September 15, 2023 • 17 mins
Picture yourself in a dark room, feeling alone and overwhelmed by a struggle you can't seem to overcome - a struggle with pornography. We invite you to step into the light with us and our guest, Joshua Broome, as he shares his candid experiences from the pornography industry. His insights provide a rare glimpse into the darkness of the industry and highlight the power of accountability in overcoming such struggles. Together, we delve into the transformative power of 1 John 4:4, and how it serves as a beacon of hope that the one in us is stronger than the one in the world.
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Chris Grainger (00:03):
Welcome to the Lion Within Us, a podcast
serving Christian men who arehungry to be the leaders God
intends you to be.
I'm your host, chris Granger.
Let's jump in.
All right, fellas, it is fun.
Friday time.
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Well, here we go anyway.
Ready or not?
All right, so we're going to bein the book of 1 John this week
.
Okay, 1 John, not regular John,but the first one towards the
(00:23):
end of your Bible, guys,remember, towards the end of
your Bible.
Chapter 4, verse 4 says you,dear children, are from God and
have overcome them because theone who is in you is greater
than the one who is in the world.
That verse, right there, shouldhave you hanging on the rim
today.
I'm not sure where you're at,maybe you're at the basketball
(00:45):
court.
Go, jump up and hang on the rim.
You can't get there and get aladder, but seriously, that
verse is powerful.
I spent a lot of time unpackingit in the spiritual kickoff, so
if you haven't listened to thatone yet, I highly encourage you
to go back and sometime letthat, let those those words
right there, from just from thisone verse.
So again, and understand who'syou are.
Guys, I know you're up againstso much and I know because I'm
(01:07):
up against a lot too, but youguys are up against it.
I just want to give you just aseat of encouragement today that
, look, you can overcome, notbecause of your strain no, that
ain't it but because the one inyou is greater than the one who
is in the world.
Don't take my word for it,that's straight from God's word.
All right Now.
(01:28):
So if you guys missed our, ourmeet episode this week, it was a
powerful.
It was a powerful episode.
So we had Joshua Broom on and hespent a a stent of his life in
the pornography industry, to thepoint where he he won multiple
awards, he was in thousands offilms, he was the entertainer of
(01:50):
the year or the most covetedaward in that industry.
He had money, he had fame, hehad it all and yet he felt empty
and he shared the darkness ofthat industry, what it looks
like, how it's taken so manypeople down, how he mentioned 30
people, close friends of his,when they reached the end of
(02:12):
their stent in that career.
That was their identity andwhat did they do?
They took their life.
He just talked about so manythings in that area, but what
really was jumped out to me washow that one compromise, when
you start compromising yourvalues, that leads to the next
(02:32):
compromise and the next.
And it's a snowball.
Guys, it is a snowball and I Irelated to things like working
out.
Hey, I think I'm just gonna skipworking out today, I'm not
gonna work out tomorrow, either.
You know what.
I'm just gonna go out everyother day, it's fine, or three
days a week is fine.
Then next thing, you know youhaven't worked out in a month.
(02:53):
Right, it's just snowballs,because if you compromise one
area of your life, it's, it'sjust gonna, it's gonna impact
right.
For me lately it's been my sleep.
I've been sleeping in longer.
I'm always used to get up atfour o'clock in the morning 415
actually and I started.
You know what I'm getting?
I'm wearing it, I'm burning itboth ends.
I need more sleep, which issmart, but at the same time, I'm
(03:14):
compromising.
I'm not able to get my earlymorning workout in as much as I
want.
So I'm having to do someadjustments.
I need to get back, becauseonce you start compromising
certain things, everythingchanges.
Everything changes.
So I highly encourage you guysto go back and listen to that
episode.
It was interesting to get thatinside perspective of that
(03:35):
industry.
Most of us don't get that.
We don't get that opportunityto hear that when you think of
pornography, you just think ofwhat the world's selling you,
right?
The fantasies, the girls, thescenes, all that stuff.
That's all lies.
It's all lies.
There's no connection therebetween these people.
He mentioned his very first,his very first scene that he did
(03:58):
.
He never met the girl, nevereven spoke to her, right, and
then during that time he justtalks about the torment that he
had in it.
And just, guys, I'm telling youyou have to remember every
scene that you, if you ever lookat that stuff, that is some
one's daughter and even if shedoesn't have an earthly father,
(04:18):
she has a heavenly father.
She's a daughter of the king.
We need to regard that.
So I'm hoping that you learnsomething from that conversation
with Josh.
I know it was a longconversation, but that's the one
that we felt like it wasimportant to get out All right.
Now for our fun Friday, we'regoing to get to our tips this
week.
Okay, guys, we're going to do ahealth tip, a well tip and a
(04:40):
self tip.
As a quick reminder, a healthtip is mind and body Well tips
career and finances.
Self tip is being betterhusbands and better dads.
So your health tip I want youto think about this right here.
Okay, I want you to get anaccountability partner.
Get an accountability partnerif you're struggling with
pornography.
Seriously, get anaccountability partner if you're
(05:03):
struggling with pornography,because this is an area of your
life, guys, that I know so manymen, so many men struggle with.
And if you take the opportunityto be open and be vulnerable
and share with others thestruggles that you have, guys
out there we want to help You'regoing to find guys that
(05:23):
absolutely want to step up andhelp you.
I can promise you that.
Okay, I can promise you thatwill happen.
But you have to take theinitiative.
You have to step out and sayyou know what?
I'm going to expose this to thelight.
I'm going to get it out of thedarkness, because I can't keep
it in the darkness any longer.
As soon as you do that, as soonas you say you know what.
I'm getting this in the light.
(05:44):
I can't have this anymore.
Lots of things are going tochange.
They will Primarily, what'sgoing to change is the evil.
One is not going to have thathold on you any longer.
He's not going to be able tojust sit there and beat you down
with.
You're defined by this.
You're defined by this.
No, I am not defined by this.
You don't get to define me.
(06:05):
Satan, god, jesus, he definesme.
So get an accountabilitypartner.
Now, if you are somebody'saccountability partner, you
better step up and you betterstart checking on them, asking
questions.
You don't have to be probingeverything, but you do need to
ask some questions.
You need to check in.
Don't wait for him to come toyou.
You go to them and you see howcan I help this person and this
(06:30):
moment, right here, what can Ido to help them grow?
Telling you take this serious,okay, so if you're struggling
with pornography, you can't dothis by yourself.
We have lots of resources outthere to help you, guys, but you
have to lean in and try to bewilling to be vulnerable, and if
(06:51):
you do that, thataccountability partner is going
to help you with this.
Okay, all right, now for yourwell tip guys.
I want you to make informedspending decisions, okay, so
think about this Before you makea purchase.
I want you to think about is itnecessary?
If I absolutely need this, whatis the value of this, of this
item, and what's the impactthat's going to make to your
(07:14):
overall financial well being.
Okay, so you need to kind ofthink of difference between
needs and wants, fellas, becauseneeds are kind of cool, wants
are kind of well.
That has its own place as well.
But you need to clearly defineyou got to have something, you
got to have something that's inthe need bucket.
I want is well, it would benice.
Make sure you understand thedifference, okay.
(07:37):
Then you start from there.
You start prioritizing thoseexpenses.
You got to be smart, fellas.
You got to be thrifty.
Research your prices, compareoptions, look for discounts,
look for coupons and codes andall that stuff.
Do what you can to extend thatdollar.
The dollar today does not buythe same that it does five years
ago.
It's not going to buy the samething that it does tomorrow.
(07:58):
So, which would be very smarthere in informed buying
decisions, I want you to thinkabout delaying impulse purchases
.
Seriously hold up.
Pump the brakes on the impulsepurchases for crying out loud.
Practice some mindful spendingand avoid those unnecessary
expenses.
If you can make some wisefinancial choices, too many of
(08:21):
us just go around.
We're just flying by the seatof our pants with our finances.
We get to an end of the monthsong, we can pay the credit card
off, we're good.
No, be a steward.
A steward manages the money,and that's making informed
financial decisions,particularly around spending.
Okay, I really want you tothink about that, fellas, as you
(08:41):
move forward.
Now let's get into our wealthtip this week.
So, I'm sorry, get into ourself tips this week.
I'm all over the place.
Get into our self tip this week.
I want you to normalize thistopic here Sexual conversations.
You got to normalize havingthose sexual conversations in
(09:02):
your home, particularly aroundyour children.
Okay, I'm going to take yourleader.
Okay, and running away is notalways an answer.
You can't run away.
Topics like pornography can beuncomfortable, but I'd rather be
uncomfortable now thanregretful later.
I really want to let that sinkin.
I'd rather be uncomfortable nowthan regretful later.
(09:25):
So you're gonna have to leaninto some of these difficult
issues, fellas, I'm just gonnabe straight up with you.
You've got to share the dangersthat exist for those people that
you love the most.
That means talking to yourdaughters about the dangers of
pornography, talking to yoursons about it as well.
Make sure your sons understandthat every woman he sees out
there is a blood-vaulteddaughter of the king, and that
(09:45):
their bodies are worth it.
That modesty is hot.
You need to teach that to yourdaughters as well, that they
need to understand that whatthey have is a gift and that
gift should only be shared withtheir husband.
So, guys, you have to starthaving these conversations,
because if you don't have them,the world is going to have them,
(10:05):
the world's gonna come afterthem.
This is gonna show them thisstuff.
You can't protect them forever,you just can't.
At some point they're gonna getexposed to it literally, and
you have to be ready.
You have to have them ready forthat.
So I'm not saying you need tosit down and show them this
stuff, but I do.
I'm saying you need to sit downand talk to them about it.
(10:25):
Hey, what you see there on thatscreen that pops up between a
man and a woman, that's notnatural.
It's completely unnatural,because the way God has designed
sex is between a husband and awife one man, one woman for life
, and what he has made, that'sbeautiful.
So don't paint this picture ofsex being dirty or negative or
(10:47):
something like that.
No, it's beautiful when done inthe confines of the way that
Christ designed it.
That's it.
You need to show them thedifference, because the world is
saying that, ain't it?
The world is saying no, no, no,no, no, no, no.
Hook up, shack up, break up,repeat.
That's what the world's gonnatell them.
And the world is wrong, theworld is broken.
(11:07):
The voice fellas.
I'm telling you be proactivehere.
Okay, the age appropriate.
For sure, the way you talk to asix-year-old is a lot different
than a 12 or 16-year-old, butyou need to be truthful, be open
, be honest and if you talk tothem, like I said, when they're
five they will talk to you andtheir teenagers.
But you have to have thatconduit, open that door, open up
(11:30):
that opportunity for them tospeak to you.
Okay, so there's your tip thisweek.
So your tips again get thataccountability partner for sure.
If you're struggling withpornography, I want you to make
good financial decisions.
You need to be thinking abouthow you are a steward and what
those decisions look like, andthen, from a self-tip, you need
to start normalizing havingsexual conversations in your
(11:52):
home, healthy sexualconversation.
Let me put that caveat in there.
Okay, all right, guys.
Now your book of the week.
This week.
We've had this gentleman on theshow before, but his other book,
every Man's Battle, issomething that I feel like you
guys know about Fred Stoker.
We had him on talking aboutbattle on battle, battle over
great book.
But Every Man's Battle.
(12:13):
You're struggling in this area.
If you know a brother that'sstruggling in this area, go to
the show notes page of thisepisode right now.
Click on the link and go getthis book.
I'm telling you, it's awell-known.
It's been sold all over theworld, several different
languages.
Fred's phenomenal guy.
I actually love what he's built, the things he's done to help
people.
(12:33):
But sexual purity is possible.
It is, it is possible.
We need to understand theattacks that we have and then we
can go on the offensive fromthere.
All right, so go check out that.
Every man's battle.
Okay, now dad joke time.
Who's ready for some dad jokes?
Dad joke.
Number one I can't understandwhy my calculator stopped
(12:55):
working.
It just doesn't add up.
So that's number one.
Number two I never understandwhy a set of false teeth are
called dentures.
They should be calledsubstitutes.
It goes well as number one.
I can't understand why acalculator stopped working.
It just doesn't add up.
Number two I never understoodwhy a set of false teeth are
(13:16):
called dentures.
They should be calledsubstitutes, so let me know
which one lands best.
Remember, eye rolls counttotally with dad jokes, and if
you have a dad joke you wannasubmit, go connect with us on
our social media platforms.
We're out there on pretty muchall of them, but Instagram and
Facebook's, where we put ourmost of our content out.
Follow us on YouTube as well.
We put a lot of content outthere.
(13:37):
Send us a comment, connect withus there.
Send us a dad joke.
If we use it, we'll give you ashout out on the show.
Okay, looking for some reallygood dad jokes out there.
So the question of the week thatwe talked about all week is
what areas of your life needs tobe brought into the light, and
I think every single one of us,including me, we have areas that
we need exposed to the light,the things that we're trying to
hide, what you are not definedby that thing that you were
(14:00):
trying to hide.
So get out of that, don't letthat hold you back.
Expose it to the light, get itout there and at that point you
can combat it with the HolySpirit.
Fellas, that's what it's allabout okay.
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Guys, remember who's you are.
Remember that first, john 4-4.
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Make it your.
I challenge you.
Get that scripture as one ofyour.
It is written fellas, you cando this.
Okay, lean into this.
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Welcome to the Lion Within Us, a podcast
serving Christian men who arehungry to be the leaders God
intends you to be.
I'm your host, chris Granger.
Let's jump in.
All right, fellas, it is fun.
Friday time.
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Well, here we go anyway.
Ready or not?
All right, so we're going to bein the book of 1 John this week
.
Okay, 1 John, not regular John,but the first one towards the
(00:23):
end of your Bible, guys,remember, towards the end of
your Bible.
Chapter 4, verse 4 says you,dear children, are from God and
have overcome them because theone who is in you is greater
than the one who is in the world.
That verse, right there, shouldhave you hanging on the rim
today.
I'm not sure where you're at,maybe you're at the basketball
(00:45):
court.
Go, jump up and hang on the rim.
You can't get there and get aladder, but seriously, that
verse is powerful.
I spent a lot of time unpackingit in the spiritual kickoff, so
if you haven't listened to thatone yet, I highly encourage you
to go back and sometime letthat, let those those words
right there, from just from thisone verse.
So again, and understand who'syou are.
Guys, I know you're up againstso much and I know because I'm
(01:07):
up against a lot too, but youguys are up against it.
I just want to give you just aseat of encouragement today that
, look, you can overcome, notbecause of your strain no, that
ain't it but because the one inyou is greater than the one who
is in the world.
Don't take my word for it,that's straight from God's word.
All right Now.
(01:28):
So if you guys missed our, ourmeet episode this week, it was a
powerful.
It was a powerful episode.
So we had Joshua Broom on and hespent a a stent of his life in
the pornography industry, to thepoint where he he won multiple
awards, he was in thousands offilms, he was the entertainer of
(01:50):
the year or the most covetedaward in that industry.
He had money, he had fame, hehad it all and yet he felt empty
and he shared the darkness ofthat industry, what it looks
like, how it's taken so manypeople down, how he mentioned 30
people, close friends of his,when they reached the end of
(02:12):
their stent in that career.
That was their identity andwhat did they do?
They took their life.
He just talked about so manythings in that area, but what
really was jumped out to me washow that one compromise, when
you start compromising yourvalues, that leads to the next
(02:32):
compromise and the next.
And it's a snowball.
Guys, it is a snowball and I Irelated to things like working
out.
Hey, I think I'm just gonna skipworking out today, I'm not
gonna work out tomorrow, either.
You know what.
I'm just gonna go out everyother day, it's fine, or three
days a week is fine.
Then next thing, you know youhaven't worked out in a month.
(02:53):
Right, it's just snowballs,because if you compromise one
area of your life, it's, it'sjust gonna, it's gonna impact
right.
For me lately it's been my sleep.
I've been sleeping in longer.
I'm always used to get up atfour o'clock in the morning 415
actually and I started.
You know what I'm getting?
I'm wearing it, I'm burning itboth ends.
I need more sleep, which issmart, but at the same time, I'm
(03:14):
compromising.
I'm not able to get my earlymorning workout in as much as I
want.
So I'm having to do someadjustments.
I need to get back, becauseonce you start compromising
certain things, everythingchanges.
Everything changes.
So I highly encourage you guysto go back and listen to that
episode.
It was interesting to get thatinside perspective of that
(03:35):
industry.
Most of us don't get that.
We don't get that opportunityto hear that when you think of
pornography, you just think ofwhat the world's selling you,
right?
The fantasies, the girls, thescenes, all that stuff.
That's all lies.
It's all lies.
There's no connection therebetween these people.
He mentioned his very first,his very first scene that he did
(03:58):
.
He never met the girl, nevereven spoke to her, right, and
then during that time he justtalks about the torment that he
had in it.
And just, guys, I'm telling youyou have to remember every
scene that you, if you ever lookat that stuff, that is some
one's daughter and even if shedoesn't have an earthly father,
(04:18):
she has a heavenly father.
She's a daughter of the king.
We need to regard that.
So I'm hoping that you learnsomething from that conversation
with Josh.
I know it was a longconversation, but that's the one
that we felt like it wasimportant to get out All right.
Now for our fun Friday, we'regoing to get to our tips this
week.
Okay, guys, we're going to do ahealth tip, a well tip and a
(04:40):
self tip.
As a quick reminder, a healthtip is mind and body Well tips
career and finances.
Self tip is being betterhusbands and better dads.
So your health tip I want youto think about this right here.
Okay, I want you to get anaccountability partner.
Get an accountability partnerif you're struggling with
pornography.
Seriously, get anaccountability partner if you're
(05:03):
struggling with pornography,because this is an area of your
life, guys, that I know so manymen, so many men struggle with.
And if you take the opportunityto be open and be vulnerable
and share with others thestruggles that you have, guys
out there we want to help You'regoing to find guys that
(05:23):
absolutely want to step up andhelp you.
I can promise you that.
Okay, I can promise you thatwill happen.
But you have to take theinitiative.
You have to step out and sayyou know what?
I'm going to expose this to thelight.
I'm going to get it out of thedarkness, because I can't keep
it in the darkness any longer.
As soon as you do that, as soonas you say you know what.
I'm getting this in the light.
(05:44):
I can't have this anymore.
Lots of things are going tochange.
They will Primarily, what'sgoing to change is the evil.
One is not going to have thathold on you any longer.
He's not going to be able tojust sit there and beat you down
with.
You're defined by this.
You're defined by this.
No, I am not defined by this.
You don't get to define me.
(06:05):
Satan, god, jesus, he definesme.
So get an accountabilitypartner.
Now, if you are somebody'saccountability partner, you
better step up and you betterstart checking on them, asking
questions.
You don't have to be probingeverything, but you do need to
ask some questions.
You need to check in.
Don't wait for him to come toyou.
You go to them and you see howcan I help this person and this
(06:30):
moment, right here, what can Ido to help them grow?
Telling you take this serious,okay, so if you're struggling
with pornography, you can't dothis by yourself.
We have lots of resources outthere to help you, guys, but you
have to lean in and try to bewilling to be vulnerable, and if
(06:51):
you do that, thataccountability partner is going
to help you with this.
Okay, all right, now for yourwell tip guys.
I want you to make informedspending decisions, okay, so
think about this Before you makea purchase.
I want you to think about is itnecessary?
If I absolutely need this, whatis the value of this, of this
item, and what's the impactthat's going to make to your
(07:14):
overall financial well being.
Okay, so you need to kind ofthink of difference between
needs and wants, fellas, becauseneeds are kind of cool, wants
are kind of well.
That has its own place as well.
But you need to clearly defineyou got to have something, you
got to have something that's inthe need bucket.
I want is well, it would benice.
Make sure you understand thedifference, okay.
(07:37):
Then you start from there.
You start prioritizing thoseexpenses.
You got to be smart, fellas.
You got to be thrifty.
Research your prices, compareoptions, look for discounts,
look for coupons and codes andall that stuff.
Do what you can to extend thatdollar.
The dollar today does not buythe same that it does five years
ago.
It's not going to buy the samething that it does tomorrow.
(07:58):
So, which would be very smarthere in informed buying
decisions, I want you to thinkabout delaying impulse purchases
.
Seriously hold up.
Pump the brakes on the impulsepurchases for crying out loud.
Practice some mindful spendingand avoid those unnecessary
expenses.
If you can make some wisefinancial choices, too many of
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us just go around.
We're just flying by the seatof our pants with our finances.
We get to an end of the monthsong, we can pay the credit card
off, we're good.
No, be a steward.
A steward manages the money,and that's making informed
financial decisions,particularly around spending.
Okay, I really want you tothink about that, fellas, as you
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move forward.
Now let's get into our wealthtip this week.
So, I'm sorry, get into ourself tips this week.
I'm all over the place.
Get into our self tip this week.
I want you to normalize thistopic here Sexual conversations.
You got to normalize havingthose sexual conversations in
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your home, particularly aroundyour children.
Okay, I'm going to take yourleader.
Okay, and running away is notalways an answer.
You can't run away.
Topics like pornography can beuncomfortable, but I'd rather be
uncomfortable now thanregretful later.
I really want to let that sinkin.
I'd rather be uncomfortable nowthan regretful later.
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So you're gonna have to leaninto some of these difficult
issues, fellas, I'm just gonnabe straight up with you.
You've got to share the dangersthat exist for those people that
you love the most.
That means talking to yourdaughters about the dangers of
pornography, talking to yoursons about it as well.
