Welcome to the Lion Within Us Podcast, serving Christian men who are hungry to be the leaders God intends you to be. I’m your host, Chris Granger. Let’s jump in. All right guys. It’s your fun Friday episode. I’m excited to have you here. You made it through another week. Hallelujah. I know you’re excited. So before we get too much further, let’s di dive right into our scripture.

Not a cool part with this scripture this week. It’s only one verse, but it is in the Old Testament. It can be somewhat hard to find. So hopefully by Friday you’ve found the book of Micah. If you haven’t, hey baby, you need to pull over and ask for directions on this one. Cause I get, it’s a small book. It can be hard to find.

It’s in the Old Testament, but Micah six, eight. Okay, Micah six, eight. He has shown you on Mortal what is good and what does the Lord require of you to act justly, to love, mercy, and to walk humbly with your God fellas. Big time verse right there, big time verse. Use that verse go back to the spiritual kickoff.

I gave you some really practical ways to simplify and apply that one verse that will make a huge, huge difference in your daily walk. So I promise you listening to that spiritual kickoff, it’s not, it’s not one, it’s gonna leave you empty guys. That’s gonna fill you up. Go back and check it out. Spend a lot of time on that one verse.

And I think there’s a lot of of insight there to learn from that one verse that if we just started doing that, if we just started acting justly for one, that would just be huge right there. Then we start actually throwing mercy in and loving that, and then walking humbly with the Lord, man. At that point, you’re gonna make a huge impact, a huge impact on so many people all around you.

So if you missed the Wednesday episode, the meet episode, it was probably one of the most impactful episodes that we recorded at the line with Dennis. Not just because of, of like the, the guest or things like that. It was around the topic. Of course, I love to guess, Dan is awesome, but with this topic of human trafficking, it can be hard.

It can be hard to really get your head around that and to think, you know what? That’s just some that’s for third world countries. That’s not happening here. No, you’re wrong. It is happening here and it’s happening in our neighborhoods. It’s happening in our cities. It’s happening. Guys. We can’t just be bury our heads in the sand here.

We have to recognize that Dan gave some amazing facts where 40 million people are impacted by human trafficking. 150 billion industry guys, this is huge. This has major implications and it’s happening all around us. So when you guys start getting educated, and one way we can do that is one, listen to that episode.

So if you haven’t listened to Wednesday’s episode yet, go back and listen to it. Get educated on this stuff. Guys. We need to understand that there’s opportunities right now in our communities to make an impact with this, to really move the ball down the field. And I just be a prayer and then, and, and, and things like that.

Of course, don’t, don’t misunderstand me. Praying is super important, but actually take some action here to, to help those in need and organizations like Worthwhile Wear Gear. I’m telling you what Dan is doing is phenomenal, but just his story on quitting his job, how he quit his job, the work that God called him to do, the things he saw in India.

The things that he has started up here, the way he has seen God move and his ministry and his community with worthwhile wear gear, the lives of the women that has been impacted. Like he’s, he, he laid out a three point plan for how they are helping women directly and the first point. So far as connection and community, that’s something you, if you’re listening to this, if you have ears and you a heart beating in your chest and you’re listening to line within us right now, you have a chance to take action, go visit the show host.

We gave you all the resources on the Wednesday episode. Go visit those show notes again, check it out. Take part that take act challenge that he has. This runs through May through. July, so I know this is releasing at the first part of June, so you, you still got basically two months to get this in gear.

And take action. So guys, I’m telling you this was a big one. Hopefully that serves you. Hopefully you got a lot out of it. And if you haven’t at this point, go back and listen and you’ll be ready to move forward now for a fun Friday. Let’s get into our health, wealth, and self tips. Guys. I know you guys, you guys like these tips.

So we’re gonna keep coming to you with them. Hopefully you’re applying some of them. My challenge to you each and every week, hey, just take one of them, okay? There’s three things here. Pick one that you can actually move forward with, cuz all we’re, we, we consume so much material. If you, if you try to implement everything, you would never get anything done, but just pick one of these tips, just one of them and, and try it and see if it serves you well.

So the health tip this week, I want you to, to think about this. There’s this thing out there called a psychological sigh, s i g h. Okay? So it’s two large inhales followed by a long, slow exhale. So for our people on YouTube, you, you’ll, you’ll see me do this. And for our listeners, hey, you should be subscribing to us anyway on YouTube.

So go check us out on YouTube so you can see this. So it’s too long. Inhales,

and then a long we excel.

So if you do that, That is our stress reducer. Okay? So if you need to relax or company up from a stressful situation, this releases carbon dioxide that builds up in your blood when you’re stressed out. Okay? So the double inhale, what that does is that feels millions of sacks in our lungs. Okay? I got this from a, uh, from a neuroscientist named Andrew Huberman.

Okay? So this is not just a crisp thing, this is not like a redneck tip. This is a str, this is a neuroscientist tip. That, those two inhales, they feel that your, your lungs to maximum capacity. But that exhale is where you’re that releasing that carbon dioxide. And when you release that carbon dioxide, it lowers your stress.

