Understanding the Purpose and Power of Men

The Male as Teacher and Cultivator

drivers, or listen to less-than-edifying radio shows? What example do you set for your children when you‘re out in public? Do you talk about others behind their backs? Or do you live out God‘s Word in a nat ural, everyday way? Some men never talk about God outside the church. It

hurts me when I see men ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They think they‘re supposed to be cool, and to be cool, they can‘t talk about Jesus. God says, ―A real man that I respect is a man who won‘t just have

Do you live out

God’s Word i n

a natural,

everyday way?

devotions at home, but will walk out into the world and talk about Me along the ‗road‘— where he works, shops, and re creates.‖ When you go to work, you don‘t just hide your Chri s tianity under your paperwork. You tell people about Jesus right there on the job. Right there on the street. Don‘t be ashamed to tell them about the One who died for you. Before you say goodnight to your children or tuck them into bed, what words do you leave them with? The assurance of God‘s presence and peace during the night? An encoura g ing psalm? Or do you wave them off to bed while you finish working on something? What do you think about before you drift off to sleep? Do you know that the last thing you think about at night is usually the first thing you think about when you wake up? Sometimes you dream about it. It amazes me that people de liberately think about the worst things. Some of you read the worst kind of books before you go to bed. Then you wonder why your spirit is disturbed. 3. “Talk about Them…When You Lie Down.”

4. “Talk about Them…When You Get Up.”

When you wake up in the morning, you will more likely think about the Word of God if you have meditated on it be fore going to bed. And you will start ministering as you talk about it with your family.

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