1:11

Welcome to the Lion Within Us , a podcast

1:13

serving Christian man who are hungry to be the leaders God

1:15

intends you to be . I'm your host , chris Granger

1:18

. Let's jump in . All right , guys

1:20

, spiritual kickoff time . I'm excited

1:22

to have you here . This is

1:24

some good scripture today . I ain't gonna lie , this

1:26

is just some good scripture today . Second

1:28

Timothy Paul writing chapter

1:31

one , verse seven God

1:33

does not give us a spirit of fear , but

1:35

a power , love and a sound mind

1:37

. That's just hanging on the

1:39

rim , scripture right there . I hope you're ready . I hope

1:42

you're excited . Let's get this week going Now

1:44

. Do you know where Second Timothy is ? First

1:46

of all , do you know that ? I said well , after

1:48

First Timothy , of course , but seriously , not all

1:50

fellas . This is in the New Testament . It's

1:53

a harder one to find . I'm just gonna be real . It's gonna

1:55

be a harder one to find what I usually do I

1:58

get to the back and then I get to Hebrews

2:01

. For some reason , I can always just find Hebrews . Maybe

2:04

it's a gift , I don't know . Find Hebrews

2:06

. Then back up a little bit . This is

2:08

the letter that Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy . This

2:11

is just such an encouragement for us today . It

2:13

really is . We need to see

2:15

when we read God's word is how we

2:17

can simplify and apply it to our life , because

2:20

we need to strive every day to

2:22

be more and more like him

2:25

. We know for

2:27

a fact when we read Paul

2:29

and the way he wrote to Timothy , oh

2:31

boy , he absolutely loved him . He

2:33

loved him . We know that

2:35

Timothy was being called to be a soldier

2:38

for Christ . That was

2:40

something that made him uneasy

2:42

and , quite frankly , after doing the line for a couple of years

2:44

, I know why this isn't easy

2:46

. It is not easy . Doing what

2:49

God's called you to do , no matter

2:51

what it is , it's not easy . This

2:54

is a reminder right here that Timothy

2:57

, that young leader , he

3:00

needed to hear this stuff . I'm

3:03

sure that he was so

3:05

grateful that

3:08

it was written down so

3:10

he could return to it often , because

3:13

it's not saying , fellas , that

3:16

we're not to be scared . No , it's

3:18

natural to be scared . It absolutely

3:20

is natural to be scared . It's okay . Fear

3:23

, however , that paralyzes us Now

3:26

. It usually paralyzes us from taking action

3:28

. That's where we have to be on

3:30

guard from . That's why we

3:32

have to have the binders up and ready

3:34

to go . When

3:37

you think about it , the only fear

3:39

that should ever be inside

3:41

a believer is

3:44

the reverent fear of the Lord , that's

3:48

a fear that's driven by all and

3:50

that should never be mistaken with

3:52

cowardice at all . We

3:54

are made of his image , fellas . We need to

3:56

remember that we have the power to Holy

3:59

Spirit within us and

4:01

that fear that comes to us

4:03

, recognize where it

4:05

comes from the dog

4:07

on evil , one straight

4:09

from him . Because

4:11

when that fear is paralyzing us from taking

4:13

a step forward , we have

4:15

to lean in on our faith to

4:18

take those necessary steps . And

4:22

the question always comes up All right

4:25

, I want to do that , I want to take those necessary steps

4:27

. But , chris , is this going to be easy or

4:29

hard ? I'm like no , bro , it ain't going

4:31

to be easy . Nope

4:34

, it's not going to be easy . Well , chris

4:36

, is it going to be comfortable ? Nope

4:39

, unfortunately , lots of times

4:41

it's not uncomfortable . The dog

4:43

on it . If you're leaning into the power of the Holy Spirit

4:45

, we can rebuke that spirit of fear back

4:48

to the gates of hell , where it belongs , and we can trust

4:50

in God to guide and direct us

4:52

. And that's what I encourage guys to do that

4:55

because we know

4:57

that fear is a lie from the enemy

5:00

. And what does

5:02

God do ? So we get ? We know what this , this

5:04

initial lie , this junkiest

5:07

from the enemy . But

5:09

what does God give us then ? More

5:11

love and a sound mind . Interesting

5:14

, I like . That Power

5:17

is interesting when we think about it . Most

5:19

of the guys I know shout out to Dylan

5:21

and Ethan . They go straight to the weight room in their

5:23

mind right , how much can I bench or

