New Beginnings - Man Cave Edition

0:00 This is what a mentor is. This is why you will need a mentor. So if you say, Oh, I need a mentor, I'm going to ask you one question. So what is, what is your purpose? Oh, I don't know. I just want to be better at praying and reading the Bible and just being a better Christian. Then you don't need a mentor. A mentor is the person you get when you know your purpose. And now you have a man that you can visualize or where you want to be. That's a mentor. They got it. There's a man that of where I want to be. I can visualize it. He's already at the level of success I want to be at both financially.

0:41 He makes several zeros above me. He lives in a really nice house. If, if, if, if it's, if it's, you know, financial thing that is, or from a ministry standpoint, I remember when, when I was looking for a mentor in men men's ministry. I never saw anybody do men's ministry successful. It always started and stopped. I said, well, God, if you really called me into this, I need somebody who's successful. So he pointed me to this man. I went to him and there was like 60 people in this room. Oh, that's a lot of dudes. I said, y'all meet every, we meet every month. And that's the one that God had pointed me to be the mentor if it's a businessman This is a guy that you start not in business. You're making 100, 000 right now. He's making 100 million right now. That's your mentor man I want to be like him.

1:23 That's a mentor Jesus even said this he said listen I am your mentor. What do you mean by that? I got twelve of y'all and I'm going to disciple you and you're going to follow me for three and a half years do what I say, go where I go, and do what I do. And if you don't like it, stop walking and go back home and go play with your kids and your wife. Whoa, whoa, bro, wait, wait a minute, wait a minute. That's what he did. There were 70 others that couldn't follow him and he told them to go. And then Jesus turned right around because this is what mentors do. Mentors then turn to you and say, you know what, because I mentored you, you're going to be bigger than me. Well, wait a minute now, brother. Hold on. We're talking about Jesus.

2:03 Jesus said, greater works will you do? Greater works will you do? You want to be bigger than me? That's what I want. Man to Man 360 starts in three, two, one. You've tuned into Man to Man 360, the show for men by men dealing with all subjects. The twist here is we come from a biblical worldview to encourage and empower men to make it a life through the power of Jesus Christ.

2:51 You're talking about, sometimes it's cool, and sometimes it's heated. This is Man to Man 360. Hey guys, how's it going? Man K, what's up? What's up? What's up? Everybody good? You guys got your coffee. You all warmed up. Happy new year guys. This is going to be, listen, this is going to be a really, this is going to be a really, really exciting.

3:32 This is going to be an exciting man cave tonight. I know. Yeah. I say, you say that every time, but this is really going to be an exciting one. You know why? That's because he's here, but also too. Because this is the first man cave of 2025. Yeah! Amen? And, And you know what too? We're going to start this year off right. Now, We have said over the last couple years, This will be our third, I believe this is our third year. So listen guys, In previous years we would always say, We need to do these things for the year, And get the year started this way.

4:16 But we never really had the systems in place to help you with it. This year we have the system in place to help you with that. So when you say you want to do this in 2025 or do that in 2025, tonight we have the system in place to help you achieve your goal tonight. Amen. Amen. Amen. Guess what today is? No, it's January 10th. And if you pull up your calendars, guess what you'll find out today is?

4:57 Huh? Say that loud. Say that loud. It's National Quitters Day. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on, hold on. Hold on. The reason why it's called National Quitters Day Because everybody did their New Year's resolutions on December 31st and January 1st and by the second Friday of the year, they've already quit it. That's why I say one of these days I'm going to rent a warehouse for one month. I'm going to put a lot of equipment in. And I'll only leave the equipment in there for two weeks. But I'm going to collect monthly monthly fees.

5:38 That will continue to go perpetually, right? And then I'm going to take back the rent, sell all the equipment, and just break in the money. I don't know if that's illegal or not, I don't know. But, it's National Quitters Month National Quitters Day. Not in the man cave. Now there's something, I used to teach in Teen Challenge. And, and once in a while guys would like quit and like leave Teen Challenge and, and like leave in the middle of the night. And when, so what I would do is say, so who's gonna be the quitter this time? Who's gonna walk out in the middle of the night and leave Teen Challenge though? You, you, you, you, you're free from being an addict, but you want, you need to finish the program. Right? Right.

