Welcome to the Lion Within Us, a podcast sermon Christian man who are hungry to be the leaders God intend you to be. I’m your host, Chris Granger. Let’s jump in. Alright fellas. It is your fun Friday and it is right before Christmas. Or are you ready? If you’re not, you better get ready cuz It is. Or just around the corner.

You know how we’re gonna start every episode though? We’re gonna start off with scripture. This week’s our scripture has been out of the book of. Chapter nine verse six, four to us, A child is born to us, a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders and he’ll be called, wonderful counselor, Mindy, God, everlasting Father, prince of Peace.

Love that scripture. Particularly this time of year, guys, go back and check out the spiritual kickoff. I really unpacked that in depth. Talked about why we need that counselor, why he is a mighty God, how thankful we are that he is the everlasting father. And that prints a piece. I know you guys are searching for it, particularly this time of year.

Peace is, it can be hard to find. There’s a lot of stress. Gotta make sure everything’s underneath the tree. Or forgot this cousin, or forgot this uncle. What I gotta do for mama? What gotta do for, for my kid? I get it. Slow down. Take a deep breath. It’s okay. Remember, the peace that you’re searching for comes only through that relationship with Jesus.

Guys, I talk a lot on our Wednesday episode about traditions and things that we’re doing, things that I’ve done in my past, things that I currently still do. Uh, but everything I want you to do should point to Christ. You know, try to find ways to point to Christ. And I get you may be going visit family this weekend or spending some time with family over the next week, and that everybody may not be a believer.

The biggest thing you can do, the biggest thing you can. Instead of trying to go in and push anything on anybody, it’s just show the fruit of the spirit. Let them see the lion within, come out and actually come out and sh and love on others. Show them with love. Think about the fruit. What is the fruit?

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Let ’em see those things right. Let ’em see that in everything that you. And that right there, just by the way that you handle your personal behavior and your business, that will have a bigger impact than anything. Anything you could try to do to, to, to persuade or coer someone to think in your way.

So I get it, you’ll be around a lot of family, they have a lot of opportunities. Think about your testimony the whole time and what are you doing to to make that. Show love. Remember we got to two big commandments. Love God, love others. So love also bother us this weekend. Now I want to share a few things that I’ve, that have been picking up from our community cuz we’ve seen a, a, a lot of, of, of growth in the community.

I’ve seen growth in my life because of the community. And one of the guys actually wrote, he’s like, since I’m reini, this is, this is verbatim. Since joined the line within US community, I’ve seen drastic growth in my life. I exercise. I pray more. I connect with my wife and children better. I couldn’t have done all this on my own.

I drew on a collective strength of the community to grow towards the man God has called me to be. That’s from what our brother Adam, who’s in in our community, he wrote that and guys, you know, that’s just one testimony. And I’ll tell you what, the, the guys that are in there, they’re leaning on each other.

They’re growing. I have, I have two Bible studies that have been started by community members. Two Bible studies. Now, one of ’em is like 70 something Guys, we have no idea what the Holy Spirit’s going to do, but I tell you one thing, leaning in and having a community like this, It’s been unbelievable. We have our Bible study and the guys every week, every week we’re just bringing forth things that are in our life that we’re struggling with, that we’re working on, that we need help with, and we’re ha we’re seeing how can we apply God’s word to help each other grow?

That’s it. We have a member, uh, mastermind and that mastermind is starting to see Trump tremendous success and helping each other grow, be the leader God intends us to be. And we’re talking through right now, we’ve been working through a lot on how to pray and what that looks. We’ve had some business items come to the table, we will work through those.

But guys at the bottom, at the end of it, we’re all there Having that iron sharpens iron moments with each other and the Mastermind has been phenomenal. So, you know, any of this stuff sounds cool to you. You gotta check out the community. You only have a few days left to get on to get in on the Founders Coalition.

That’s special that we’re running. I really want you to do that. I mean, right now it’s, it’s a, everything’s a 30 day free trial. Just check it out, see if you like it, and if you, Consider being a, a full-time member. If not, no harm, no foul. Keep listening to the podcast. Hopefully we’ll keep serving you that way, but if you wanted to, to actually take some action out cuz there’s so many different ways, guys, to take action.

I, and I get it and I try to make sure people know we’re not the church, but we definitely are a supplement. We’re here to serve men, to help these guys come together and grow guys. That’s what it’s all about. So again, go check out the show notes if you wanna check that out for the. Definitely highly, highly encourage you guys to do that.

And thank you again for all the members that are in there right now, who, who listen, uh, and thank you. A special thank you to Adam for writing that, that that wonderful testimonial. That was awesome. So let’s get into our tips for this fun Friday episode. Guys, this is gonna be a little bit of a shorter episode, but I just still, I want to still want to give you guys, uh, some tips.

