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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, fun Fridaytime, let's get right into it,
okay?
So the scripture of the weekthis week we've been talking
about it all week, guys.
Hebrews 3, verse 13 says butencourage one another daily, as
long as it's called today, sothat none of you may be hardened
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by sin's deceitfulness.
Very interesting verse.
Now how do we apply it to ourlife?
Good question, glad you asked.
Seriously, we unpack these inour spiritual kickoff episodes.
So if you're new to the line,maybe this is the first episode
you ever listened to.
Pop back to and to your podcastfeed and you'll see something
called the Spiritual Kickoff.
That's where we took this verseand we unpacked it at length to
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help you simplify and apply itto your life.
That's what it's all about,because it's one thing to have
head knowledge, it's anotherthing to move to your heart, to
apply it directly.
Again, we do this Mondaythrough Friday in our Lion
Within Us community.
So head over to thelionwithinus, because if you're looking for
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We do this probably 10 to 15minutes every day.
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Okay, so hopefully you guyscheck that out and I promise you
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you'll enjoy it.
I absolutely love doing thedaily spiritual kickoffs.
I think they bring me so muchjoy and encouragement.
It challenges me to stay in theWord and keep thinking, but
also I know it From the feedbackfrom the guys that show up each
and every day.
It's a it's a boost for them aswell.
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So check it out thelandwithinus.
All right.
Now our last episode.
If you check, if you were ableto listen, we had Daniel uh,
daniel Cho on and we talkedabout Thomas running out and
really his uh his whole take oneschatology, which was super
interesting just to sit back andhear where he's at with it.
So I really enjoyed thatconversation with him.
And it also just goes to showyou, fellas, when the Lord puts
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something on your heart, if he'sput it on your heart, take the
step of obedience.
You know, it doesn't matter ifyou have certain qualifications
or this or that.
No, just take the first stephe's calling you to and then,
once you finish that, take thenext one.
And then, all of a sudden,you'll find that you're walking
down the path that he's calledyou to walk down and, fellas,
there's nothing that I canencourage you to do more than to
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do exactly what he has calledyou to do.
All right, so, thank you, guys,for listening to that one.
Now for our fun Friday.
We always have.
We mixed up a little bit.
We'll give you some tips, we'llgive you a book of the week and
we're going to give you a fewdad jokes.
That's really the structure,okay.
So for the tips, we do a health,wealth and a self.
They're kind of the pillars ofthe line within us.
That health is mind and body is.
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How do we improve as husbandsand fathers, because that's a
massive area that, guys, we justneed to know.
And all this from a biblicalworldview.
How do we tie it all together?
All right, now for a health tip.
How about this one?
Think about one song, aone-song workout.
So, pick a worship song, okay,maybe whatever your favorite
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worship song is out there andcommit to while that song's
playing.
That's your workout.
Maybe it's push-ups or airsquats or walking, but one song
is easy to commit to.
But you do need to choose yourexercise wisely.
I wouldn't commit to, you knowa bunch of bench press for an
entire song, but it's going to,it can.
It's a good way just to get yougoing.
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You know, maybe you just needto have a little bit of a
motivator.
Okay, I'm just going to do thiswhile this is playing.
Tell me as that, worship musicin until you work out.
Next thing, you know you're,you're, you're starting to ramp
it up, all right.
So now for your wealth tip.
This is pretty interesting.
Schedule career, all right.
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So do this Purposely, put it onyour calendar Once a quarter.
Sit down and ask yourself wouldI hire me and would I promote me
to the next level?
And this is where you have tobe honest, because the answer is
no, all right.
Why?
Because this is going to forceyou to think deeply about the
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work that you're doing, theimpact you're making in your
organization and how it matters.
I'm not talking vanity metrics.
Too many people chase thevanity metrics.
How does the work that you'reactually doing impact the
organization, and what could yoube doing more of to put
yourself in a position to havemore influence or growth, or,
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primarily, to do what God'scalling you to do?
So maybe God's called you to docertain things.
Maybe God's called you to starta Bible study at your current
employer.
Okay, based off the one-on-onewith yourself, what steps have
you taken to actually facilitatethat and put that into place?
Or is it just something that'syou know?
It's just a good idea?
Well, good ideas only come tofruition if you actually take
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action.
So, fellas, these careerone-on-ones, these are just
really good practices to put inplace.
I'd encourage you to put it onyour calendar, because what gets
scheduled gets done and itdoesn't need to be long.
You don't have to book out fourhours, but maybe 30 minutes,
maybe 60 minutes to where youcan purposely stop and have this
thoughtful exercise.
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You may want to have this whereit's not bookend by a bunch of
heavy other work, because youwant to be able to think deeply.
Whatever that time of day is,that's best for you.
Maybe you're a morning thinker.
For me usually it's in themorning.
Once I get past 3 or 4 o'clockin the evening, it's like my
brain is done, but from fouro'clock in the morning to about
two or three, like let's go, Ican crank it, you know.
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So keep that in mind.
You may be a late thinker,where you know what later in the
day, once the kids are in thebed, and you can actually get
some peace and quiet.
Maybe it's eight, nine o'clock,10 o'clock at night, maybe
that's the time.
But whatever it is, carve itout, get that one-on-one and
make it happen.
All right, now the self-tip.
Think about this.
One meaningful question per kid, a meaningful question.
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So every day, ask each one ofyour children one question that
makes them think, not just howour school, anything cool
happened, but like, seriously,what made you proud today?
What are you most excited for?
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You know, where were youchallenged the most today?
You know what I'm saying?
Things that actually get thempast the surface level junk that
I feel like we just constantlylive in and forces them to think
deeply.
I'm telling you, thinkingdeeply is a lost art.
The art of conversation isbeing lost as well because of
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technology and the way wecommunicate.
And as men leading your family,there is nothing greater that
you can do than engage yourfamily in a truly meaningful way
, and it starts with questions.
And you know what, when theyask you a challenging question,
award them, thank them for that.
You know what?
That's a great question.
Let me think about that.
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Okay, here's what I think, andjust you see how that
conversation just startsunfolding versus more oh how was
your day?
Oh, it was okay, yeah, yeah,yeah, you know what I'm saying.
You get the rumbles and thegrumbles right Versus the actual
dialogue.
I know for me with my teenagers, that's it.
You know we can do the yes, no,fine, yeah, fine, yeah, no, yes
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, no.
But then when I finally hitthat thing to where they had to
stop and think and respond withwords and someone who's taught
children's ministry for a longtime too this is how you get the
introverts engaged, right, youdon't come with yes, no
questions.
So this is a sales strategy.
So this also is for yousalespeople out there.
You know what I'm talking about.
You don't want to ask yes, noquestions.
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You don't want to use thosesituation problemification need,
pay off type questions.
You want to get them talking,get them engaged, get them
thinking.
So, yes, no questions areterrible.
Okay, make them think.
And you can do this.
Take the lead, make them think.
So there are three tips, guysHealth, wealth, self.
Again, that one song, workout,that career, one-on-one with
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yourself.
And one meaningful question perkid per day.
All right, book of the week.
You guys know this one wascoming.
Time is running out.
Am I really in good standingwith God?
I enjoyed going through thiswith Daniel.
He's got definitely a passionfor eschatology.
He's got a passion for sharingGod's word.
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He has a passion for justloving on other people.
So, guys, go check out a copyof his book, support him, check
out his YouTube channel as well.
He talked about his YouTubechannel as well as different
ways you can connect with him.
So, guys, just thank you somuch again for Daniel for
checking it out Again,thelinewithinus book.
You can go see all of our booksof the week.
So if you're looking for someunique things to add to your
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library, this is where it's atAll right.
So now let's get to our dadjokes, guys.
Fun time for our fun Fridayright here.
So the first one is why don'tsecret agents ever get cold?
Huh, why don't they get cold?
Because they go undercover.
There you go, all right.
Number two I'm reading a bookon anti-gravity.
It's impossible to put down.
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So there you go, fellas.
Both of these are just kind ofmeh, I must admit, but I don't
know.
It's all about the eye roll,it's all about getting a sign,
maybe just getting your, if your, if your wife just turned
around and walks off.
I don't know what to tell youabout that one, but anyway, that
could be a heart issue.
But remember, let's vote forthem.
Number one why don't secretagents ever get cold?
Because they go undercover.
Number two I'm reading a bookon anti-gravity.
It's impossible to put down.
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So, fellas, let us know whichone you like best, which one
encourages you, and if you haveus, send that in.
We'll give you a shout out onthe show as well as hook you up
with some free material forhelping us out.
How about that?
Now, the question of the week,guys, is who's sharpening you
right now?
Who Does anybody come to mind?
Do you have anybody at all?
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And if you don't, what the heckare you going to do about it?
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