6:18 So who's gonna quit? Oh, I'm not quitting. You sure is usually the one that's the loudest and the most proud. Oh no, definitely me. Now the rest of these guys might already know you gonna be the main one to quit. You'll be the main one to quit. Who's gonna be the one to quit tonight, guys, with your goals? You have goals to improve your marriage. You have goals to improve your health. You have goals to improve your money. You have goals to be further along spiritually and in ministry. Who's gonna be the first one to quit? It's gonna be you? Yes or no? Just say no. Amen? Who's gonna be the first to quit? But I tell you who's gonna be the first to quit. All of you, if you keep doing it the way you did it.

7:01 If you keep doing it by yourself, because it didn't work before, you know full well it didn't work before. But guess what? That's why we keep talking about accountability. Accountability. If you want to win in life, when I want to ask about business, I get with guys like this, I ask them questions. He motivates. He gives books and what not. There's people you go to. Not just one, it might be several people. But you go to people. You don't go to a website. You don't Google this. You go to a man. You go to several men. You go to a group of people. And what? They keep you accountable. Hey man, we're going to the gym. I'm tired tonight. I don't think you understand. We're going to the gym. I'm going to go pick you up.

7:41 We're going to pick you up. There's three of us already going to be meeting you. We're going to be in the car. We'll pick you up at 6 o'clock a. m. And you get in your butt and we're going. Well, I'm quitting. No, you're not. Those are the guys that's gonna take you across the winning line. Tonight is the night we not only decide to win, but we're gonna win. Amen? So how many, how many quitting tonight? How many gonna let you quit tonight? You gonna let him quit? Are you gonna let him quit? You gonna let him quit? If I don't see you, I'm calling you. Hey man, take my name off your list. You don't tell me who to put on my list.

8:22 Somebody said that tonight. Didn't somebody say that tonight? They say, can you have my name removed from the list? Man, you don't tell me who to put on my list. I call whoever I want to. And the fact that you told me not to call, Oh, I'm calling you probably about 11. 30 tonight, brother. I'm gonna bug the crap out of you. Oh my God. Hey man, tonight's the night we win guys. This is it. The theme tonight is called new beginnings, new beginnings. This is it. You're ready to win. Y'all ready to win. Now for real, y'all ready to win. Welcome to the man cave.

9:12 So guys, I want to share something real quick with you guys. And we're going to break up into our groups because we're going to spend more time in the groups because of what I'm going to explain in just a minute. So let's go somewhere. You guys got Bibles? Real quick, let's go somewhere. So, we call it tonight, New Beginnings. Everybody go to Genesis 1 and 14. Genesis 1 and 14. And when you got it somebody with a well tell me what version you got and then and you can, you got a strong voice to read. I want you to read it. Actually, why don't you start with verse 1 first. And then I'll have you skip down.

9:53 So Genesis 1 and verse 1. And when you got it, let me know and then if you're ready to be read. Okay, Donnie, go ahead and read verse 1. I'm in the New King James Version. Love it. Read. Genesis 1 and 1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Huh. Keep going. Keep going. I'll tell you when to stop. The earth was without form. Yep. And darkness was on the face of the deep. Yep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the deep. Amen. Keep going. Stop. Let there be light, right? Everybody say, let there be light. Alright, keep reading.

10:40 Somebody say, first day. That was the first day. Now go jump to verse 14. Somebody read for yeah. Now read loud with power. Read verse 14. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Now hold up, now hold up, now hold up. Because I'm not sure if you're reading that wrong. I thought there was already lights. I thought it was already light. Yes or no? Yes?

11:20 Keep reading. Then God said, let there be lights in the affirmative of the heavens to divide the day from the well. Wait a minute. Stop. Maybe you reading the wrong verse. I thought we already divided the days with night light and night. Keep reading and let them be for signs and seasons and for days and years. Stop. So the first days or the light was to add light. Read that that part again. Keep reading what you just read. Okay, start over then. God said, let there be lights in the permanent of the heavens to divide the day from the night and let them be signs and seasons for days and years.

