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I found a really good article (blog post) on mentoring men at a blog I read periodically, The Art of Manliness. Some of you might enjoy reading the blog. Here is an excerpt…

Be a Man Mentor

Just as you need man mentors, so too do other men. No one needs guidance in the art of manliness more than boys and young men, who are trying to figure how to become worthy men. Every man should make mentoring a part of his life. Here are just a few ways to do that:

• Become a Scout leader. Boy Scout troops always need volunteers who are eager to make a difference in boys’ lives.

• Become a Big Brother. A lot of young men out there are growing up without a positive father figure in their lives. Be the man these boys can turn to and emulate as they grow up.

• Volunteer with your church’s youth group. Lucky is the young man can find a man who is both an older friend and a spiritual mentor.

• Get to know your kids’ friends. I guess some kids try to hide from adults, but I always liked chatting it up with my friends’ parents. Some of my friend’s dads became my friend in their own right. Obviously, you don’t want to be the dorky dad who’s always hanging around, and you should know when to let your son and his friends alone. But if they’re game, it’s okay to hang out with them from time to time. Take you son and his friends fishing or hunting.

Written by Brett & Kate McKay

Accenture Match Play Championship – Marana, Arizona

Tee Time:

12:02 pm Tiger Woods vs. Brendan Jones

Eighteen years ago today Amy Mayfield become my wonderful wife. We had absolutely no idea what was going to happen in the coming years, we knew we wanted to be together. Looking back over the years I can honestly say she has been the most incredible blessing the Lord has given me. I am a blessed man because of Amy and the years we have spent together. I cannot imagine life without her or where I would be today if she had not said yes to my proposal.

I know we are both looking forward to the next eighteen years together and what God will allow us to see and do together.

I love you Amy.

If LifePoint Church is where you attend I am asking you to go to Pat’s video to watch, listen and take action.

In a little while I am leaving to go on the LifePoint High School retreat, Collision. Our High School Pastor, David, asked me several weeks ago to go and speak on Servant Leadership.

I want to ask you to pray for us as we head to Garner Creek. There will be approximately 130 high school students and another 20 or 30 (hopefully 30) adults that are worshiping, learning, laughing and losing sleep for the next few days.

I NEED YOU TO PRAY FOR ME!!!! Yes I am shouting.

Pray that I can model servant leadership. Pray that I can express from the Word what servant leadership looks like and means in a way high school students can grasp.

I will let you know how God moves next week.

If you were unable to be in Go…ology either of the last two Wednesday’s you can go to the LifePoint Church website and click on the media player to find the podcast. It is under the title Godology. You will see week #1 and week #2. Go check it out.

Amy left for a teacher retreat on Wednesday afternoon with her school. Dad was left in charge for the rest of the week. Shouldn’t be too hard, after all no school on Thursday and Friday and the kids are old enough to stay be themselves on dad’s work day. Friday comes and dad is off work and everyone is doing their own thing, Wii, computer, football throwing, cleaning, straightening, and preparing for mom to come home.

It gets interesting here. Around 1:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon the boys are playing in the drive way having a great time. They are playing together very well on the Power-Wing Evan received for Christmas. Only problem is it isn’t a “bicycle built for two.” They are riding and playing around together when Peyton decides to “bail out” and creates major instability on a toy that is decidedly unstable to begin with. You guessed right, Evan flies face first onto the garage floor and forgets to close his mouth before hitting the ground (kind of like this kid and sans helmet). Oh the noise I heard. This was not the usual cry or moan of disgust. This was the belly cry of a child who was freaking out. I met Peyton at the garage door  with, “I really didn’t mean to…I didn’t realize… He just….”. I think you get the point.

Evan comes in behind him with blood running down his face and crying as is his face has been punctured a thousand times by some sharp foreign objects. Well, in actuality there were no foreign objects, only his teeth.  There weren’t a thousand objects, there was only one puncture would from his tooth. But, it was a clean puncture from the inside out. Thankfully no broken teeth and only one stitch to clean things up. I chose not to sew things up, but allowed the wonderful Dr. to handle things in his office. (I really had no choice, the kids have seen my sewing abilities and Evan balked.) Handled!

