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Repentance, Refreshing, and Restoration -- Wild Ox Prayer Feature (Ep 273)

Episode 273 is a special feature episode from another podcast I host -- the Wild Ox Prayer Podcast. You'll have to listen to appreciate the name!
Pray with me. We highlight the Kingdom prayer dynamic of repentance, refreshment, and restoration. Then we ask Father God to grant us the grace of deep and clear repentance.
Each tight episode spotlights a potent Kingdom Prayer Dynamic. Then we activate a prayer edge in culture, society, and the nations.
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Men in Crisis: How Is the Church Failing Men with Bruce Colbert? Part 2 (Ep 272)

Here's the 2nd part of the conversation with Bruce Colbert. He's all about men reclaiming their power, acquiring wisdom, and generating good. He has a question: Why is the Church at large lagging in helping men to be better men in their families, homes, and in their spheres of influence?
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It's time to relearn our masculine blueprint from the Creator, train in wisdom, and get busy shaping the world for God's glory.
 
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There is a movement of men today going to “secular” sources for encouragement, coaching, and equipping concerning their masculinity. This includes Christian men. Bruce Colbert sees Kingdom principles in some of these sources.
The question is why does it seem the Church at large is behind the game in helping men to be better men in their families and homes?
And what about their sphere of influence and assignment from the Creator? What can serious Christian men do to be equipped and empowered in a meaningful way?
How Is the Church Failing Men? -- scripture for meditation, prayer, and proclamation:
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion ..." Genesis 1:26-28 ESV
And have put on the new self, which is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created it. Colossians 3:10 NASB
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV
Stellar quotes on men who follow Christ:
"The most critical need of the church at this moment is men, bold men, free men. The church must seek, in prayer and much humility, the coming again of men made of the stuff of which prophets and martyrs are made."  A.W. Tozer
“Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.”  John Eldredge, Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.”  C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
"Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you."  Dallas Willard

Men in Crisis: How Is the Church Failing Men? with Bruce Colbert (Ep 271)

Bruce Colbert is all about men reclaiming their power, acquiring wisdom, and generating good. He has a question: Why is the Church at large lagging in helping men to be better men in their families, homes, and in their spheres of influence.
Go to the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com/271
 
Go further with Bruce Colbert at BruceColbert.com
It's time to relearn our masculine blueprint from the Creator, train in wisdom, and get busy shaping the world for God's glory.
 
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Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/podcast
 
Show notes:
 
There is a movement of men today going to “secular” sources for encouragement, coaching, and equipping concerning their masculinity. This includes Christian men. Bruce Colbert sees Kingdom principles in some of these sources.
The question is why does it seem the Church at large is behind the game in helping men to be better men in their families and homes?
And what about their sphere of influence and assignment from the Creator? What can serious Christian men do to be equipped and empowered in a meaningful way?
How Is the Church Failing Men? -- scripture for meditation, prayer, and proclamation:
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion ..." Genesis 1:26-28 ESV
And have put on the new self, which is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created it. Colossians 3:10 NASB
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV
Stellar quotes on men who follow Christ:
"The most critical need of the church at this moment is men, bold men, free men. The church must seek, in prayer and much humility, the coming again of men made of the stuff of which prophets and martyrs are made."  A.W. Tozer
“Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.”  John Eldredge, Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.”  C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
"Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you."  Dallas Willard

Kingdom Dynamic: Repentance, Refreshing, Restoration --Jesus Espresso (Ep 270)

There is a grace for renewal and regeneration. The Lord's presence brings refreshment as we repent and change. Then we are positioned to experience restoration.
 
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Jesus Espresso episodes are strong shots of Kingdom Caffeine to power us through the days in which we live. We need a strong brew from the Father’s Cafe. 
 
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago. -- Peter preaching on the Day of Pentecost, Acts 3:19-21 ESV
 
Repentance (changing of the mind and heart which bears the fruit of a change in how we live) releases the refreshing presence of the Lord – “that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.”
And then there’s restoration. Jesus is in heaven until the time of “restoring all things” – the new heavens and new earth.
Jesus – “Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne (Mt 19)
We know this is coming. It’s on the horizon.
And yet, we can begin to live now in the Kingdom Dynamic of that time when all things will be restored. We are present-future people.
The future has broken into this age. In Hebrews 6 it says we can “taste the powers of the Age to Come.”
Hebrews 6:4-5 (5 elements) – enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,
So this is the opportunity: Repentance >> Refreshing >> Restoration.
Quotes on revival:
We cannot organize revival, but we can set our sails to catch the wind from Heaven when God chooses to blow upon His people once again. -- G. Campbell Morgan
Reformation is a return to the sound doctrine of the Bible. Revival is the practice of that sound doctrine under the power of the Holy Spirit. -- Francis Schaeffer

Michael Hoff on What the Asbury Awakening Can Mean for Us, Part 2 (Ep 269)

We continue our conversation in this episode with Michael Hoff, PhD candidate in Renewal Theology. He’s been to the recent Asbury Awakening. We discuss renewal movements beginning in the 1800s, throughout the 20th century, and into our time. What are the precedents and patterns that we see? How do past moves of God map onto renewal movements in our time?
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Michael Hoff on What the Asbury Awakening Can Mean for Us, Part 1 (Ep 268)

What did Michael Hoff experience in his visit to Asbury University in Wilmore, KY? How has the Holy Spirit moved in history? What could be next with the Asbury Awakening as a renewal movement? And what about the criticism? More importantly, what about you? How might you be refreshed and renewed by the regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit?
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Asbury Awakening Update -- Dr Jim Garlow (Ep 267)

The Asbury Awakening is drawing the attention of the nation and Christians around the world. What could be next for the movement birthed at Asbury University in the little town of Wilmore, Kentucky? Steven Strang interviews Dr. Jim Garlow on the The Strang Report podcast.
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Dr.Juli Slattery on Holy Heat! Designer Sex (Ep 266)

Holy Heat? What is Holy Heat vs. the world's heat? What if we could reclaim Designer Sex ... and truly experience what sex is meant to be? Grace and truth from Jesus empower us to live in harmony with Higher Design. Dr. Juli Slattery of Authentic Intimacy is with us in this episode.
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Are You Facing an Intimidating Challenge? Behold! The Power of the Underdog (Ep 265)

Are you facing an intimidating challenge? Or maybe a huge possibility ... but it seems like a long, long shot. There are benefits to being an underdog. The almost 3000-year-old account of David and Goliath is the perfect underdog touchstone for us.
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Trendline from Above? Is the Micro Ekklesia the New Mega? (Ep 264)

Is the Holy Spirit breathing on a Kingdom trendline today ... the Micro Ekklesia? Could an ancient-futurist expression of a "city on a hill" emerge that moves the needle in society and culture? Jesus co-opted a secular construct and infused it with Kingdom DNA -- and it's imperial authority!
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