Valor Of Bible Manhood

The Valor of Biblical manhood

valornoun: the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle);

“At the heart of mature masculinity is a sense of benevolent responsibility to lead, provide for and protect women in ways appropriate to a man’s differing relationships. “
John Piper
“What’s the Difference?”

A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
Psalm 68:4

And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians 12:26

88% of children raised in evangelical homes leave church by the time they are 18 and never return

Divorce rates are higher in the church than outside of her

80% of children in American have less than 10 minutes of conversation with parents each week…remove mothers and it’s seconds

84% of “born-again” believers do not believe in the existence of absolute truth
60% said that “nothing can be known for sure except the things you experience in your own life…”

teacher
Make me know Your ways, O Lord ; Teach me Your paths.
Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day.
He leads the humble in justice, And He teaches the humble His way.
Who is the man who fears the Lord ? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.
Psalms 25: 4,5,9,12

Provider
8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
1 Timothy 5:8

Family LEaders
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.
24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
Ephesians 5:23-25

Good Servant
1 Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves.
Romans 13:1-2

Household Manager
4 He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity 5 (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?)
1 Timothy 3:4-5

Church Leaders
12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. 13 For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve. 14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.
1 Timothy 2 : 12-14

Men of Passion

“He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse.”
Malachi 4:6

Cultivating our Biblical Worldview

I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
Born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead, and buried:
He descended into hell;
The third day he rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
The holy Church;
The Communion of Saints;
The Forgiveness of sins;
The Resurrection of the body,
And the Life everlasting.
Amen.
390 AD

Family man’s Creed

Praise and Honor God Daily
Honor and Respect My Wife
Spiritually Protect My Family
Emotionally Protect My Family
Physically Protect My Family
Be Faithful to My Family
Ask the Lord for Wisdom
Allow No Other Activities to Distract

God as Father

The Bridge Video
http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=13a4a045cd290bc2ae2d

Who Will Heed the Calling?

“May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us, 58 that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers.
I Kings 8:57-58