Stronger Conference - Workshop - Good & Manly Men

GIF Ice breakers: Football crawl / Sword fighting (with fingers) PICTURE ‘Good’ Men vs. ‘Real’ Men Together Ask the men: What does it mean to be a “good man”? • What qualities do the men you respect and admire have? • What values and morals do they live by? • What kinds of things do they say and do? Next, ask: What does it mean to be a “real man”? • What do people mean when they say “be a man” or “man up”? • What qualities are “real men” assumed to have? • How are they expected to speak and act? How are they not supposed to behave? Then, allow them to take a few minutes to analyze what they see in the two columns and discuss: • Are what it means to be a “good” man and a “real” man mostly similar or mostly different? Why do you think this is? What conclusions can you draw in comparing the lists? • How do you think these cultural messages affect boys and men? How might they affect girls and women? Play Video: Be a man Do a comparison of the Ice breakers with: Intimate relationships & Friendships: 1. Strong vs. Emotional / 2. To busy pointing the finger at other, forgetting that you are joined together as one body. Your identity in Christ & the body of Christ Do you know how special you are in God's eyes? If you don't, that's why you're still trying to fit in with the world. Here's what the Bible says about a YOU once you have a new identity in Christ: • • • • • • • • You are His own special possession. (1 Peter 2:9, Deuteronomy 14:2) You are treasured. (Deuteronomy 7:6 14:2, 26:18) You are irreplaceable. (1 Thessalonians 1:4) You are loved beyond compare. (1 John 4:19, 4:10, 3:16, Romans 5:8, 8:35-39) You are worth dying for. (1 John 3:16, Romans 5:7-9) You are forgiven. (Ephesians 1:7, 1 John 1:9, Romans 8:1, 33-39) You are set free. (Romans 6:18, Galatians 5:1) You are precious to Him. (Isaiah 43:4) Activity: Finish the Sentence: I am Blessed Because… Pray in groups of 2 for each other – with the “You are…” proclamations over each other THE END!