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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.

In this ancient land where Jesus came for shelter as a child, our CMN brotherhood has launched a ministry majoring in men. Working with key allies and friends, a men’s movement is taking off. It’s a burst of life in the arid Middle East. A land filled with antiquities and wars is becoming a land of renewal and hope. Today, we saw pyramids and thousand-year-old mummies, including King Ramses ll. It was fascinating to learn that his father King Seti l, actually mentored him starting as a teenager. Ramses was in battle at age 14, then sat with his uncle...