12:07 Keep reading and let them be for lights in the permanent of the heavens to give light on the earth. Keep reading. And it was subtle that God made two great light, the greater light to rule today and the lesser light to rule tonight. He made the stars also. God sent them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on earth, and to move over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness, and God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the fourth day. Somebody say fourth day. Fourth day. Wait a minute. I'm good. Wait a minute. I thought you just said on the first day, he created day and night, and he had a light to, to break the difference between dark.

12:48 And then here it is four days later. Somebody say four days later. Four days later, there's light and dark to make day and night, and now you, now you make the sun four days later. That doesn't make any sense. Well, it makes perfect sense. Because now God is telling us why he actually created the sun. It wasn't for the purpose of adding light to the earth. He added the sun, the moon, and the stars for signs. Somebody say signs. Somebody say seasons. Somebody say days and somebody say years. That's a measurement of time. That's how you track success.

13:30 Any, any, any dads in there? If so, you probably make me, some of you probably maybe used to do this or you might've marked, Hey, put a little tape on the wall at age. So and so and year. So and so then, Oh, what are you doing? You're marking growth over time. Amen. Anyone who's investing their money, you're watching, you're tracking your growth of the money in time. Amen. Some of you are saying, man, you know what, this time last year I was, I was, I was like messed up. I was doing this, or maybe I was saved, but I was weak in this area, but man, I'm strong in this area. What are you doing? I'm tracking growth in my spiritual walk.

14:13 Wow, you know what? Baby, last time this year, you and I was arguing all the time. Now we're at peace. We disagree from time to time, but we're, we're in peace. Why? That's showing growth in your what? Marriage. So the reason for the fourth day wasn't for lights, it was for measuring growth. Y'all got it? It was for measuring success. You got it? So God is a God of success, meaning he expects growth. God expects success and expects growth.

14:53 And guess what? I know y'all trying to be super humble. But I'm gonna, I'm gonna say something that you, you thinking, but you don't want to admit, but I'm going to help you admit it. And I know you want goals, too, and I know you want success. I know you want to be successful in the things you put your hands to. We'll pick up from there, right after this. The man cave is developed around, we call it the five pillars. There's praise and worship, Where we sing a song or two and really justhmm invite the presence of God in and get the guys singing and clapping and whatever and really make a push on getting guys into the music.

15:45 Because typically guys like to avoid praise or lifting of hands or singing and that type of stuff. So we really put a focus on that. And then we go right in from that into prayer, you know, intercession prayer. We ask guys if there's certain things that they want us to pray for, to agree with them in prayer forhmm and we make sure to focus it on them. Sometimes guys will say, Hey, yes, and I got this neighbor, can you pray for them? And we're like, no, no, no. We want to know what is it that you need prayer for? Because, because you're the neighbor, that's your job to pray for your neighbor. From there, we actually go into the competition part. Now that's the exciting part of the man cave. It just creates that competitive piece. But it gets that testosterone bubbling up and everything else.

16:26 And there's a reason to that, really, too. I've been doing men's ministry now for almost 30 years. A lot of times, men don't really have those men focused things at churches. So, in some cases, To guys, it can feel a little, hmm feminine or emasculating in some cases. And because of that, we want to make sure that there's a masculine feel to men's fellowship. It's both fun. It's inviting. It's also used as a fish bait to get guys out. The other reason that we do competition is so we can create two teams. And in creating two teams, we create a camaraderie between those guys. They stay on those teams for the duration. You don't go from second Friday to second Friday.

17:06 No, you're contacting guys in between guys, able to reach out. Guys are able to, Hey man, I'm really dealing with this thing. We're struggling with this thing so they can reach out to somebody. We go from the competition part and then we go into the work. We go into scripture, we do some teaching, and then we make. Breakout into breakout groups. The breakout groups allows guys to be able to answer some things or share their thoughts on those same tough topics that was just preached a few minutes ago. The word is, is a two edged sword. It cuts open things. It exposes us to ourselves, at least. hmm what's really happening on the inside or the things we've been trying to cover up and hide. hmm and then we break from there and then we, we eat.