So a health tip, a wealth tip, and a self tip. So for your health tip, Holidays are not an excuse to stop exercising. . Okay? Just, I think somebody needs to hear that. And in fact, it’s a great time. Hit the gym. Here’s why. Ain’t nobody there. Seriously, no one’s there. So you may have some new, some New Year’s goals, uh, that are gonna be in place.

Go ahead and get started this week. Okay? Just because you flip a calendar over, you know, that doesn’t, that doesn’t, you don’t need that to get. And if you haven’t worked out in a while, I wanna give you another word of caution, particularly if you’ve had a lot of birthdays like me, right? Go slow. Start off in first year.

Don’t start off in fifth. Too many dudes go wide open out the gate and that’s the way you get seriously hurt. Or you just get you, you get so sore, you don’t want to go back. So enjoy. But right now, That slow gym time. Cause you go in January, it’s packed. It takes you, it usually takes to about around, uh, Valentine’s Day.

Then it gets to be back normal, but slow down. Okay? When you go in, hit it, definitely hit it hard, but you wanna make sure you hit it, uh, the right at the right pace so that you don’t hurt yourself. Okay, guys, so seriously right now. Great time to get after it. You don’t even have to go to the gym. You can do like I do.

Just go run your. Don’t work out in your garage, but start doing something and don’t wait for the calendar to flip to make that change. Okay? Okay. That personal investment in you is what it’s all about. All right. Now the wealth tip. Now this time of year, it’s easy to look at all these expenses, particularly the Christmas expenses, and you, and you see your kids as they’re just, kids are just expensive and.

So I just wanted to throw something out there to consider, and I forget where I heard this, but your kids, when you think about your kids, think about it as investments instead of instead of expenses. Okay. And, and I wanna share it with that with you because it can’t be easy to look at the expenses of a month.

I get it. And you just feel deflated, like, it’s just like, damn ain. No money left. I got way too much month left for the amount of money I got my checking account this time of year. It can be. So maybe this flipping mindset may help you. Okay. So when you start thinking about finances, and it takes a lot of finances to raise children, I totally get that right.

Start considering them investments. You know, not that you’re looking for a personal return, and we’ll make sure we’re we’re clear on that. But the return that they’re gonna read, right, due to the love and the resources that you poured out on them, that’s gonna be the blessing that’s going. That is a such a blessing.

Instead of going through the stress of, of, of looking at your budget or looking at the account of just getting down yourself and thinking, think about all these different expenses. Look at it a little different and say, you know what? Look at all those investments I made, all those investments I made, and I tell you what that may just, that little bit of, of, of mindsets, which may, may bring you a little bit of joy this.

Now for yourself, Tim, and this, I can’t even believe I’m saying this and my wife listening to this episode. I’ll never hear the end of this one, but hopefully, uh, I’m gonna, I’m gonna walk this one out though. Hang with me guys. Watch the Hallmark movies without complaining . So there you go. Uh, I’m gonna have to work on it.

But seriously, guys, yo know, she puts up with our hard heads all, all year. And we have to remember there was a. You were praying for her to come and see your life now way, I don’t know when that was, now how long you’ve been married, but there was a time where you were asking God for that wife and he gave it to you.

So you can take 90 minutes and you can curl up at her by one of those movies you’re playing and you can show her you love her just by being quiet, . Okay? So leave that phone in another room. Uh, maybe get you a couple glasses of wine and, and just be where your feet are. You guys hear me? Tell that, say that a lot.

Be where your feet are and honor our blankets even better. So I get, holidays are stressful. There’s a lot of things happening, help her out. But she’s under a lot of stress too. Help her out by offering up some one-on-one time with a movie of her choice. And maybe she is not a Hallmark girl like my wife is, but let her pick and just enjoy that time to relax and connect.

Even if you’re like me and you know how each and every one of the movies are going to end, I just, I, I stripped them out. As soon as they start playing, I tell my wife, okay, this is guy that’s gonna do this. This girl’s gonna do this. This is gonna happen. And I’m like, I’m right. Like 10 times out of 10 it’s, it’s phenomenal.

But anyway, that’s neither hearing nor there. What’s important is that you are taking intentional time with her this time of year without complaining just to connect. Cuz it’s so busy. There’s so many holiday events, Christmas events, and all these things that pop on our calendar. So slow down. If she enjoys the Hallmark stuff, it take some time to just watch some Hallmark stuff and do it without.

So there you go guys. There are your three tips. Uh, your health tip. Just make sure you don’t take that time off from exercising, get after it. Well tip, think about your kids as investments on expenses and your self tip. Watch that Hallmark movie without complaining. See if you can actually do it. So there you go guys.

So, uh, the book of the week this week, I read this book a couple years ago. Went to see him speak this year and actually our next week. This coming up week for, for New Year’s. I’m gonna go through one of his rules and I wanted to share. So this is his first book. So the book of the week this week is Jordan Peterson, 12 Rules for Life, an Antidote to Chaos.

