Author:
Jonathan Williams
Apr
21
On April 20 & 21, 2012, the men from my church attended the 2012 Man Up Men’s Conference in Orlando, FL. The conference featured powerful and insightful messages from Jerry Thorpe & Jim Groves. This is the fifth & final post in the series.
The notes may be hard to follow, but feel free to browse them for insights. Especially, check out the “Notes & Quotes” section at the bottom.
More valuable insights about manhood can be found in the writings of Robert Lewis. Check out his books: Raising Modern-Day Knights, Real Family Values, and Rocking the Roles. You’ll be glad you did.
Man Up Men’s Conference
Orlando, FL
Speaker: Jerry Thorpe
Topic: Wandering
Text: The Wilderness Wandering of Numbers 13-ff, Psalm 90:12, Joshua 1:1-9
Date: April 21, 2012
1. You must have courage (Joshua 1:1-2, 6-7, 9)
2. You must major on God’s Word (Joshua 1:8)
3. You must trust in the presence of God (Joshua 1:5, 9)
Notes & Quotes
- “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates
- If we’re not careful in our marriages, things will just become routine. You’ll get into a rut.
- It’s easy to get distracted watching ESPN or enjoying your hobby, giving your kids the crumbs of your life.
- “Once we take the wrong road, we cannot get on the right road until we go back to the place where we made the wrong turn.” – Jim Bakker
- On friendships: friends should make you live better morally, and friends should stimulate your thinking.
- On health: “Nothing tastes as good as slim feels.”
- On life & success: I was climbing the ladder of success, but when I got to the top, I realized the ladder was leaning against the wrong building.
- On marriage: Communication is the first thing that breaks down.
- On relationship with God: Communication is the first thing that breaks down.
Author:
Jonathan Williams
Apr
21
On April 20 & 21, 2012, the men from my church attended the 2012 Man Up Men’s Conference in Orlando, FL. The conference featured powerful and insightful messages from Jerry Thorpe & Jim Groves. This is the fourth post in the series.
The notes may be hard to follow, but feel free to browse them for insights. Especially, check out the “Notes & Quotes” section at the bottom.
Man Up Men’s Conference
Orlando, FL
Speaker: Jim Groves
Topic: Trusting God
Text: Genesis 3:10, 2 Corinthians 5:21
Date: April 21, 2012
Story: The Fork in the Road (Trusting God vs Pleasing God)
Trusting God seems nebulous.
Pleasing God seems more manageable and concrete.
We take that path. Then, we come to a building. On the building is a door.
On the door, there is a sign that reads, “Striving to please God.”
On the door, there is a door knob that read, “Effort.”
Behind the door, is the “Room of Good Intentions.”
In the room, everyone wears a mask, pretending everything is great.
In the room, a banner reads, “Working on my sin to achieve an intimate relationship with God.”
It seems to hard. Eventually, I can hear that behind the masks, no one is fine.
So, I leave the room.
I go back down the path and come to the fork in the road.
I choose “Trusting God.”
And, I come to another door with a sign that reads, “Living out of who God says I am.”
The door knob here reads, “Humility.”
I enter in, and it’s “The Room of Grace.”
I think I’m back where I already was.
They ask how I am, and I shout out, “I’m not fine! I’m a sinner. Things are bad!”
From the back of the room, I man shouts back, “Is that all you got?”
Suddenly, I realize no one in this room is wearing a mask.
Then, I see the banner in the room, which reads, “Standing with God with me sin in front of me, working on it together.”
Reflections
It is impossible is actually please God.
We must trust God.
Application
Some of you give your wife only one path: “pleasing my husband,” which means she must enter “the door of striving to be all you want her to be.” So, she must turn the door knob of “effort.” She’ll have to work really hard to be what you want. Entering the room of “good intentions,” she’ll have to “work on her challenges to achieve an intimate relationship with you.” And then, there’s the mask of “everything’s fine.”
You wouldn’t want this in your relationship with God. So, why would she want it.
Instead, let her choose “trusting my husband,” which leads to the door of “living out of who my husband says that I am.” She’ll turn the door knob of “Love” and enter the “room of grace.” here she will “stand with you, with your challenges in front of you, working on them together.”
Notes & Quotes
Your marriage reveals your relationship with Jesus Christ.
Single guys, get your act together before you mess up some girls life by marrying her.
Guys hide behind things that make them feel better: bigger tv, bigger house, bigger paycheck, bigger car, bigger, bigger, bigger.
We have wrongly believed that performance is the key to acceptable.
Be careful of Santa Claus Theology: “You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout, I’m telling you why. Santa Claus is coming to town. He’s making a list and checking it twice. He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice. Santa Claus is coming to town.”
“God isn’t interested in changing you because He already has.”
Author:
Jonathan Williams
Apr
21
On April 20 & 21, 2012, the men from my church attended the 2012 Man Up Men’s Conference in Orlando, FL. The conference featured powerful and insightful messages from Jerry Thorpe & Jim Groves. This is the third post in the series.