5:26

squat right or deadlift

5:28

, whatever it is ? But

5:31

you need to recognize at

5:34

some point all of our personal

5:37

power is going . Right now

5:39

. Just is

5:42

, no matter where you go , there's

5:45

, there's people physically stronger than

5:47

you , but every one

5:49

of those people had their limits . The

5:53

guy who won World Strongest man I don't

5:55

even know who it is this year he

5:58

has his limits . Right

6:00

, we have that . But

6:03

we recognize the power that

6:06

Paul is referring to here that

6:09

is freely given from the Father , from

6:12

the Father and that

6:14

changes it all for us . Because

6:17

when I back against the walls , we

6:20

can trust in the power of the Holy Spirit To

6:23

give us that strength during the difficult times

6:25

. And that's the

6:27

power to give us strength when you

6:30

may be the even ones attacking you with

6:32

financial loss , sickness

6:35

, death in your family

6:37

, career scares , these

6:40

things that can absolutely just paralyze

6:43

you to where you can't move , recognize

6:47

the source of power is available . He

6:51

loves us , he wants

6:53

to give that to us and

6:55

then , right after that , we're a power , everything

6:58

that hinges off of what

7:01

. Walking in Christ , we see

7:03

what this next word is . That's

7:05

love , love

7:08

. Because if you miss this , you

7:10

miss it all . We just do , if

7:12

we miss love , we miss

7:14

everything . We

7:17

have to remember that

7:19

God is love . It

7:21

tells us that in 1 John , and

7:23

we are united with him in this , and

7:27

he also loved us first , which is crazy

7:29

. And he pours out his love

7:31

on us and it's

7:33

our duty as men to lead

7:36

with love and everything we do , that's

7:38

at work , that's at home , that's at gym , that's

7:40

at our church , our community , that's even

7:42

if you're driving right now , which

7:45

that is the hardest place for me , maybe

7:47

it is for you too , but

7:50

we have to make it a conscious effort to leave with love

7:52

before everything else , because

7:55

it's going to change the way we approach

7:58

everything else in our life . That

8:01

love , guys , that core , that love

8:03

is so important

8:06

. So we have power

8:08

, we have love . Then

8:11

, what does Paul tell us ? Salmone

8:14

? Some translations

8:17

say self control . This

8:20

is a reminder , guys , that

8:22

our decisions matter and

8:25

when we feel like the things are just unraveling all

8:27

around us and

8:30

we can't control

8:32

anything . We need

8:34

to check at that moment and

8:36

see how connected to God are we , because

8:39

being a Salmone means intentionally

8:42

tuning out the lives of the evil one

8:44

and tuning in

8:46

the promises of God . Let

8:48

me say that again , having

8:50

a Salmone means intentionally tuning out

8:52

the lives of the evil one and

8:55

tuning in the promises of

8:57

God . Hold on Easier said than done

8:59

, I know it is , but

9:02

with being with fellow believers , praying

9:05

, reading God's word

9:07

and taking

9:09

intentional actions to grow closer

9:11

to him Every day

9:14

. Guys , it's

9:18

just going to make such a monumental impact

9:20

in your life Because

9:23

it's going to give others the

9:25

opportunity To come

9:27

and know him as well , to

9:29

understand how God is moving in their lives

9:32

, because the actions we

9:34

take , the

9:36

thoughts we allow to permeate , that

9:38

is our testimony . That's

9:41

it . So you have to lean in

9:43

here . You have to prune the jump , the crap

9:45

out of your mind . You got to focus

9:48

on his glory . The

9:51

evil one is going to constantly throw you with

9:54

his traps , his

9:56

temptations , his lies

9:58

, his temptations

10:01

To get you

10:03

distracted . And

10:06

as you move forward and lean in

10:08

on the things that God is showing you and

10:10

God wants you to do . It's

10:14

not going to get easier . If anything

10:17

, the evil one is going to come at you harder , but

10:19

you do not have to fear Because

10:22

you can do all this , whatever

10:25

he calls you to do . Start the line with

10:27

Dennis . Are you scared ? Yes , am I

10:29

still scared At times ? Yeah

10:31

for sure , but

10:34

I know it's not me . It's

10:37

the power , the love and the sound

10:39

mind that come through that relationship

10:41

with the Holy Spirit . And

