Dennis Rainey at #d62012

Dennis Rainey is the President and CEO of FamilyLife.  Check out his website.

1 Corinthians 16:13-14-"Be watchful. Stand firm in the faith. . .Be strong."

"Faith is the refusal to panic." (Martin Lloyd Jones)

5 Steps
  • Boyhood
    • Need direction from a strong man
  • Adolescence
    • Hormones, Confusion, Anger
    • "You are going to deal with me if you mess with my wife."
    • 4 Things Every Teenager Boy Needs
      • Identity
      • How to have relationships (Love God, Love Others)
      • Character 
      • Mission (Great Commission)
  • Manhood
    • 1 Corinthians 13:11
    • Real manhood begins with surrender to Jesus Christ. What a man surrenders to will determine his outcome as a man.
    • Real manhood repeatedly steps away from childish things.
    • Read manhood means we courageously step up and do our duty.
    •  "I have interviewed 40 young men who wanted to date my 4 daughters."
  • Mentor
    • 2 Timothy 2:2
    • We were made for discipleship. Every man needs to be a mentor and every man needs to be mentored.
    • Every mentor is three things: Available, Purposeful, Authentic
  • Patriarch
    • Godly, seasoned sage who knows where he came from and where He is going.
    • Psalm 71:17-18 
    • Generational Influencer, Generational Intercessor
"What step are you standing on right now? Are you straddling? What step do you need to take?



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