Understanding the Purpose and Power of Men

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The Male as

Visionary and Leader

God Always Provides for the Vision He Gives.

od wants men to understand their dominion as signments and then to develop the qualities that are required in order to carry them out. This is the way that men can pursue God‘s purpose for their lives and grow in true manhood, for God‘s purpose is the key to our fulfillment. G

The Male as Visionary

The first responsibility that brings fulfillment and spiri tual rewards to the male is that of visionary. This is a foun dational responsibility because, without it, he can‘t fulfill the other assignments of leader, teacher, cultivator, protec tor, and provider. Being a true visionary is a lost art in our times. The av erage male can‘t say who he is because he has no real v i

sion for his life. He is either floundering without purpose, or he is diligently pur suing a false vision based on the values of contemporary society, which are often the opposite of what God values. God wants males to have a vision for their lives that comes from Him and belongs

Being

a true

visionary

is a lost

art today.

to them personally — not something dictated by the cultural environment, current trends, man-made religion, or some one else‘s image of what their lives should be.

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