10:45

don't let fear paralyze you from doing

10:47

you what he's calling you to do and

10:51

just lean into these gifts

10:53

that he's giving us right here . Lean

10:56

into the hard , use these to

10:59

come back to hard that the Satan's

11:02

gonna come at you with . You got to choose your heart

11:04

, fellas . I'm encouraged you to choose

11:06

that hard now , because is it hard

11:08

? Yes , is it better ? Hands

11:10

down , this

11:12

is better . Do

11:15

this with a heart of gladness , fellas

11:17

, you want to unleash your line with in . It takes walking

11:20

out verses like second to 170

11:23

year directly and

11:26

saying you know what I'm gonna do this because

11:28

God has called me to do this

11:30

. God is telling me , you

11:32

know what my testimony matters . I

11:35

know the enemy is gonna tell me that

11:37

I'm not equipped , I'm not smart enough , I don't have enough

11:39

money , I don't have whatever , the I don't , I

11:41

don't , I don't squash that junk . I Am

11:45

telling you right now God

11:47

will qualify you , he is

11:49

his , he is calling you . Just

11:52

lean in . Take that first step of obedience

11:54

, then the next one , then the next

11:56

one , because you never know the blessing

11:58

that you're seeking in life , maybe

12:00

just on the other side of that next

12:02

step of obedience . So

12:05

why not take the step ? Don't

12:07

let that fear paralyze you . Use

12:10

the gifts to strength , the power to

12:13

wisdom , to discernment that God has given

12:15

you and lean in

12:17

. Lean

12:19

in Now

12:23

. If you haven't

12:25

Accepted Christ

12:27

as your savior . And

12:30

you're hearing me talk about all this power and Holy Spirit

12:32

and stuff like that like what in the world is this dude talking

12:34

about ? Well , you're here to lie in for some

12:36

reason , I don't know . Maybe you like to wait this over with talks

12:38

. I don't know . You know , but

12:40

you're here and you're this far and

12:43

You're not sure If

12:46

you've ever surrendered your

12:49

life to Christ . You're not sure if you're

12:51

a Christian . I think I am Kind

12:54

of what grew up in the South . I've

12:57

been to church . I know there's

12:59

a Easter service . I know there's a Christmas service

13:01

. Um , so

13:04

, yeah , I gotta be a Christian . No

13:06

, you need to understand

13:09

what the gospel is , and

13:11

that's first understanding who you are . That's

13:15

an image bearer of God . We were

13:17

made in his image . He

13:19

formed Adam out of the dust , breathed

13:21

the rule of life into his nostrils . He

13:24

was face to face with his Creator and

13:27

things went great for a couple pages

13:30

in the Bible and

13:32

then we had the fall . Things happened right

13:35

. We ate the fruit we're out to garden , sent

13:37

in a world , and there's

13:39

this gap . Now there's a gap between

13:42

us and God . Guess

13:44

what ? No matter how close you

13:46

think you get , you never can

13:49

close the gap , Because

13:52

he is holy and righteous and

13:54

we are not . No

13:57

matter how good you do , how many

13:59

Olays you help cross the street , how many charities you

14:01

give to , how many times you go to church , how many times

14:03

you read your Bible , how many times you've

14:05

been baptized let's just be real . All

14:08

those things , none

14:10

of those closed to gap . They

14:12

don't , because we're all sinners

14:15

and we don't need a coach

14:17

. No

14:19

, we need a savior . Nothing

14:22

against the coaches out there , but your best

14:24

coach in your life can't save

14:26

you from eternal

14:28

separation from God . They

14:30

can't do it . I

14:32

know who can . It's this guy named Jesus

14:35

. He came

14:37

down from heaven for us

14:39

on a rescue mission . Very

14:42

simple he was born of a virgin

14:44

. God believed that first . He

14:47

grew up and he did

14:50

his ministry . He

14:52

showed us , he taught us , he

14:55

revealed things to us , and he gave

14:57

us a new covenant , a new way , because

15:00

of the penalty he paid for our sin , when

15:03

they crucified him at Calvary and

15:06

they hung him on a cross and

15:08

all his blood ran and

15:10

he died , and at that

15:12

moment , the penalty

15:15

that we had as

15:17

humans for sin was

15:20

completely paid . It's

15:22

called propitiation , the payment that

15:24

satisfies . It was paid

