Men Need Encouragment Too

Men - Definition

Intro

Constant theme for most of my life - Women are encouraged and men are instructed

group of close female friends responding to a woman about to start her own business - girl you are beautiful, strong, powerful, smart, courageous

group of close men friends responding to a man about to start his own business - bro. have you thought this through, you might be doing too much, do you even have the necessary experience, you doing too much, and what are you wearing?

Fathers with daughters - my beautiful princess

fathers with sons - you need to man up

Mother’s Day - We like to say happy mothers day to all the mothers, amen, we love you, thank you, you are so beautiful, you are so strong, mothers are amazing

Father’s Day - We like to say happy fathers day to every father, amen because every dad is not a father, for those who are good fathers . . . please continue to step up,

Joshua passage

promises

purpose

instruction

but there is a theme of encouragement

v6. be strong and courageous

v7. only be strong and very courageous

v. 9 be strong and courageous, do not tremble or be dismayed

v. 18 (from people) only be strong and courageous

Need Encouragement

literally means to put in courage

1 Samuel 4:9 KJV 1900

Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

background to scripture

God’s people, Israel is about to go to war with the Philistines

Only problem is that in this instance God is not on their side because they have stopped serving him

They treat God like a good luck charm

wear crosses but don’t go to church

want to get married at a church, by a preacher, with no intent of following God’s plan for the family

want to pray before we go and cuss everyone out and shake our behinds

Encouragement

Purpose

Instruction

Other examples in

Joshua 1, nine

1 Samuel 23, seventeen