23: God has an Amazing Plan for every man. Plus more tips on the supercharge round with M.C.

God has an amazing plan for every man on the planet.  Whether you are a single man, married, dad, retired or divorced.  Key insight and wisdom discussed on the the Men Unplugged podcast as Jeff Jerina asks his guest, Mike Chrasta tough questions about his own life experiences.

Jeff asks Mike how he came up with the material (4 truths about every man).

We truly are in a crisis right now when it comes to a serious cultural problem in our families, country, etc.

Mike shares his personal salvation story.  He states that he had come to the end of himself.  Realizing that he was angry, confused, he did not have support from his own father.  In that confusion he found the Lord Jesus Christ.  This is true for a lot of men.

Mike states that he yielded to God Almighty.  He made a decision to give up control of his life and allow God to control it.

Jeff asks Mike to share his worst moment and what he learned from it.  Mike shares that overall when you can come to the place where you can realize your darkest most despairing time that God’s hand is there to help you and wants you to thrive that this will spur you on.  That God does not love you conditionally.  God loves you unconditionally.

Jeff shares that when he finally understood God’s grace he was able to see that God loves him and all of us unconditionally.  Jeff shares that he felt like an ugly duckling before then.

Jeff asks Mike to share a time when he doubted he could make it as whatever.  Mike shares that it was when he first got married, he had no good model for a righteous or courageous man that he could follow.  He realized he knew nothing about raising children and love.  He asked the Lord to give him wisdom on how to raise children.  The Lord gave him wisdom to raise and train his children.  His children all love the Lord and Mike has a great relationship with each one of his three children.

Jeff mentioned that God is our Abba Father.

God has grace for each man.  The Lord has it for everyone.

Mike shares his biggest obstacle that held him back.  Mike states that it was his own beliefs about himself.  How his influences gave him beliefs about himself that were not true. How these influences in our lives cause us to have broken and unhealthy thoughts and beliefs about ourselves.  We need to completely shatter these beliefs and allow the Lord Jesus Christ to put the pieces back together and make us whole.

Hallelujah we are all broken because the Lord can make us all right.

God has made each man specifically for a purpose.  Jeff and Mike have a good laugh as Jeff makes a joke about himself.

Mike realized that all of his solutions in life had failed.  He had to turn to the Lord Jesus Christ.

When Mike came out high school with all of these accolades he had a distorted view of who he was and the choices he made were wrong.

Mike shares a story from his college years.  Mike thought after he graduated with an undergraduate degree he said he would never go to school.  After he placed his faith in Christ the first thing the Lord told him was to go back to school.  He went back to school three times and finally received a PhD.

God has an amazing plan for every man on the planet (husband, father, single man).

Jeff reminds the Men Unplugged listeners part of what we are doing here on Men Unplugged.  Help you find and live your true purpose.

Jeff says, it’s not enough to find your purpose you have to live it.

He’s got the plan – it’s wonderful.

Mike shares one of his blindspots.  Mike says it’s when he goes into fighting mode in his response and he is working on that with the Lord on this issue.  He was not aware of how strong this was.  Now that the Lord exposed it.

Jeff shares one of his blindspots is being impatient.

The good news is that when you can talk about your blindspots or weaknesses when another man you can start to be free.

Jeff and Mike have some good laughs talking about how they joke around with each other when planning events and activities for the dad’s community they co-lead.

Jeff asks what’s the best advice Mike has ever received.  Mike shares that it was from a friend who told him that all you need to do with your children is to love them.  Meaning that all that God has for your child will be revealed and our love for our children is like water on a plant.  If we just water them with the love of God, everything we desire and God desires for each of our children will be released.  It will blossom someday.

Just love your children.  Love them unconditionally.

Who is MIke’s biggest critic.  Point here is a man without critics and without opposition is a man that isn’t doing what he should be doing.  Because when you start to act for the truth, when you start to do what is right no matter what people say you’re going to get opposition and unfair criticism.  Even from Christians.  Our job is to love them but not comprise.

The United States of America was built by men who were not comprisers.  It was built by individuals who were God-fearing, bold, courageous Christians.

Jeff notes this reminds him of 2 Timothy 1:7

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 

Jeff asks Mike who his biggest mentor is.  Mike mentions Daniel from the Bible.  Daniel and Solomon being wise men.  They exemplify wise leaders.

Mike’s biggest motivator and encourager is the Holy Spirit.

Mike shares a personal habit or discipline that attributes to his success.  He says that it was when he read the book of Proverbs in a cassette and listened to it over and over again.  His hunger for wisdom is probably his biggest discipline.

Quick tip to tap into God’s wisdom.  As it says in the book of James, God gives wisdom to anyone who asks it.  It’s not intellect that makes us better than one another.  Wisdom is higher than intellect. Ask God for it and believe He will give it to you.

Study the wisdom literature of the Bible over and over again.  Proverbs, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon and Job.  Walk with wise men a word from Psalm 1.

Mike shares outside of the Bible the one book he would recommend is the Odyssey by Homer.

Mike shares what he is most fired up right now that he is working on.

Jeff shares that they are available to talk to men’s groups, men’s ministries, teams, corporate teams.

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