17:47 That's a great time to be able to dive in and just really see how guys are doing. Pastors and churches don't have a men's ministry. You're missing out on the opportunity to Free that man from that thing. He's been trapped in that stronghold. That's been in his life In's ministry allows him to be free vulnerable and then free Here at opposition radio. You are listening to the best in Christian hip hop and rhythm and praise now You can start to hear shows in the early morning to motivate you for the rest of your day Man to man 360 is one of those shows.

18:32 You can catch us every Saturday at 8am at the ops radio dot live. I know you do because there's some of y'all prayed about jobs.

19:13 I know you want to be successful in your career. I know you want to be successful in business and it's not a shame to say, and I, and I know y'all want to make more money. I know you want to be stronger. I know you want your marriage to be better. I know you want your wife and your kids to respect you better. I know you want even more than that, be honest with you. I want guys to respect me more. When I walk into a room, we talked about the president, some of that earlier, that when he walks into a room, we saw how, like, man, he walks into a room, people come. Why? Hey, you putting on that respect, right? So, when I walk into a room, I want respect. Nobody wants to be disrespected. Nobody wants like, oh man, get him.

19:54 Oh, oh, that's just Jeremiah. No, when Jeremiah, well, hey, hey, that's, hey guys, that's, that's Mr. Brother Dylan. That's Jeremiah. Guys want that. Don't be ashamed. You should want that. I know church will someday, no, not baby. You be real humble now. You don't want nothing now. No, no, that's not true. God designed us to actually want to grow and have success. And, and gain in respect. But that's been beaten out of you so long, that some of you don't believe that anymore. But the truth of the matter is, you need, Oh, we got one circle. Y'all open that up for my brother.

20:35 Open up for my brother. We don't have two lines here. Let's fill this, let's make one line here. Cause he's just as much in this circle as anybody else. Amen? So God wants us to be successful. Amen? He wants the things that you planned out this year. Now, on Mercedes. I'm going to say, where's all my young men? Not you. So even for the young guys to be successful, you have to start planning. You don't accidentally become successful. You don't accidentally just start working and you don't accidentally start making more money. You don't accidentally get promoted. You don't accidentally have a successful business.

21:16 You don't accidentally have a successful family, a successful wife. Kids that respect you. Grandkids that respect you. Nieces and nephews that come to you and respect Uncle So and so. Oh no, that's Uncle So and so. All the rest of y'all, I don't respect. But Uncle Chino, I respect him. When I want wisdom, I go see Uncle Chino. That's what you want. Amen. Amen. Amen. That's what you want. People don't come to my house, unless it's girly stuff, that's one thing. But when it's real serious stuff, most people that come to my house, they don't seek my wife. I hate the fact that my son mostly calls my wife for a lot of stuff. But when it's real heavy stuff, Oh, I left my phone over there.

22:02 Oh boy, here we go. Why? I handle the big stuff. And I said, well, why do you call me? Because when you give me the answers, it always works. Those are his words, not mine. Because I believe in success. If I give you an answer, either I know it, and if I don't know it, I ain't giving you nothing. But if I give it to you, this is gonna win. When Dave speaks in his family, they listen, they win. When Sam speaks in his tribe, in his family, They listen, they win. When Jeremiah speaks to his family, they listen, they win. That's how it's supposed to be. Y'all still with me? Y'all still with me?

22:42 Literally, you still with me? Alright, that's how it works. Troy, when Nate come to your house, Hey, baby, yeah, yeah, go ahead and fix me a plate of food. I came here to talk to Troy. Man, y'all think that's funny. No. Yeah, yeah, make, make, make the food. They come in to talk to me. They'll come and talk to me. Actually, it's a little bit more private. We're going to go out in the backyard if it's the summertime. We got some serious stuff to talk about. That's what he's coming here for. The only reason you're coming here is because you want an answer. Because I know how to hear from God, and I know how to give a good answer. That's not just me because I'm, ooh, so special.

23:23 No, that's because I'm born again and I'm a man. And that's everybody in the circle. Y'all still with me? Are y'all still with me? Every man, that should be who you are. Every man. They come to you for wisdom. They come for you for strong answers. They come to you to hear from God. How should my business move forward? I'm stuck, sir. This is what you need to do. Now, if he give you the wisdom, you better do it. Well, I'll get to it some other No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You're not gonna do that. You're going to do what the man told you to do. And that's that. And you're going to win. We proved it in this game today.