Jordan began feeling sickly that evening. By, Saturday night we had a full blown ear event going on. On Sunday morning Amy had to leave church to take Jordan home to the comfort of a warm heating pad. After small group, resting and a little conversation, Amy, the boys and I headed out to pick up an international student we have been meeting with as a cultural friend. He is a graduate student at M.T.S.U. and we connected with him through a local ministry in our area. We all went to dinner and Jordan stayed home to rest close to the heating pad.

At around 8:15 p.m. we are heading home when Jordan calls and pleads for us to return home, she needs relief from the ear ache. We we get home she is in extreme pain and we need to get some help. Amy’s sister, who lives in Texas and is a nurse advises we go to the emergency room and let them look inside the ear. Amy takes Jordan to the local hospital for an exam and learns that her ear drum ruptured from the infection located behind the eardrum. The doctor said the rupture allowed her to receive relief from the pain she had been experiencing the night prior and all day Sunday. They returned for the emergency room with antibiotics and pain meds that allowed her to sleep until around 2 a.m. upon which time  we were awaken by her throwing up. She had not eaten very much on Sunday and the meds obviously didn’t sit very well with her stomach. Back to bed for Amy and Jordan following the wrenching.

We made it through the weekend… . Amy and the boys are headed to school with a cool facial scar and stitches (very small scar and 1 stitch). Jordan is in the bed sleeping. I would call her but I don’t think she could hear me and if she is able to hear me would probably ignore me so she could continue to rest from the events of yesterday.

Just an ordinary weekend in the life of my family.

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Here is the outline for week 1 of my talk. Hopefully the podcast will be loaded later today. www.lifepointchurch.org

Go…ology (Outline#1)

Emil Brunner (Theologian) –“The church exists by mission, just as fire exists by burning. Where there is no mission, there is no church; and where there is no church nor mission, there is no faith.”

Any study of missions must start with a study of mission theology.

Missiology = the study of missions.

Every great missionary movement was preceded by a movement of spiritual awakening.

John Piper – 3 types of people 1. Those who go 2. Those who send 3. Those who are disobedient

Not all can go, but all can send

Define Missio Dei–Mission of God

Mission = God’s activity

Missions = Man’s activity to

Mission always precedes missions

God was the founder of mission. Jesus was the model of mission. God sent His son, Jesus, on mission to the earth to seek out and to save a people for God. Luke 19:10

Jesus taught the disciples they were to take on the mission of God in the commissions of the N.T. (Matt 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; Luke 24:47-48; John 20:21-23; and Acts 1:8).

Commission #1 Matthew 28:18-20

Primary verb is “make disciples”

Participles are going, baptizing, and teaching as you are making disciples

We are to develop followers, not learners.

Connection between authority and going–“therefore”

Commission #2 Mark 16:15-16

Main verb in the passage is proclaim/preach

“Go” is part of both verses, not central

This reiterated what the biblical message has stated from the very beginning. God’s redemptive mission is for everyone, not just one group of people.

Commission #3 Luke 24:46-48

Central theme of verses is message of repentance and forgiveness of sins

Commission #4 John 20:21-23

Culmination of the Book of John

The one who has been Sent, now becomes the Sender

Jesus tells His followers that as He has been sent, so He is now sending them (John 20:21).

Commission #5 Acts 1:8

The Book of Acts follows the outline of verse 8. Chapters 1-6–Start of the church in Jerusalem Chapters 7-12–Scattering of the church into Judea and Samaria Chapters 13-28–Sent out to uttermost

In Acts, Jesus tells the disciples they will be witnesses to the things they have seen.

The Holy Spirit directed and empowered the disciples to accomplish the task of reaching people, which is still the mandate of the church.

He came…He sought…He sent,

We go… We seek… We send…