This is a heavy read, guys. You’re not gonna pick this up and read it and, uh, like a weekend, like it’s just gonna take you a little bit of time, at least it took me a little bit of time. So maybe, maybe you’re a faster reader. He’s definitely a, a brilliant man. Uh, love these rules though. Uh, they’re just to kind of give you a quick over overview, uh, of some of the rules.

Stand up straight with your shoulders back. Uh, treat yourself like someone you’re responsible for helping. Uh, make friends with people who want the best for you. Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today. Don’t let your children do anything that makes you dislike them.

Try to find the. Right here. Tell the truth or at least don’t lie. That’s a great one. Be precise in your speech. Words are important. They’re very important. Do not bother children when they’re skateboarding. That’s a fun chapter, really. Think about that. That’s a fun cha chapter cuz it talks about your children and their growth and their development and why we need them to, to to, to get out and try things.

And the last one he’s got is, uh, Petta Cat, when he encountered one on the street. Pretty interesting to read you guys. I really encourage, you know, Jordan Peterson, the, the stuff he puts out, obviously I’d love to see him. I’ll make a profession of faith and come to Christ and man that spends that much time with God, the Holy Spirit’s going to get him.

It’s just a matter of time. So anyway, I think that book’s worth adding to your library. It definitely, it was, it was a blessing to me. It’s something that I enjoyed. I really got a, a big kick out of, of seeing him speak live as well. So, couple, let’s get to our dad jokes guys. Dad jokes for the week. So I got two here.

This. So why do they say Amen instead of a woman after you know, songs and prayers at church? Because they’re hymns, not hers. . There you go guys. So number two, I accidentally gave my wife a glue stick instead of chapstick. She still hasn’t talked to me. So you just let me know which my works. Why do they call?

Why do they say amen instead of women after the song? The church, because they’re hymns, not her. And number two, I accidentally gave my wife a glue stick instead of chapstick. She still hasn’t talked to me. So guys, hopefully enjoy those two. They gotta get a little kick. If they get an eye roll. You know what?

Eye rolls do count. You know that, you know that’s the case. The question that I, that we’ve talked about all week, particularly going into this weekend, is a very special weekend. What are you truly celebrating this Christmas? What are you celebrating? Are you celebrating our savior? Are you, are you celebrating that wonderful C or minding God, everlasting Father Prince of.

Or he celebrates something else. Because as we need to make sure as Christian leaders, as the men setting the tone in our house. And what’s important is Jesus at the center. And if he’s not, guys, I highly encourage you, get it right. Put him there, put him there first, and then let everything else fall from there.

But keep Jesus at the. So I highly encourage you to share this with someone else, give us a rating, write a review. All that stuff makes all the big difference in the world, guys. Uh, you know, if you, if you enjoy this, these tips, let us know. But the best, biggest thing you can do right now is jump into our community.

And you hear us hear me talk about it all the time. Uh, look, we put a ton of effort, ton of work, ton of sweat, just to get this community and we have built some really wonderful things. And then 2023, we pray, we pray, or first of all, we’re just gonna do everything God tells us to do, but we pray. We keep building things to serve you, to be the leader God intends you to be.

The only way you’re gonna be a part of it is you got me at the community. You can’t just sit on the sidelines, you gotta take action. So go to the show notes. They’ll be a link, right? There you go. Check out our community. It’s free. We have a 30 day free trial. You can check it out. You don’t like it. Hop out of it.

No big deal. You’re not gonna hurt my feelings. It’s okay. It’s not for everybody, but for a lot of guys, this could be what you need. This could be that vitamin, that supplement, that protein shake that those things you take to help your body grow. This could be what you need to help you grow spiritually to be that leader.

Guys called you to. I hope to see you inside the community. Check that out there. Again, you have less than a week left on the special offer. Then from there, our standard rate is gonna be there, guys. So if you want to save some money right now, we talk about wealth every week. Right now is the time to act.

Hope to see you there guys, so get after it. We will have some episodes next week coming out with, we have our new year specialist. I have some really cool things lined up for our New Year’s special, uh, spiritual kick. For our, our New Year’s Meet and our New Year’s Fun Friday, we’ll have a cool New Year’s theme.

Thank you guys. We get a lot out of that. I’m looking forward to, to, to, to bringing those episodes to you. But for this, I just pray you have a great Christmas. I pray that you have a wonderful Christmas, that you just feel God’s blessing all around you, that you understand what the reason for the season is all about, and that you take the time to love on some others and just show that fruit of spirit wherever you.

Whatever situation you find yourself in, show the fruit, let them see it. Let it just be, just be oozing off you guys. That’s what it’s all about. So again, thank you, thank you, thank you for listening to the show. It means the world to us. We’re blown away by the response that you guys are giving us each and every week.

Uh, just can’t believe, uh, that, that, that you’re showing up and that you’re, that, that you keep showing up. And this gives us the. To keep leaning in, to keep doing the hard work, to keep fighting the spiritual battle, to move forward for the kingdom. So we love you guys. We’ll see you. We’ll see you soon, prayerfully come back, join the community.

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