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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to the Land Within Us, a podcast serving
Christian men who are hungry tobe 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 into it.
Okay, congratulations, you madeit to another week, but our
scripture this week it's beenthe book of Galatians, 6th
chapter, 2nd verse.
Carry each other's burdens andin this way you will fulfill the

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law of Christ.
Love that verse, guys.
It's all about simplifying andapplying it to our life.
Again, we do this Mondaythrough Friday in our daily
spiritual kickoff.
Head over to thelinewithinus toget started with that, and if
you missed the spiritual kickofffor this particular verse, go
back to in your podcast feed andit'll be right there.

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It'd be called the SKO,galatians 622 or 6-2.
Ok, our last episode was great.
We had Roy Wooten on from theCrucible Project.
Really enjoyed hearing hisheart, how they're serving their
events, their getaways, allthat stuff.
So, guys, again, go check outall their resources there.
Ok, but on our fun Fridays,these are quick, hitter episodes
, guys.

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We just try to give you a little, some, some tips.
We give you a book of the weekand some dad jokes.
That's really what this is allabout, just to try to encourage
you along the way.
So our tips we do a health,wealth and a self tip.
Health is how do we strengthenour mind and our bodies to do
what God's called us to do?
Wealth is stewardship.
How do we steward better ourfinances and our careers?

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That's a big deal.
Bible talks a lot about money.
And then self-tip how do weimprove as husbands and fathers?
We're called to this, guys.
So these tips are practical.
Some tips are just things Ihear.
Some of these are things thatI'm actually doing.
It's just across the board,trying to how can we help serve
you?
Now, the health tip here forthis week is there's power in

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small circles, and Roy talkedabout this to a degree.
But think about this I'd rathergo narrow and deep instead of
wide and shallow any day of theweek, and that's counter to
counter to the world.
But Jesus showed us this andhow he taught.
Just don't think about it.
He taught the big crowds right.

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Then he had the disciples andthen he had his three boys Peter
, james and John.
You know, that's the get in thetruck boys.
That's the let's go boys.
Like that's the.
That in the truck boys, that'sthe let's go boys, that's the
core group.
And for the lion, that'ssomething I've just really
learned the longer I've beendoing this with the lion within
us.
You do have to cast a wide net,but when you get guys in, you've

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got to get super narrow anddeep to help serve in a
meaningful way.
Again, this is really why ourmasterminds are so successful.
It's because these guys aregoing deep, man, it's not trying
to just be this surface level.
You know weather and sports andyou know weekend activity type
of conversations.

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No, let's go to the heart ofwhat matters and I'm telling you
, if you're struggling out therewith isolation or anxiety or
stress or or financial woes,whatever it may be marriage is
maybe on the rocks you got tohave some guys that you can go
deep with.
And if you don't, I'm not justtrying to sell you on the
mastermind, I'm just trying toencourage you to, if it ain't

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our mastermind, find somethingsomewhere.
We do it with our mastermindsand you may be fine.
You may find directly therewhat you're looking for.
So, again, the lion within thatus and just go check that stuff
out.
But that's it, guys.
There's power in small circles.
All right, now wealth tip.
Think about this Budget timefor that authentic connection

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with brothers in Christ.
You need to budget that time,and this could be something like
for the land community or anannual trip with your boys.
But you have to actually budgetthese things to get them, to
make them done.
And if you start investing inthese relationships, they're
going to be crucial for yourpersonal growth.

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Right?
Growth doesn't just happen bymistake.
You're not going to getstronger just by thinking about
going to the gym.
No, you get stronger by goingin and putting in the reps.
Now, you can get strong just bywalking through the door, by
the way, either.
You actually have to do thework.
This is what it's at.
So you need to be budgetingfrom a financial standpoint.
Work that into your budget.
If it's important for you togrow to be the man that God's

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called you to be, you betterstart making some investments
there.
All right, now for yourself-tip.
I heard this and I was likethis is this is just gold.
Instead of giving your kids whatthey wish they had or actually
what you wish they had Insteadteach them things you wish you
knew.
Ok, why go through all the hardlessons in life and just put

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them in your back pocket, itmakes no sense whatsoever.
So the things that you'velearned in life the hard knocks,
the setbacks, the trials, thetribulations so the things that
you've learned in life the hardknocks, the setbacks, the trials
, the tribulations all thosethings are great teaching
opportunities for your children.
We just have to utilize it andactually do it, share it with
them.
Guarantee you there's going tobe things that you can think

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about about how you manage money, how you think about your
relationships, your relationshipmistakes that you've made in
the past, think about careerdecisions and what that's look
like.
All these different, littlesmall.

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To you they may just be minuteitems, but for your kids, what a
great teaching opportunitiesthey are.
Instead of focusing on theitems just to make sure the toy
box is full, the backyard isfull with all the toys and stuff
that you wish you had.
Give them that knowledge.
Pass that knowledge down.
Toys and gifts, all that stufffades, they break, they run out

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of batteries.
You guys know what I'm talkingabout.
But that wisdom and that lasts,that lasts.
So take the time to share that,all right.
So there are your three tipsyour health, wealth and yourself
.
Power in a small circles,budgeting time for those
authentic connections andfellowship with fellow brothers
in Christ and instead of givingyour kids what you wish they had
, instead of teaching the thingsyou wish you knew.

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All right, so the book of theweek I don't have the hard copy,
he is sending me a copy of itbut Roy's book Unstuck Seven
Steps to Break Free and LiveCourageously.
Guys, obviously you heard Roytalk.
You know it's going to be chockfull of good insights.
Okay, now dad joke time.
Let's get to our dad jokes.
So our dad jokes.
This week we've got two of them.

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First one is shout out to myfingers, I can count on all of
them.
So you guys, number one.
Number two if a child refusesto nap, are they guilty of
resisting arrest?
Guys, you know which.
I don't know which one youthink is the best this week, but
remember, I roll, totallycounts.
So the first one is shout outto my fingers, I can count on

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all of them.
Number two if a child refusesto nap, are they guilty of
resisting a rest?
Let me know If you got kids.
Your second one you probablyknow it's going to be just a
natural winter in your home,right?
So anyway, if you have a dadjoke you want us to use.
Send us that email to supportat thelinewithinus.
We use it on the show, we'llgive you a shout out and we'll

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also hook you up with some freematerial.
How about that?
All right?
So the question of the weekthis week we've always been
talking about is who carriesyour burdens when life feels
overwhelming.
If you don't have those guyswho can help come alongside and
carry that with you, you got toget them, guys.
And the thing is we have toremember we can't try to build
this when we need it.
You have to build it when youdon't need it, so that when life

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happens and you do need it,it's there, because when it hits
and you don't need it, that'scalled a crisis.
We don't operate well in crisismode.
So you got to start forgingthose relationships now so that
when that trial hits, you'll beready, all right.
So, guys, hopefully you enjoyedthe episodes this week.
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