15:27

in full , everything

15:29

paid in full . How awesome is

15:31

that ? And there's nothing

15:33

we can do right now

15:35

to fulfill the payment

15:37

, because he's already done it . He's already

15:39

done it . They laid his empty body in the tomb

15:42

. Boom . Three days later

15:44

, though , things

15:46

happened . He rose

15:49

. So all these other religions

15:51

that have the

15:53

, the different types of things

15:55

going on , with the different types

15:57

of leaders , guess what ? They're all dead . We

16:00

know what their bodies are . You know where

16:02

Jesus is . He

16:04

ascended . I Don't know

16:06

if it was like Iron man or not I

16:09

like to think so , but boom , he's

16:11

right handed , the father right now in

16:14

heaven , and no

16:16

one comes to the father except through him . I'm

16:19

telling you guys , there's no other name under

16:21

heaven has been given amongst us by

16:24

which we must be saved . It's just the Bible

16:26

tells you over and over and over . He's the way , he's

16:28

the truth of the life , he's a gate . He's the gate

16:30

, he's the good shepherd , he's the vine

16:33

. I'm telling you there's

16:35

no other way . Oprah's wrong , the world

16:37

was wrong . There is no other way to salvation

16:39

other than Jesus Christ . And I get

16:41

pounded every week for saying this type of

16:43

stuff . And you know what ? I'm okay with that

16:46

Because I'm

16:48

gonna stand on a truth of the gospel and

16:50

the good news of the gospel . If

16:52

you've never surrendered your life to the Lordship of Christ

16:54

and you're hearing these words and

16:56

you're feeling something move , I'm telling you , don't

16:58

ignore it . Don't ignore it . I

17:01

can't save anybody . The Holy

17:03

Spirit does the saving . We're

17:05

just sharing a message and this message

17:08

is resonating and you're

17:10

ready to confess your life To

17:12

the Lordship of Jesus Christ . There's

17:16

no day , then , like today

17:18

. I can't believe I'm gonna get saved

17:20

on a podcast . Well , stranger things have

17:22

happened . Let's go . So follow

17:24

whoever's listening right now , that one person who is

17:26

ready to confess you as Lord and

17:29

save your of your life . I

17:31

pray you just give them a special touch and a special

17:33

feeling or special anointing to let

17:35

them feel your presence right now . God , I pray that

17:37

they recognize that they

17:39

are a son or

17:41

a daughter of the king . I Pray

17:44

you put people in their path that was just gonna come

17:47

alongside them . It's gonna encourage

17:49

them , it's gonna love them , it's

17:51

gonna lift them up . God

17:53

is gonna give them the

17:56

strength , the power , love , all

17:58

this stuff , lord , to

18:00

do what you call them to do . So

18:02

I pray you just you hear their prayers

18:05

, you did you feel those tears right

18:07

now that you just give them that peace

18:09

that passes all understanding . We

18:11

love you , jesus , we praise you . We do to

18:13

all this according to your will and

18:15

Jesus name , amen . So

18:18

if you just accept it , christ is your savior . I'm here to

18:20

tell you , I Am

18:22

here to tell you the

18:24

best decision you ever make . I Want

18:27

you to send me an email , chris , at the lion with

18:29

N us . The first one

18:31

was pray with you . I want to congratulate you on

18:33

a pray with you and I also want to send you some

18:36

free resources , some scriptures to get started

18:38

. Try to get you plugged into a local church

18:40

. We have lots of resources all over the country

18:42

. So the same an email would love

18:44

to get that message that you receive Christ Listening

18:47

to the lion with tennis . Okay , so one

18:49

of them gets , get you hooked right up and then also just

18:51

give you a virtual hug , this fist bump

18:53

, just man , what a what a day

18:55

, what a day . Now I

18:57

want you to come back on Wednesday , guys , too , because

19:00

we're talking about how To

19:02

maintain intentionality when it comes raising

19:05

our kids , and we talked about a lot of scripture

19:07

here this morning and

19:09

a lot of stuff . We need to make sure our children understand

19:12

that that fear is not

19:14

from , it's not from God , it's

19:16

from the evil one . We

19:18

need to set some of this stuff of course , correct

19:21

