What They Chew Over
Theme of the Week: Hold Back or Open Up?
Thursday, June 12, 2008
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Key Bible Verse: I'm eager to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours (Romans 1:12). Bonus Reading: Romans 1:10-12
Jay's men's group has met at 6:30 at a coffeehouse every other Friday morning for the last three years. Long enough to get used to each other stepping into the hard spaces of one another's lives.
Recently Shaun reported that he hasn't been struggling with Internet porn at work. Ed said his business trip was "uneventful" and that he shared his faith with a guy on the plane. Matt described the "good flow" that he and his wife, Carol, have been enjoying—an answer to prayer after the previous week's "doghouse" tale. When Jeff announced that his sister was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, the guys just listened. Travis, who didn't have anything dramatic to share, felt led to offer Jeff a frequent-flyer ticket to Denver to see his ailing sister. As for Jay, he took advantage of the time to confess that he's struggling to connect with his wife, Alene, and asked for advice on how to break through the resentment preventing him from loving her the way God loves him.
No subject is taboo as God's Word is brought to bear on it. Advice from guys who care about one's spiritual welfare can be trusted. And it feels good to have someone watching your back.
—Kenny Luck in Every Man, God's Man
My Response: Who do I need to watch my back? Whose back could I watch?
Thought to Apply: We are born helpless. … We need others physically, emotionally, intellectually … if we are to know anything, even ourselves. —C.S. Lewis
Adapted from Every Man, God's Man (WaterBrook, 2003) by permission.
Copyright © 2008 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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