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MAN UP!


Joshua 1:9 — “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”


When men are in line with GOD they find a courage that the world finds unsettling. When a man cannot be bought or bribed or seduced by the trappings of this world then that man becomes a threat to the plan of Satan.

The path to the center of GOD's will begins with a choice and an answer to the command of GOD.  Men have to remove themselves from the throne of their own life and allow GOD to be their King. For most of a young man’s life his flesh rules his thoughts and actions. His needs are self-centered, and actions are self-serving.  A man has to be ready to let his own fleshly desires go in order to answer GOD's call. GOD calls all men to . . .

2 Timothy 2:22 — “So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.”

When GOD calls; real men answer! When GOD calls he will get an answer. Either you will answer to Him in obedience now, or have to answer as to why you rejected His call when you are judged by Him later. Take your pick. Do not make excuses or justifications as to why you are not doing what is right as a man. "What excuses?" you ask. . . Let me list a few . .

"Well I am not married so I can see as many women as I want."

"I am a grown man so I can do what I want"

"I do not have any kids so I am not a role model to anyone."

"As long as I keep making the money my wife should be happy."

GOD does not care if you are married or single, a father or childless, rich or poor, he demands a certain code of conduct from all men (especially if you are Christian). Don’t hold on to your old life and ways just to keep what you feel like you will be missing. When you live for yourself you are a undisciplined slave to whatever your flesh desires. You are no longer in control of your body, rather your body is in control of you. You are not accountable and you are not reliable. And just because you get married does not mean you will be faithful. You have to decide to let your flesh die and let GOD live in its place. Real men are men of GOD. Real men are men of faithfulness and of love. Real men act more and more like Jesus everyday of their lives. How did Jesus act? In the face of temptation, Jesus was faithful. In the face of suffering he was not frightened or dismayed. In the face of death, Jesus was courageous. Even at his lowest point in the garden of gethsemane Jesus let the will of the father take the place of the fleshes desire to escape the cross, and essentially manned up.

Men the choice is yours. You can continue to be a slave to your flesh, or answer the call of GOD. Real women are looking for real men! And the world is filled with so many men who are pretenders to the seat GOD has called them to sit in, that when they envision a real man the vision of him is like looking through broken glass. What the world represents as real man is flawed and jagged.  Do not be the man the world says you should be.  Man up, overcome, and become who GOD has created you to be. . . a "real man"!


Be encouraged! And remember I love you always, and in all ways.

Rev. M. Harrison

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