The notes may be hard to follow, but feel free to browse them for insights. Especially, check out the “Notes & Quotes” section at the bottom.
Man Up Men’s Conference
Orlando, FL
Speaker: Jerry Thorpe
Topic: Successful Living
Text: Philippians 3:13-14
Date: April 21, 2012
Synopsis: “This one thing I do, forgetting the things behind, I press on to the finish line.”
Outline:
1. This One Thing I Do (Goal or Mission for Life)
Characteristics of True Goals:
A true goal should be identifiable.
A true goal should be measurable.
A true goal should be challenging.
A true goal should be public.
Reflection & Questions to Ask Yourself:
What are your spiritual goals?
What are your health goals?
What are your marriage goals?
What are your family goals?
What are your financial goals?
What are your work goals?
What are your ministry goals?
2. Forgetting Those Things Which Are Behind
Two Things You Have to Forget:
Forget your inadequacies.
Forget your skeptics.
Three Tings You Have to do to Walk on Water:
Get out of the boat.
Forget the storm.
Ignore the boat people.
3. I Press On (Don’t Quit)
Notes & Quotes
Successful living begins with a salvation experience. Otherwise, all your success doesn’t matter.
If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.
What would you do if you knew you could not fail.
Author:
Jonathan Williams
Apr
20
On April 20 & 21, 2012, the men from my church attended the 2012 Man Up Men’s Conference in Orlando, FL. The conference featured powerful and insightful messages from Jerry Thorpe & Jim Groves. This is the second post in the series.
The notes may be hard to follow, but feel free to browse them for insights. Especially, check out the “Notes & Quotes” section at the bottom.
If you’re interested in more resources regarding biblical manhood, check out the writings of Robert Lewis. His books Raising Modern-Day Knights, Real Family Values, and Rocking the Roles are especially helpful. Look them up!
Man Up Men’s Conference
Orlando, FL
Speaker: Jim Groves
Topic: Identity
Text: Romans 6:1-10
Date: April 20, 2012
Outline:
Word Picture: Man-Eating Grizzly Bear
Imagine you’re being chased by a man-eating grizzly bear. As you run away, you come upon a log cabin, and dart inside, locking the door behind you. Now, you’re safe, but you don’t necessarily feel that way.
- Step 1: Truth – You are safe
- Step 2: Faith – I believe I am safe.
- Step 3: Works – Live like a safe man. Act like a safe man.
- Step 4: Feelings – I finally begin to feel safe…sort of.
* Replace “safe” with any other truth from the Bible: forgiven, accepted, a saint, Christ’s friend, and the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit.
- Step 1: Truth – You are accepted
- Step 2: Faith – I believe I am accepted.
- Step 3: Works – Live like a safe man. Act like a accepted man.
- Step 4: Feelings – I finally begin to feel accepted…sort of.
* Work through this pattern.
* Focus on the right things you are supposed to do, and you will stop doing the wrong things.
* Focus on your true identity and act that way. Your feelings will catch up.
Notes & Quotes:
- You will live out what you really believe to be your true identity. Not what you say is your true identity.
- Emotions get in the way of our obedience.
- Most adultery starts with this feeling: I feel unloved.
- Hypocrisy is acting differently than you are, not acting differently than you feel. Only Satan defines it as acting differently than you feel. Jesus defines it as the former.
Author:
Jonathan Williams
Apr
20
On April 20 & 21, 2012, the men from my church attended the 2012 Man Up Men’s Conference in Orlando, FL. The conference featured powerful and insightful messages from Jerry Thorpe & Jim Groves. This is the first post in the series.
The notes may be hard to follow, but feel free to browse them for insights. Especially, check out the “Notes & Quotes” section at the bottom.
Do you want to read more about manning up? Check out Robert Lewis’s books Raising Modern-Day Knights, Real Family Values, and Rocking the Roles. You’ll be better for it.
Man Up Men’s Conference
Orlando, Florida
Speaker: Jerry Thorpe
Topic: The Challenges of Life
Text: 2 Timothy 2:15
Date: April 20, 2012
Outline:
1. Is the Lord Well-Pleased? (2 Timothy 2:15a)
You must have a passion for pleasing God.
2. Is Your Work Well-Done? (2 Timothy 2:15b)
You must have a passion for excellence.
Three areas that need a commitment to excellence:
- You must be excellent in your marriage.
- You must be excellent in your relationship with your children.
- You must be excellent in your service to God.
3. Is the Word of God Well-Used in Your Life? (2 Timothy 2:15c)
You must have a passion for the Word of God.
- If you make the Bible part of your life, it will change your life.
Notes & Quotes:
- God is more concerned with what you are than what you look like.
- “Being obsessed about what other people think about me is the quickest way to forget what God thinks about me.” – Craig Groeschel
- “The three greatest days in a person’s life are the day they were born, the day they were born again, and the day they come to grips with why they were born and why they were born again.” – Howard Hendricks
- For your kids, love is spelled TIME.
