.