24:03 How hard was that? Was that fun? Was that fun? When you didn't listen, you're out of here. To the left. To the left, to the left, to the right, to the right, to the right. Nah, nevermind. Anyway, so, so, they don't know about that. They might know about it, Shannon, you never know. So, but it was guidance, right? Somebody's gonna be guiding you in life. Man, I, I, I already know, I don't need nobody telling me nothing. Go for it. I'm looking for guidance. I'm looking for wisdom.

24:44 I'm looking for that, amen? Guys, there's three different types of guys we're going to be talking about tonight real quick. And sometimes we get the words mixed up. But it wasn't until about maybe two months ago, my wife was asking me about something, and I thought about it, and she said, you know what, I think I need a mentor. I said, oh yeah? What do you need a mentor for? Well, she explained some things. I said, oh no, then you don't need a mentor. She said, well, what do you mean? I do need a mentor. I think I need a mentor to help me just some guys, some things and whatnot. I said, well, what is it you want to do? Well, you know, I just want to be better in these areas. So I said, then you don't need a mentor. Guys, I'm going to tell you what the difference between an accountability partner, a coach and a mentor. Let me tell you real quick, cause I got all three.

25:25 I have a mentor. I had a mentor since 1995. We actually just visited his 80th birthday just last year in in, in Cleveland. Very super successful man, both in business and ministry. But this is what a mentor is. This is why you will need a mentor. I'm going to, so if you say, Oh, I need a mentor, I'm going to ask you one question. So what is, what is your purpose? Oh, I don't know. I just want to be better at praying and reading the Bible and just being a better Christian. Then you don't need a mentor. A mentor is the person you get when you know your purpose. And now you have a man that you can visualize or where you want to be. That's a mentor.

26:06 You got it? There's a man that of where I want to be, I can visualize it. He's already at the level of success I want to be at. Both financially, he makes several zeros above me. He lives in a really nice house, if it's a financial thing that is. Or, from a ministry standpoint, I remember when I was looking for a mentor in men's ministry, I never saw anybody do men's ministry successful. It always started and stopped. I said, well, God, if you're really calling me into this, I need somebody who's successful. So he pointed me to this man, I went to him, and there was like 60 people in this room. Whoa, that's a lot of dudes. I said, y'all meet every, we meet every month. I said, oh, shoot.

26:47 And that's the one that God had pointed me to, to be the mentor. If it's a businessman, this is a guy that you start not in business, you make it a hundred thousand dollars right now. He's making a hundred million right now. That's your mentor, man. I want to be like him. That's a mentor. Jesus even said this. He said, listen, I am your mentor. What do you mean by that? I got 12 of y'all and I'm going to disciple you and you're going to follow me for three and a half years. Do what I say, go where I go and do what I do. And if you don't like it, stop walking and go back home and go play with your kids and your wife. Whoa, whoa, bro. Wait, wait a minute. Wait a minute. That's what he did. There were 70 others that couldn't follow him. He told him to go.

27:28 And then he's turned right around because this is what mentors do. Mentors then turn to you, say, you know what? Because I've mentored you, you're going to be bigger than me. Well, wait a minute now, brother. Hold on. We talk about Jesus. Jesus said greater works will you do? Greater works will you do? You want to be bigger than me? That's what I want. But one thing about a mentor, then, then, listen, listen, oh, oh, oh, now I'm going to challenge him on that. He said, he might have been joking, I don't know. But once you say you're bigger than me, you got to know what it is that's going to get you to that level to be bigger than me. Are you willing to do that?

28:09 Because see, this is what mentors don't do. Now, accountability partners do this. Accountability, which we're going to form tonight. Accountability partners will call you and you call them. Mentors don't call you. Mentors don't call you. They don't check up on you. Hey, how you doing? You working on that? No, no, no. When the mentor is, my mentor lived in Rochester for a couple years, then he lived in Virginia Beach for several years, and then he retired again and moved to Cleveland. I travel and spend weekends at his house in those cities. He don't come to me. What do I look like going to you? You're trying to get to me. You're trying to be like me. What do I look like going where you at?

