Mens group devotion

Tell me what you think for when i mention these men? What do you remember about them?

Kings David-a man after God’s own heart

Paul the apostle-faithful, passionate till the end

Sampson- strong physically, weak spiritually, but still used of God

Peter- the rock He built his church. hard charger flawed but used greatly for Christ

Jonathan-faithful friend

Pilate

Abraham Lincoln- saved the union. principled man

George Washington-a leader, gracious, principled

John Wilkes Booth

Why are these men remembered?

What character traits do they have that make us remember them?

Each of the men made a stand. It’s not enough to make a stand, a man needs to make a stand for the correct and just cause. How can we know the correct cause?

Some of these men gained great respect. How did they get that from others?

How do we develop as men to grow into men that will be respected and know the best cause?

How do you want to be remembered? Are you the man you need to be now for the times we live in.

We must:

Be a genuine believer. Jesus is the truth. No other cause will compare to the one we have in Him.

know the bible

be lead by the Holy Spirit

be real not fake. be genuine through and through

stand on correct and just principles together with others

ready willing and able to follow and lead

We must live life in submission to God, with character and principles that are biblically based. Honesty, integrity, hard working, good fathers, husbands. not living for ourselves but focusing on needs of others.

The New International Version Chapter 3

3 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.

6 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7 always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. 9 But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.

A Final Charge to Timothy

10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God p may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

4 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.