Stand Courageous

WHAT IS STAND COURAGEOUS?

A ministry that seeks to help men develop a strong biblical character, cultivate positive habits, build and rebuild relationships, and make commitments that will move men closer to God’s good purpose and design – men who will Stand Courageous!

“God is zeroing in on men. In this hour we need men who are strong... when we have weak men, our children are left unprotected.”

Tony Perkins

“Man is the spiritual head of the family. You take out the man, you take out the family.”

General Jerry Boykin

“When men get it right, everyone wins.”

Stu Weber

“The women in your churches don’t know how to tell you, but they really want you to
be a man.”

Bishop Larry Jackson

RESOURCES

WATCH

Explore rich discipleship tools like coaching videos and podcast episodes with Tony Perkins and General Boykin as well as virtual roundtable recordings with Randy Wilson and guests!

OTHER WAYS TO ENGAGE

LISTEN

Tune in to our speaker series, where you'll listen to conversations with General Boykin, Tony Perkins, and special guests about real world issues that affect men everyday and your role as a man in society!

GATHER

Check out our upcoming conferences. Take a look at our resources for discipleship through Small Groups. Here, you'll be empowered and equipped to fulfill your God-given role as a defender, provider, battle buddy, instructor, and chaplain.

READ

Dive into our Weekly Newsletter where you can stay up-to-date on everything new at Stand Courageous, General Boykin's book Man to Man, our Bible reading plan, and more!

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

Week of Monday January 5 – January 11
Discipline of Delay – Man as Instructor

“And God said to Abraham, ‘As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.’ Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, ‘Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?’ And Abraham said to God, ‘Oh that Ishmael might live before you!’ God said, ‘No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.’” - Genesis 17:15-19 ESV

Like Abraham and Sarah, we don’t like delays. We live in an instant gratification culture and have grown accustomed to getting what we want “Now.” It started with instant coffee and TV dinners, then graduated to microwaves and drive-through windows, and now we get curbside pick-ups, overnight deliveries from Amazon, and order stuff through something called “Instacart.” We don’t want to wait for anything. On a multiple lane road approaching a light, we try to figure out which car will move out the fastest on green and we pull in behind them. We do the same at the grocery checkout, counting items in the carts before making our move… or is that just me? We want what we want and we want it now!

Here's the problem with that approach to life with the Lord: God doesn’t work on our timetable. Sometimes He makes us wait. That takes both our faith and patience, two things we are often short on. Yet both are necessary to live a God-honoring life. Abraham and Sarah had to learn that the hard way. Because of the Lord’s delay in fulfilling the promise of a child, they tried to “help God out” by substituting His plan with their own. In chapter 16, Sarah offered her servant Hagar to Abraham, she bore him Ishmael, and that marked the beginning of what became not only a source of family strife, but eventually an international conflict that will last until Jesus returns. But I will leave that discussion for another time.

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"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong."