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Monday, December 20, 2010

Christian Men are hard hit in today's culture


Brothers we are under attack...

Our culture is a direct affront to our Christian values and those of what is truly being a REAL MAN.

We are bombarded with sexual stimulus through television and movies. We are told to believe that real women are supposed to satisfy you and your needs by dressing provocatively, act like a porn star in bed, cook like Betty Crocker, and mother you and your kids like Aunt Bee.

Men, that isn't the case. That isn't what God put women on this earth for. They are here to be our help mate and friend. They are here to help support and lift you up both spiritually and mentally. They are here to help you father in a new generation of God fearing children. They are to be loved as Christ loved the church.

We also take hits to our manhood though pictures of success. Let's say that you like to cook and want to become a chef. When I was growing up, culinary arts were not considered a manly profession and only wimps and girly-men would venture into those career choices.

What about singing or dance? Yep... if you like to sing or dance, your sexuality would come into question. No straight man would ever consider dancing and singing. Kids were supposed to play gender specific roles and they were specific boundaries you were not supposed to cross.

The sick thing is that those who are really successful at those 'girly' roles are also attributed to uber manliness. Men like MC Hammer who could sing and dance like no other's business was 'THE MAN' when I was growing up. Take Kenny G, there isn't a woman I know who lived in the nineties who didn't dream of a man who could sing to them like he could with his 'fabioesque' hair do and his saxophone.

So, our culture is telling us if you are successful, you are manly, but if you fail, you must be some girly man and your sexuality is in question.

So how do we combat this?

Through prayer, through brotherhood, through encouragement!

Let me encourage you today brothers that while you are weak, He is strong. When you feel beaten or defeated, Jesus will lift you up. When you need a friend to talk to, there is no greater friend than Jesus.

It is time brothers that we raise up. It is time for us to be Ass-Kickers. Let's put on the full armor of God. Let's take back the land that was lost in our hearts, in our families and our country. Let's encourage one another to hold strong against the enemy. To battle the demons who are trying to rip us apart!

Stand firm, charge ahead, praise God.

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