28:49 What do I look like calling you? You either want what I want or not. So you should be traveling to where I am. Are y'all still with me? Spend the money, get on the plane. Hey, I got a birthday party. I'll be there. I got a gift. I'm spending the money. I'm getting on the plane. We're going, scratch everything off the list. We're going there. Why? Mentor. Oh, okay. Let's go. That's what it is. Why? Because I want to be just like that. I already see a human example of where it is I want to go. You had Elijah, the greatest prophet, other than John the Baptist, the greatest prophet who ever lived at that time.

29:29 And Elijah said, I'm going to watch you all the way. And then he said, well, if you keep watching me when the fiery chair pulled me away, I'm going to give you double anointing, not lesser where you never reached my status. That's not a mentor. The mentors didn't know you'd be double better than me. If that's what you want, are you willing to pay that price? See, if you're going to say you're going to be bigger than me, then are you willing to pay that price? Because see, I don't wake up at eight in the morning. I don't pray at eight and nine o'clock in the morning. I don't miss most of the Bible studies. I don't miss most of the Sunday school classes. And I got saved in 1986. I didn't miss much of them. I've been to 52 Sunday services. I've been to 52 Sunday schools.

30:11 I've been to 52 night services back there. I've been to. 106 Bible studies. We used to have them on Wednesdays and Fridays. I didn't miss any of those. Oh, how many did you miss? But you want to be bigger than me. I got slapped in my face. I got spit in my face. I got called names. I got called all kinds of stuff. They was wrong. God changed it later. But I was able to take it and I didn't budge off my purpose. I stayed right in my line. The reason we kept this narrow, cause you gotta walk a straight and narrow line. I didn't get out of that line. Now, am I perfect? Oh, no. I wanted to cuss everybody out.

30:52 Everybody. I had F words and B words for everybody. But I said, no, you will not. You will not throw this away. You're gonna stay right in that line. You're gonna do just what I told you to do. You're going to be disciplined and you're not going to fall off. Why? Because one of these days, you're going to be in front of a bunch of men that's going to take this thing to another level. And they're going to need to know the same thing. You do not quit. You do not budge. You do not fall off. You do not miss it. Oh man, everybody miss a day, not me, because I want better. I want greater. I want to be the biggest dude in this room. And I'm not saying that in a prideful, arrogant way.

31:32 I don't really want that, but what I'm saying is, in the area that I got called me to, I want to be the best at that. I'm not competing with anybody. I want to be the best at what I do. And gentlemen, you want to be the best in what God is calling you to. Amen? If it's business, be the biggest and the baddest one out there. If it's ministry, reach Don't reach 100 people, reach a million people. Lead a million to Christ. Start up a million man caves all over the world. Do it in different languages. Do it in different books. Do it in different podcasts. Reach as many people as possible. Amen? Amen?

32:13 Be big. Now how do you do that? It can't be by yourself. It can't be by yourself. It's gotta be accountability. Real quick, somebody find these verses real quick. Somebody find Proverbs 11, 14. I'm gonna get out of your way. Proverbs 11, 14. Somebody find Proverbs 15, 22, and somebody find Proverbs 26. Somebody got 11, 14? Okay, read 11, 14 loud. Read that louder. Alright, start over. Read that, read that with authority, brother.

32:55 There is safety in an abundance of counselors. You're looking for a lot of people on the sidelines. No, no, no, guys. Go to the left. Go to the right. No, no, come, slow it down. Back it up a little bit. You're looking for a multiple, a bunch of guys. Hey man, who got the next verse? Quick! Who got 1522? Read that loud. I want this guy over here to hear that. Go ahead. Without counsel, all of your plans for 2025 go out the window. Without counsel. Keep reading. Oh, finish, read that last part again.

33:37 I like that. Because once you set the plans, you can speak them out loud. Hey man, somebody read quick, 26 and 16. Right here, lazy people consider themselves smarter. Whoa! It's funny, people that don't do nothing always think they know better than me. I love it. So you know this better than me. Okay, okay. Cause I, I, I, I've already studied to show myself approve. I've already studied to show this, studied this. I've already read the book, I already went to the courses.

