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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
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WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

Week of Monday December 16 – December 22
Like a Shepherd – Man as Defender

“But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. Therefore, he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel. And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. And he shall be their peace.” - Micah 5:2-5 ESV

Most of you are familiar with my story and know that I’ve done several ops behind enemy lines. Sometimes, like in the case of Kurt Muse, who was held prisoner down in Panama, our mission in Operation Acid Gambit was to liberate. Just as the Army Special Forces motto declares: “De Oppresso Liber,” which means “to free the oppressed.” Every year the anniversary of his rescue rolls around, Kurt reaches out to thank me, and I always accept his gratitude with a reminder that I was simply doing my duty. It was the first civilian hostage rescue in modern military history. Yet nothing that I or my men ever accomplished to liberate the oppressed compares with what Micah 5 is talking about.

I resonate with the way R. R. Reno frames it in Christmas Draws Near:

In my mind’s eye, on Christmas Eve I see a single commando tumbling out of the bomb bay doors of a B-52 at 30,000 feet. He falls silently in the midnight darkness into enemy territory. Satan sleeps, not knowing that he will organize a rebellion. The empire of sin will fall, not from without, but from within… Like a commando severely hurt as he landed from far above, who has no apparent capacity to mount an effective action, or for that matter any action at all, the powerless infant turns his face to ours and makes what, in that obscure stable, seems like a crazy, impossible demand: “Join me.”

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

1 Corinthians 16:13