So it’s called a psychological sigh. Again, very simple. Two lar, two large inhales, followed by that long, slow exhale. And guys, if you try that out, try it right now in your car. Pause the podcast. Try it out. Let’s see how that works. All right, so now you’re back. So I’m assuming that you just tried it out.

Okay. So hopefully it went well. Hopefully you enjoyed that and maybe that’s something you can start adding to your, to your, to your walk here. Particularly if you guys are in stressful situations, and I know you are a stressful situation because hey, you’re awake. There’s plenty of stress all around us.

Now you’re wealth tip purchase is gonna show what you support. And I wanna hit on something right here, guys, and maybe some of you’re not gonna like it, but after talking with organizations like Dan, It’s important to re to remember where we support is indicative of what we value. Okay. So it’s, it’s easy right?

To, to, it’s one thing right here to get worked up over, over what a company represents. It’s entirely different to make that decision with your wallet. Okay, let’s just be real. So a few items that I’ve had to walk away from, be straight up with you, m and Ms. Disney and Nike. I’ve had to walk away from ’em now.

On the surface, right? Their products are awesome, especially m and ms. Kinda get an amen from my m and m lover out there. But I gotta make a commitment if the companies do not align to what you value as a Christian man, and look, that’s between you and God, what your values are. I know for me and what my values are, those three companies I just mentioned, they don’t align.

I have to start making those decisions with my wallet. What does that mean? Your boy here is never gonna go to Disney. I’m just not. I had to actually cancel. One of the hardest things we had to do was cancel, cancel the Disney bundle. And that sucked because there are a lot of good shows on there from the older ones that my, my girls love, you know, I have two little ones now.

You used to think you could just put your kids in front of Disney and they’d be safe. No, you can’t do that. It doesn’t exist anymore. So we had to make the decision. Nope, we’re not gonna allow that in our house. Right. Same thing with with, with m and ms, same thing with Nike. Some of these companies, you guys know what I’m talking about.

There’s certain things that these companies, these brands represent and you need to understand as a Christian man, what are you gonna allow? And I can’t set that, those boundaries for you. You have to set those boundaries for yourself. I’m just telling you, for me, I can’t just talk out of both sides of my mouth.

If I’m gonna say that, you know what I stand for, uh, you know, for the Bible and for what the Bible stand stands for and what it represents, and I see blatant, you know, misrepresentation or going against that God’s word from a company, I can’t support that right now. We’re not gonna really get down into an nitty gritty here of, of mutual funds and companies that are in mutual funds.

You have to figure that stuff out. I’m just telling you. We’re, when you directly know that, you know what? This company is against everything that I stand for and you continue to send them money, guys, you’re just fueling it. See, you need to think through that. There’s lot and I’m not gonna get in here and bash a bunch more companies on.

That’s not what this is about. This is about making you aware that where you put those, your funds, where you put your money, that that shows a lot about what you support. So be careful. And more importantly, instead of being careful, be intentional. Okay. Alright. Now self tip. Speaking to the girl Dads out there.

So the guys who, who are not dads yet, or the guys who just have sons, Hey, you can check out for about, you know, about a minute or so. But then, but then stay long. Alright? So girl Dads your daughter. She’s a blood ball daughter of the king, and she needs to hear this often and she needs to hear this from you.

Okay? This world, I’m telling you fellas is pushing so hard against women. It is unreal. Unreal. And one of the most powerful ways you can combat that is by strong men strengthening speaking strength into their lives. So you’ve ta, you’ve hear me talk about reading Psalm one 30, ally, over and over, over about their fearfully and warm for me.

Show them how a woman deserves to be treated. So when you take your little girl out on a date, open a door for her, right? Be courteous, use kind words. Speak that life tour, right, and press this is something that’s been coming up lately that, that I feel like is worth talking about and press the idea of modesty.

You know, we’re right here in June. We’re getting ready to get into the summer months, people heading to the pool and things like that. Look and press the idea of modesty and be open with her about that on why that matters. Okay? Because modesty is something that, it is a rare commodity, but when you see it, it is beautiful.

It is absolutely beautiful. And my wife, you know, she wears one piece bathing suits. Right? And I still think she is the most gorgeous thing in the pool than anything I could ever look at because she is my definition of beauty and the modest way that she chooses to represent herself to me, it’s nothing more beautiful.

But our daughters need to hear that. They need to hear that. You know what, while those two pieces, you know, you think they’re cool, what you’re doing, you, you, you’re devaluing who you are. Because then you need to start having discussions with your daughters around sexuality. And I know I just made a bunch of you guys uncomfortable.

And look, you gotta start having your, your conversation around sexuality with your sons too. Don’t let them try to figure that stuff out on their own fellows and definitely don’t let them to let the world try to teach ’em. So this is, this is areas you have to be intentional here. This cannot be a blind spot.

You gotta take intentional acts. You need to fight for your daughters. I’m telling you guys, it’s worth it. These stats that Dan talked about, that 40 million, that’s 40 million daughters of someone, they were someone’s daughter and maybe they didn’t recognize him as a daughter. They’re, they’re, because it’s, it’s one thing to, to be able to, to get someone pregnant, it’s another thing to actually show up and be a dad.