some of this stuff . That's

19:23

what I want to help you with , okay , so come

19:25

back , check that episode out . I really

19:27

think you're gonna enjoy this one and

19:30

then head over to the lion with N . That us

19:32

again . We do the spiritual kick-offs

19:34

money through Friday , guys . Money through Friday

19:36

. We do the SKOs Every

19:39

morning . You want that little bit of boost that

19:41

, if your coffee ain't giving it enough little

19:43

kick for you . I got a kick

19:45

for you money through Friday . Come

19:47

check us out . The lion with

19:49

N that us starts your free community membership

19:51

. Check it out , see how we can serve you , see how

19:54

we can , what we can can give you a path

19:56

. But you've really worked hard on the community now giving

19:58

paths for users to understand

20:01

. Hey , here's how I can beat the leader God

20:03

intends me to be . And here's some guys

20:05

. They're gonna come alongside me , dog on it

20:07

, and they're gonna help me . They're gonna

20:09

encourage me , they're gonna pray with

20:11

me and for me . You know

20:13

what they're

20:15

just gonna love on me . Man

20:18

, I'm telling you , it's nothing . You can't fabricate

20:20

this stuff . You can't make it

20:22

up . I mean , it's just , it's

20:25

real , it's authentic , it's compassionate

20:27

, it's transparent , it's just , it's absolutely

20:29

phenomenal . The Lion with the end dot US

20:31

Starts your free trial today . That's all

20:33

I can tell you . Boys , head over to YouTube as

20:35

well , check us out on that platform

20:38

. And then any of the socials . You know we try to be

20:40

on that , all that stuff . But give us some

20:42

love , you know , check us out , give us that

20:44

rating and review . All that stuff matters . But

20:46

then today , guys , we

20:49

wanna serve you , we wanna help you . We

20:51

wanna help you be the leader God intends you to be . Maybe

20:54

you need to come to one of our live events . Maybe you

20:56

need to come to a mission trip . Go

20:58

, check out the website . We have resources

21:01

. We want to help , but

21:03

just being a consumer it's not gonna get it . You

21:06

need to jump in and be

21:08

an active participant , all

21:11

right . So get after guys . Have a

21:13

good one . Look forward to seeing you guys on Wednesday

21:15

. Prayer for good little Willan . Stay

21:17

strong . Remember he doesn't give you a spirit

21:19

of fear , power , love , sound mind

21:21

, so stay after it and keep unleashing

21:24

the Lion with that . If

21:29

you're a man who's looking for greater spiritual

21:31

guidance into how to become a better leader

21:34

, finding resources that you can

21:36

trust and then implement can be daunting

21:38

For me personally . I thought

21:40

it was a lost cause and I decided to take the

21:42

action , knowing that I wasn't

21:44

alone . It was because of this wide

21:47

gap that we created our Lion

21:49

within this community , and the areas that

21:51

we were helping Christian men grow are incredible

21:53

. For instance , we built ways

21:55

for guys to lean in and grow through fun

21:58

events like our daily spiritual kickoff

22:00

, where you get that much needed boost

22:02

directly from God's word , our Bible

22:04

studies that always focus on how to discern

22:06

and apply what we learn , and

22:09

even our amazing form , where you can speak your

22:11

mind without fear of getting shut down or

22:13

judged by extreme rules of modern day

22:16

social media . On top of all

22:18

that , we know that many men won't

22:20

help overcoming issues and becoming stronger

22:22

in many different areas . That's why we

22:24

created several mastermind groups for

22:26

their iron truly sharpest iron Our

22:29

community is by having a growth

22:31

mindset , accountability , intentionality

22:34

and transparency . In other

22:36

words , just leave Fakie at home and

22:39

come to community just as you are . I

22:41

fully believe what we built . I see

22:44

the impact that's making on men right now and

22:46

I would love to have you check it out . So

22:48

start your very own 30 day free trial

22:51

today to see how we can help you be

22:53

a better leader . So if you're ready to take

22:55

that first step , head over to the lion within

22:57

the US and get started . Your

23:00

journey begins here . This is the lion within

23:02

the US and I'll see you inside

23:04

the den .