Son Session #3 - God's Plan

Welcome back to the Equipped Man! It has been a couple of months, and I appreciate your patience! It has been a full break with holidays, birthdays, and rebuilding a shower. This episode is about discipline and motivation. This lesson started from a talk with Sebastian about school work. Discipline is more important than motivation. Motivation comes and goes with the wind, but discipline is something that stays with you once it is developed.Colossians 3: 23 "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters," (NIV)Stay fit! Be well!

God has a plan for you, for all of us. "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29: 11 NIV) What does that look like though? God will illuminate our feet at the path, but it is up to us to take the steps. Have a listen with Sebastian and I as we talk about God's plans, and what that might look or sound like.Stay fit! Be well!

Walking this path can be difficult at times. There is stress, happiness, struggle, success. We need to have other men around us. A group of men that will teach, learn, mentor, encourage, and call each other out. I'm not saying a one time event, or a "5 Point Plan", but a tribal mindset. Men are able to keep each other accountable in ways and spaces that wives or parents aren't. So what does that look like? I know that there are groups out there, but are they genuine? Will they hold me accountable, or do they just want me conference fee and add me to their facebook group? I am looking for a mindset change. I am looking for a tribe that we can go to battle with and for each other. The watcher on the wall is sounding the alarm.Stay fit! Be well!

Welcome to Son Session #2!In this episode, we are talking about science. What does that look like to a 10 year old? What does that look like to a 48 year old? How does it line up with the Word of God? We are going to touch on some of these questions, so come along for the journey!"The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will make you an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you." - Werner HeisenbergHave a listen, and let us know what you think!Stay fit! Be well!

Hey guys! Welcome back!In this episode, I talk about stepping up and walking as husbands and fathers that we are called to be. God has called us to walk a different life, so we get to start now.I took inspiration from the verse that talks about "He who finds a wife finds a good thing" (Proverbs 18: 22a, NKJV). I then turned it to talk about what if we, as men, walked as husbands and fathers before a woman finds us. What would the world look like if we stepped up to the higher calling from God?Proverbs 18:22 "'When a man finds a wife, he has found a treasure! For she is the gift of God to bring him joy and pleasure. But the one who divorces a good woman loses what is good from his house. To choose an adulteress is both stupid and ungodly . ' (TPT)Stay fit! Be well!

I sat down this week for our first father/son episode. I want to use these episodes to show the types of conversations we have as I raise Sebastian into a man of God. It will be awkward at times, and clumsy, but we are learning and growing together. We want to take you on this journey. If you have any questions, or insight, please share.Have a listen, and let us know what you think.Stay fit! Be well!

Welcome back! Yes, it has been over a year since I took a break from this podcast, but I am back! I have some great things planned for The Equipped Man, so stay tuned.In this episode, I am talking about a Time to Grow. What does growth and maturity look like in the Kingdom of God? What needs to change in our lives, and our walk with God? I looked at 1 Corinthians 13: 11 for this episode as my inspiration - "When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me." (NIV) What do we need to put away to enter into the next phase of this walk?Have a listen, and let me know what you think!Stay fit! Be well!

This week, I wanted to talk about waiting. What is our attitude and mindset while we are waiting? What does waiting look like in our lives?Isaiah 40: 30-31 - "Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall, but they who wait for Adonai will renew their strength. They will soar up with wings as eagles. They will run, and not grow weary. They will walk, and not be faint." (TLV)Have a listen and let me know what you think.Stay fit! Be well!

Welcome back after a brief Summer pause.Many times in life and in our walk with God, we make things complicated and difficult. I know that I am guilty of this. God wants us to be His children, and that is a simple step. It is in the simple things that we find God. The simple building block that create the foundation of our faith.John comes back to the studio to talk about this subject, and he adds some great wisdom and insight.Have a listen, and let us know what you think!Stay fit! Be well!

Welcome back! Derek gave us our great topic for this episode - Raising Sons. This was a great chat that we had. All four of us have sons at different levels, under 10 years old, so it is good to see how we all approach that development in our sons. What are your thoughts on how you raise, or raised, your son?Have a listen and let us know what you think!Stay fit! Be well!