34:17 I already got a mentor who's the best in the world. I've, I've already done that. So, so if you think you're better than me, let's go with the challenge. I'm going to be quiet. I'm going to let you do your thing, but I'm, but you're going to bind yourself. You're going to twist yourself up in, in, in, in, in ways is going to, and you're going to trip over fall. Amen. I'd rather be quiet and wait on that one. Read that again. Start over. In other words, a guy who's in debt by 20, 000 is telling multimillionaires how they should invest their money. I wouldn't, I wouldn't mess with the Bitcoin stuff. I don't know, maybe, maybe not, but I wouldn't tell them that.

34:58 Amen. Yeah, pastor, you know, so really the best way for you to really grow this church. Now you just started Sunday school last week. But you will tell him how to grow the church. Okay. Okay. Guys, what we have here is this is the blueprint for your success. Kenny, this is the blueprint for your success this year. Bro, this is the blueprint for That's why you came tonight. I don't believe in accidents. That's why you're here tonight. Give me your name again. Hmm? Lawrence, that's why you're here tonight. Tad, that's why you're here tonight. That's why you're here tonight. That's why you're here tonight. Chuckie, that's why you're here tonight.

35:39 That's why you're here tonight. It's not by accident. Little, that's why you're here tonight. That's why you're here tonight. You too. Amen? Not by accident. You are going to win finally. Finally. Finally. So I'm going to give you, I'm going to throw out some ideas for something. And y'all are going to talk about this in the next two minutes. God uses time and seasons to measure growth and success. So we're going to start this new year in a new month. I love new years, man. I do. I'm so sentimental with that kind of thing. I love a new year. It smells new. I love a new month. It smells new. I love a new week.

36:20 It smells new and I celebrate it because I like the number eight. Eight is new beginnings. You have one through seven days. The next week that Sunday is a new week. That's the number eight. That's a new beginning. So whatever I did last week, oh man, I messed up last week. That's okay. Start it all over next week. No guilt. Amen. You start it all over. Because God is what? Loving and compassionate. As long as we repent to Him, ah, we're good. As long as you repent and turn, it's good. So let's keep it moving, amen? So these are the things that we're going to be talking about tonight. Start this, remember we talked about celebrating last year? Start to celebrate this.

37:01 I've been clean from alcohol for X amount of months. Praise God. Anybody been clean from alcohol? Praise God. Come on. Come on. Clap it up. Amen. I've been clean. I've been clean from cigarette. Am I clean from cigarettes? Come on. Come on. Come on. See, you thought it was some crazy other big stuff. No. God wants to celebrate that. Cigarettes. Alcohol. Anybody been delivered from hard drugs?

37:42 Clap it up! Amen? Ooh, here's a tough one, here's a tough one. Y'all ready for this one? Anybody been saved from a homunga lifestyle? Amen. Amen. Amen. Was that? A whole monger lifestyle. You were slamming all of them. But God has delivered you. Amen. Amen. Oh, I got a smile on his face today. I got a smile on their face today. Amen. Amen. Amen.

38:22 See, God can deliver and you might say, Oh man, I want to be known as I do want to be known as that now because I'm at an age of my life. I'm looking for legacy. Now I'm looking for legacy. I'm looking for if I'm if I'm gonna reach 70 70. How many years do we say that's gonna be for me? 15. So I got 15 years to build a legacy that it's 70 years old. I don't want to be known as a whore. I don't want to be known as a drunk. I don't want to be known as lazy. I don't want to be known as aaaah. I don't want, I want when I walk in the room, you have respect. That's who I want to be. I want to be a man that's clean. Who's honorable. Amen?

39:03 Guys, you want the same thing. You want to be known as a man that's honorable. That you have a wife. And you have your family. And then when you finally put your leg in the bed for the last time, it's your wife, and your kids, and your grandkids, and your loved ones, and everyone that you touch lives, they will be around your bed when you close your eyes for the last time. Why? Because you're honorable. You're honorable. Amen? Amen? You're honorable. We're men of honor. You're not worried about what your wife is doing, man. The purpose of you is there to help your wife. Stop putting everything on your wife.

