Introduction: Today I’d like to encourage those of us who are parents. Parenting today is a very challenging task. We live in a time where ungodly ideas and philosophies spring up like mushrooms overnight. These weeds are aided by technology and the media that fan these evil concepts into flame from a spark. We need to be closer to God than ever before brothers, we need to be more on our guard that ever before. I know you’re doing your best, but still many times you feel as i

Introduction: You've seen the movies. The cape billows…the music swells, our hero arrives in a blaze of glory, solves the impossible in ninety seconds flat, and vanishes into the stratosphere. The world is saved. The day is won. Credits roll. But here's the truth that nobody puts on screen: ‘that's not real life and that’s not a real hero.’ Encouragement: A real superhero doesn't wear a cape. He wears a work shirt, a dad hat, or sometimes just yesterday's t-shirt. He doesn't

Introduction: You've certainly personally experienced the healing or harming power of words. So have I. Words have incredible power to build up or to tear down our emotional state. As Husbands and Fathers, this is especially true. Our words set the tone of our home. Our words create the fertile soil for a good marriage to grow from. Encouragement: Paul teaches us in Ephesians 4:29 that our words will impart grace to those who hear them. That's a powerful thought isn't it? Gra

Introduction: Brothers today we’re diving into the account of Israel’s first battle since leaving Egypt, recorded for us in Exodus 17:8-16. You’ll remember this was the battle against the Amalekites where both Moses and Joshua played a crucial role in God’s plan. But I believe this goes beyond a great battle and a great victory, I believe it sketches a pattern that is important for us to learn from. The pattern we are about to examine in Israels first ever victory over the A

Intro: ‘Father father’, a longing call in every daughters heart today. We have an undeniable task and responsibility towards our daughters in this day and age. We’re attempting to father a generation that has been taught that men and masculinity are bad. But yet we play a pivotal role in the forming of our daughters hearts in a Godly and gentle manner. Some of you haven’t had the best upbringing yourself. I get that. But let not our past define our future! I am a strong advoc

Intro: ‘The mind is a terrible thing’. This was a sobering statement made by a psychiatrist that I once worked alongside. It was true of course. He was a senior and well experienced psychiatrist, and he had seen and experienced many many patients. And had seen the effects of ‘the mind’ gone wrong. And boy can it go wrong. Encouragement : A number of years ago, I worked with this psychiatrist attempting to help people where their mind had pretty much gone off the rails. I had

The chief waster of time Humming like small god’s in each palm, pulling hours into it's forceful beam. We count notifications instead of...

Intro: I believe winning too easily and too quickly, isn’t good for us. It creates entitlement and ultimately will make us weaker....

Intro: Who are you? Who does God say you are? Sometimes I think we get so busy with life that we seldom stop and think about what...

Intro: Hey Man of God! True love can be spelt in many different ways, but not least of all it can be spelt T.I.M.E. In the words of Max...

Intro: Hey Man of God! So finally we’ve arrived at the 4 th ‘response’ God asks of us. TRUST . And to me this subject is such a...

Intro: Hey Man of God! No discussion about Holiness would be complete without a dive into sanctification. And so in short succession, I’m...

Encouragement : Hey Man of God! Today we will continue on the topic of what God asks of us. The first two parts covered Love and...

Encouragement : Hey Man of God! Today we will continue on the topic of what God asks of us. In Part 1 we covered some general...

Encouragement : Hey Man of God! I’d like to address a very simple but important topic today: What does God ask of us? Why this is...

Intro : Hey Man of God! Raising Godly offspring is one of the main purposes of marriage, and it is a command from the Lord. But it ain’t...

Intro : Hey Man of God! So, in my last ENCOURAGE post I made the argument for choosing the Long Game over the Short Game. Pursuing things...

Intro : Hey Man of God! Yes, you are a man, and a man for a time like this. There is one thing for certain, God placed you here and now....

Intro : Hey Man of God! Today, as throughout history, we face the fight between the truth and the lie. Everyday, and often every moment,...

Intro : Hey Man of God! 1 Kings 2:2 shines an interesting light on Father-Son Dynamics. "Be strong, and show yourself a man". David says...