So I totally get there’s a difference there. They are $40 million dollars of the king, first and foremost. And we need to understand that and our daughters particularly need to hear this so often. So here you go guys. Your health tip, psychological sigh, well tip, your purchases need to show what you support your self tip.

Girl dads, you gotta start showing up. They need to know that they’re blood ball daughters of the king. They need to hear it from you. Okay? Now for your book of the week, full disclosure, most books of the week I have read. This book of the week? I haven’t, but this is one from Dan. Dan. He, he highly suggested this book.

I did not have time to read it before we record it. I will definitely be trying to get this book to see if I can read it, uh, and, and, and put it in my library. If some of you guys have read it already, would love to get your feedback on it. Send me an email support at the line with us. I would love to hear from you or if you, if you’ve read this book and how it helped you, but it’s called half H A L F, the Sky.

Half the sky. It’s by Cheryl Woodin and Nicholas Christoff. Okay. Not really a Christian book, but it shines a light on how women are horrifically mistreated around the world through various forms of exploitation and trafficking. Okay, so this was a book that Dan actually read, and that was one, one of his final last straws that, that, you know what, I gotta do something.

He was searching, he was asking the Lord, uh, what his response, what his response should be to the issue. And then he read this book and apparently when he read this book, he knew what his calling as a man. To serve at the care for others was out there. That was what he had to do. And so particularly because this book really points out how this exploitation is predominantly by men, and we know that guys, there’s so many women that are being impacted by this, this human trafficking.

So this book, half the Sky, we’ll try to have a link for that for you guys in the show notes. Go check that out or, or actually just go to our book of the week page on the website line with N US slash book. You’ll be able to access that there and add this to your library. All right, now. Dad joke time.

Let’s get into our dad jokes here before we wrap this up today. So, dad joke number one, over the weekend I took my wife to the theater to see a performance that was all about puns. It was a play on words. There you go. Let me know if you like that one. Guys, number two, you know what makes me really throw up a dartboard on the ceiling.

There you go, fellas. Uh, we’ll see which one lands the best this week. Over the weekend, I took my wife to the theater to see a performance that was all about puns. It was a play on words. Number two. You know what makes me really throw up a dartboard on a ceiling? Today? You go, fellas. Hopefully they, you enjoy those.

The question we talked about this week already, what is your response going to be to human trafficking? What is it gonna be? And again, no action. It is a response. But if you wanna take some action, guys, we give you tons of resources and ideas on how you can move forward, how you can really, truly make an impact in this much needed area.

So I, I just highly encourage you to lean into that, to think about that, to pray about it, have a conversation with your wife about it, talk with her about this issue and see what do you both as a couple, what do you wanna commit to? You know, is there a way that you commit to, to take this take act challenge that’s going on right now?

You can go to the line within us, you can start your 30 day free trial and you can be part of our line within US team that we’re gonna have, where we’re gonna be taking action. Maybe that’s what you want to do. We would love to have you be part of our team. Maybe you wanna start your own team. Hey, there’s all sorts of ways to, to move.

There’s all sorts of ways to, to really get involved. If we can’t just sit on the sidelines, this can’t be a sideline issue, both. All right, so now hopefully you enjoy this, these episodes this week if you can, if you can. The biggest way you can help the show is really share with others, man. Just share with others.

Go hit that button to forward this episode to someone else. Five star ratings and reviews for sure help. But the biggest way to help a podcast grow is by just sharing it with others podcast listeners. It’s that simple. So if you just did that, that would be so much for us. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, uh, Instagram, YouTube.

I’ve been putting a lot of effort in YouTube lately, guys. I I tried to do a YouTube short, most, most days of the week try to do something out there on YouTube short. So if you’re not following us on YouTube yet, highly encourage you to check that out. Again. You go to our, to the line with them, us. Connect with all our social medias there.

YouTube is where we’re the most engaged, where we’re trying to put the most content, as well as Facebook and Instagram. Okay. We do have a LinkedIn page as well, so if you wanna check that on a LinkedIn, wherever you find you, wherever you consume your social media, we try to be there to help you. Not really on Twitter or, uh, you know, or TikTok or actually we are on TikTok.

We’re not very active. But, uh, hopefully between the YouTube, YouTube and the Instagram and the Facebook. We’ll be able to serve you, connect you, give you some resources, okay? So come back on Monday. Look forward to serving you guys again next week. Prayerfully. Good Lord, willing, hopefully you enjoyed the this week’s episodes.

Guys, I’m telling you this, these conversations matter. They truly are impactful. So again, share this stuff out with someone else. It makes a big difference. So apply these tips. Use that, get you that book. Use those dead jokes tonight. Let, let us know which one Lance best with you. Have a great day. Get after it.

Don’t forget that. Micah six, eight. Take that action. Okay guys, it’s time to act justly. Love mercy. Walk homely with your God. Okay? Because that right there fellas is how you unleash the lion within.

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