39:44 Your wife becomes better because of you. You don't become worse because of no woman. How a woman gonna make you worse? How much of a wuss do you have to be for a woman to make you worse? We talked about not being a simp two months ago. Stop being a simp and letting women destroy your life. No, you're supposed to help their life become better, that when you stand at the gate of the city, they honor you. Amen. Amen. Amen. They'll honor you guys. That's what I want to celebrate you, man. I want to celebrate you, man. I want to celebrate you that you're no longer the guy that in 2025 you always show up late to everything.

40:27 Oh, y'all didn't think I was going there? Because you're honorable. You actually come in early for church. You're here early for man cave. When you commit to meetings, you actually show up. You don't have an excuse every time. You're showing up. But guys, listen, real quick. I got, I literally got 30 seconds. This is what we're going to be looking for tonight. Not only are you clean from these things, but also, guys that are working out. You're getting healthier. We looked at all the things that was going through guys last year. Different surgeries and all that. All that wasn't accidental. All that wasn't the devil. Let me say it again.

41:07 All of that was not the devil. It's just, it's been compounded, you abusing your body for X amount of years, and now it's catching up to you. Now we want to call it the devil, and now we want to rebuke Satan, but in fact, you just abused your body for the last 10, 15, 20, 30 years. Oh, my knees, my knees. The only reason the knees is there is because the vitamins and things that was deficient there is destroying them. Oh, but my shoulder, my shoulder. The only reason is because of the abuse and the misabuse of your body over time. That's all of us. But now we're doing things differently. The marriages will start to work. Instead of you complaining about the wife.

41:50 Instead of y'all bickering and thinking about ways to split. Tonight, we're gonna have a table. For marriages, a table for finances, a table for business, and a table for health. At that health table, there's going to be people that either, I want to, either my goal, because you're only going to pick one. Either I'm going to be learning to eat right, I'm going to learn to exercise, but not by myself. At that table, yo man, what's not to tell you little, oh man, you live up the street from me. Listen, oh you live up the street from me too? This is what we're going to do. Every day on these certain days, we're going to go to the Planet Fitness or to the East, East, East, East border that's closest to us.

42:32 That's what we're going to do. Because we're going to stop talking about it when we're going to have a plan. And it's going to be on paper and I'm going to see it at the end of the night. And then we're going to be praying for this all week. It's not going to be, we trust that you're going to do it. No, we don't trust. I don't trust anybody in this room. You didn't do it last year. I don't trust myself. That's why we're going to have it committed to paper. Huh? I want to get out of debt. Fine. Oh, you want to get out of debt too? You want to get out of debt too? You want to learn how to work a budget? Fine. Now, seven people are going to join together and do a Dave Ramsey get out of debt class. Oh, he got quiet again. Hello, lights.

43:13 Amen. Hey man, you're going to be committed to that tonight. Now I'm going to give you two minutes to think about it, because this is going to be a serious decision. Because you're not going to be, ah, I sort of need to do all of that. No you're going to pick one. Pick the most highest priority to you. You're going to pick health, which could be exercise, could be, maybe you might pool your money together and get a dietician to work out on meal plans so you can eat better. Maybe over here, with the marriage class, I mean the marriage group, you're gonna, you're gonna plan two to three marriage retreats 2025. No, this year, not, not, hopefully you're gonna do that.

43:54 The business guys, you're gonna plan, you're gonna, where, where, where you go? You're gonna plan business retreats to go to, maybe one, maybe two this year. You're gonna go somewhere, you're gonna invest in yourself to become a better man. And that one, you might get a trainer, whatever it is, but that's what's going to happen tonight. Give you a chance, opportunity to think marriage, health, finance, business, marriage. That's regardless of whether you have a good marriage or bad marriage, but you know, you want to do better than that, then that's the one you're going to go to. If you have a challenge in your marriage, that's the one you're gonna go to.

44:35 If you think it's falling apart, that's definitely the one you're gonna go to. You say, yeah, but I need to work out. Okay, which one is the most highest priority right now? That's how you get to pick it. Oh man, I know I need to work out, but if she leave me tonight, I'm through. Then I would go to the marriage class. I would go to the marriage group. Amen. Amen. So we ready? Are we ready? This episode of Man to Man 360 is a wrap, but you can check us out next week, wherever you get your podcast. And listen on man to earlier or exclusive content. Visit us at Man to man three sixty.com. That's man the number two man, three sixty.com.

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