Make sure your sons understandthat every woman he sees out
there is a blood-vaulteddaughter of the king, and that
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their bodies are worth it.
That modesty is hot.
You need to teach that to yourdaughters as well, that they
need to understand that whatthey have is a gift and that
gift should only be shared withtheir husband.
So, guys, you have to starthaving these conversations,
because if you don't have them,the world is going to have them,
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the world's gonna come afterthem.
This is gonna show them thisstuff.
You can't protect them forever,you just can't.
At some point they're gonna getexposed to it literally, and
you have to be ready.
You have to have them ready forthat.
So I'm not saying you need tosit down and show them this
stuff, but I do.
I'm saying you need to sit downand talk to them about it.
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Hey, what you see there on thatscreen that pops up between a
man and a woman, that's notnatural.
It's completely unnatural,because the way God has designed
sex is between a husband and awife one man, one woman for life
, and what he has made, that'sbeautiful.
So don't paint this picture ofsex being dirty or negative or
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something like that.
No, it's beautiful when done inthe confines of the way that
Christ designed it.
That's it.
You need to show them thedifference, because the world is
saying that, ain't it?
The world is saying no, no, no,no, no, no, no.
Hook up, shack up, break up,repeat.
That's what the world's gonnatell them.
And the world is wrong, theworld is broken.
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The voice fellas.
I'm telling you be proactivehere.
Okay, the age appropriate.
For sure, the way you talk to asix-year-old is a lot different
than a 12 or 16-year-old, butyou need to be truthful, be open
, be honest and if you talk tothem, like I said, when they're
five they will talk to you andtheir teenagers.
But you have to have thatconduit, open that door, open up
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that opportunity for them tospeak to you.
Okay, so there's your tip thisweek.
So your tips again get thataccountability partner for sure.
If you're struggling withpornography, I want you to make
good financial decisions.
You need to be thinking abouthow you are a steward and what
those decisions look like, andthen, from a self-tip, you need
to start normalizing havingsexual conversations in your
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home, healthy sexualconversation.
Let me put that caveat in there.
Okay, all right, guys.
Now your book of the week.
This week.
We've had this gentleman on theshow before, but his other book,
every Man's Battle, issomething that I feel like you
guys know about Fred Stoker.
We had him on talking aboutbattle on battle, battle over
great book.
But Every Man's Battle.
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You're struggling in this area.
If you know a brother that'sstruggling in this area, go to
the show notes page of thisepisode right now.
Click on the link and go getthis book.
I'm telling you, it's awell-known.
It's been sold all over theworld, several different
languages.
Fred's phenomenal guy.
I actually love what he's built, the things he's done to help
people.
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But sexual purity is possible.
It is, it is possible.
We need to understand theattacks that we have and then we
can go on the offensive fromthere.
All right, so go check out that.
Every man's battle.
Okay, now dad joke time.
Who's ready for some dad jokes?
Dad joke.
Number one I can't understandwhy my calculator stopped
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working.
It just doesn't add up.
So that's number one.
Number two I never understandwhy a set of false teeth are
called dentures.
They should be calledsubstitutes.
It goes well as number one.
I can't understand why acalculator stopped working.
It just doesn't add up.
Number two I never understoodwhy a set of false teeth are
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called dentures.
They should be calledsubstitutes, so let me know
which one lands best.
Remember, eye rolls counttotally with dad jokes, and if
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We're out there on pretty muchall of them, but Instagram and
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Follow us on YouTube as well.
We put a lot of content outthere.
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Send us a comment, connect withus there.
Send us a dad joke.
If we use it, we'll give you ashout out on the show.
Okay, looking for some reallygood dad jokes out there.
So the question of the week thatwe talked about all week is
what areas of your life needs tobe brought into the light, and
I think every single one of us,including me, we have areas that
we need exposed to the light,the things that we're trying to
hide, what you are not definedby that thing that you were
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trying to hide.
So get out of that, don't letthat hold you back.
Expose it to the light, get itout there and at that point you
can combat it with the HolySpirit.
Fellas, that's what it's allabout okay.
So if you enjoyed this episode,if you enjoyed this week, share
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I would also ask you if youwould consider being a donor and
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Guys, we have all sorts ofthings to help you grow in your
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God intends you to be All right, so get after this weekend.
Guys, remember who's you are.
Remember that first, john 4-4.
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Make it your.
I challenge you.
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Okay, lean into this.
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You need to remember, first ofall, there is no combination for
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