July's C2Greatness Monthly Meetup is a two-day event: "The 1613 Men's Conference" Cost: $45 (all inclusive) Location: 2016 Jen Drive De Pere WI 54115 Schedule: Friday, July 17th, @ Friday, 5:30 PM dinner. 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Saturday, July 18th @ 8 am - 5 pm 7:30 AM Breakfast 8:00-11:45 AM Conference Speakers and Music 11:45 AM-1:15 PM Lunch break - Lunch Provided 1:15-5:00 PM Conference Speakers and Music 5:00 PM Live-stream ends 📍 1613 Conference Event Promo: "The 1613 Men's Conference Official Promo" 📌 Registration Here: "Conference Registration" barry/fs

Meet one of the new co-hosts of the FS pod "Teach Me To Father." Our friend and brother absolutely crushed it! You should listen share and tell me what you think!

Men often struggle most with pressure, isolation, and internal confusion in hard times and seasons, leading to rushed, reactive, or avoidant decision-making rather than slowed, prayerful discernment. #1 of 8 Pressure to “be decisive” and not show weakness. Many men carry an internal script that says: - real men decide quickly - don’t hesitate - don’t ask for help Cultural pressure pushes them toward: - snap decisions - overconfidence - pretending they are sure when they are actually confused or afraid of the outcome and consequences.  Key decision-making effects: - Emotions and body signals ignored–treating feelings as a threat instead of data  - Seeking counsel is avoided ________________ “What do you do next?” “What is your best calculated, productive, fruitful way to respond?” barry/fs

I have fallen into, on several occasions, listening to people's testimony and thinking "man, I wish I had a good testimony." I think this is flawed, envious for sure, possibly prideful. No one WANTS a rock bottom testimony, not really, not when you hear what people go through. I think the overarching base is this: die, die to self, kill off the old and put on the new. Whether it is you used to be a different denomination, you grew up in a broken home, you became addicted to something, you were a liar, a cheat, a manipulator, etc, etc. Killing off what you claim as your identity is difficult and it hurts, but your identity in Christ is so much more fulfilling. Whatever it may be, pick up your cross, and FOLLOW. In order to be a good leader, you must learn to follow. It hurts, it humbles, it teaches. Ultimately this is the take away: no ones testimony is better or worse, more than or less than. Every one of us has a testimony that will help someone at some point. Use YOUR testimony, shout your love for God, inject it into every day conversation, but never think your path is obsolete or not enough. What you went through to get to Christ, to follow our LORD, is valuable and so are you.

How many over-analyzers do we have here? Now an over analyzer is really a "I don't Two questions for the clear and present understanding of God's will right now in this moment: - Father, what are you saying in this moment? - What do I need to do right now in this moment? Infantile, you say? Not difficult enough? Won't He understand if I don't overexplain? And what if He doesn't answer? Let's take a look: Humility required; simplicity required; His omniscience of you supercedes your own knowledge of self; He always answers, generally in ways we don't anticipate, or we are expecting. Hebrews 11:6 (TLV) "Now without faith it is impossible to please God. For the one who comes to God must believe that He exists and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him." We are seeking Him, not His words in response, provision, information, or even His presence. We are seeking Him. All these are secondary, not primary. He is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, omnibenevolent. Therefore, how He responds remains in His providence. He can hear and engage with His sons as He sees fit, both when and how. What do you think? barry/fs