The Magna Carta of Spiritual Liberty - Romans 6

"The sixth chapter of Romans is the Magna Carta of spiritual liberty because it reveals God's plan of deliverance through the Cross of Christ. Every babe in Christ needs to know the truth of this passage of Scripture. Romans 6 very clearly explains the basis of deliverance...

"Only by understanding what it means to have died with Christ (Romans 6:3-8), and what it means to put to death the 'deeds of the body' (Romans 8:13), can the believer live and walk and act through the Spirit, and in this way become a spiritual man..."

-Jesse Penn-Lewis

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Wanderlust

I have often told the men in our Maxman Men's ministry that "wondering eyes is a sign of a wondering heart". Have you ever wondered into a place of spiritual defeat? It's sort of the opposite side of the pendulum swing. Maybe you feel as if discouragement or uncertainty has moved in like a thick fog. Although you feel a heaviness lingering, you cannot point to a specific sin. It may be that you are experiencing the effects of a wondering heart. It could be in the form of a thought that is slightly out of line with Gods Word. Or it could be an unforgiving seed that has begun breaking skin. How do you resolve this unseen heart condition? Here is a simple suggestion. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal any area of wanderlust in your heart. Ask God to realign your heart and produce the proper response in you. I have found that this simple act of humility can often be enough to realign the heart because it refocuses our faith and causes us to return to a place of dependence on Christ.

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Brother where art thou?

As I write this, government has spent over $29 billion dollars fighting the war on drugs. Check out the war on drugs clock. Those same dollars in the hands of Christ-centered programs would literally reshape society, as we know it. A newspaper reporter once asked me, “Do you have any clinical professionals on staff at your recovery center?” My question for her was “Why would I want any?” Conventional wisdom would say that you need clinical professionals to treat substance abuse. Yet the hospitals and clinics that employ these high paid professionals have a 90% failure rate among patients. Now before we get to sidetracked here and start blaming the government, we should consider one thing. It has only been the past few decades since the church has stepped up and began reaching out to the addicted. Even still it is mostly Para-church organizations doing the work. So this is only one area that the tables have been turned. Government still has the church beat in most other forms of outreach. The difference is they call it “Human Resources”.

Pastor Herbert is a friend of mine who pastors a church in the slums of Uganda, Africa. He regularly experiences power outings during his church services and its not uncommon for his chairs to be stolen since his building has no walls. When his brother died of AIDS he left behind eight children. Read more

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Watchman Nee Quotes- The Crucified Life

You believe in the death of the Lord Jesus and you believe in the death of the thieves with Him. Now what about your own death? Your crucifixion is more intimate than theirs. They were crucified at the same time as the Lord but on different crosses, whereas you were crucified on the selfsame cross as He, for you were in Him when He died. How can you know? You can know for the one sufficient reason that God said so. It does not depend on your feelings. If you feel that Christ has died, He has died; and if you do not feel that He has died, He had died. If you feel that you have died, you have died; and if you do not feel that you have died, you have nevertheless just as surely died. These are divine facts. That Christ has died is a fact, that the two thieves have died is a fact, and that you have died is a fact also. Let me tell you, You have died! You are done with! You are ruled out! The self you loathe is on the Cross of Christ. And "he that is dead is freed from sin" (Romans 6:7 Amplified). This is the Gospel for Christians.

A message by Steve Trevino on proper devotion to God.

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I feel like a Blog Slacker too.

A friend of mine Jeremy, wrote in his blog a couple of weeks ago that he felt like a blog slacker because he hadn't posted anything in a few days. I know what you mean man, I feel like one too. It's been crazy the past couple of days! I was hosting Dr. Buddy Bell and wife Kathy last week as we held a ministry of helps conference. You need to bring Buddy to your church he is awesome. I built a new website for the ministry called www.victoryfamilylive.com I am very excited to anounce that we have started streaming our church services live on the web, every week! If you go to the new website you can see the past services and check out the conference.

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Something Amazing has happen in the last 5o years!

There is a world wide epidemic called drug addiction that is enslaving millions of men and women. But something amazing is happening! An amazing phenomenon has quietly occurred around the world in the past 50 years.

People are being CURED FROM DRUG ADDICTION! Not in hospitals, clinics, prisons or government programs. IT’S HAPPENING IN CHURCHES! It's happening in residential Christ-centered programs like Victory Family. Drug-Addicts all over the world are TURNING TO JESUS CHRIST to be set free from their addictions! Why? There is only one name given among men whereby we can be saved! JESUS.



Congratulations to David Wilkerson and Teen Challenge on their 50th anniversary. They have truly paved the way for others like us and have made a difference in countless lives. Read about them in this months issue of Charisma Magazine.

Men of Light- Someone who will get in your face and say “Dude”

John Olgetree 0f First Metropolitan Church speaks at Ultimate Impact 2008 Mens Conference, Friday night, June 20

Ephesians 5:8-21

Light symbolizes the favor and presence of God.
We must remind ourselves that we are to be light to this dark world.

We are men of light!

As men of light our lifestyle should reflect light. Our language should reflect light.

The reason that Paul wrote chapters 4 and 5 was that there were far to many Christians who were “Slipping into darkness” He had heard about what was going on within the believers.

Some of us have the prepotency to “Slip into darkness”

It could just be that someone who you work with, live with or play with is not even aware that you are a Christian!

Every young man needs a mature man in his face, challenging him with wisdom and correction when he makes bad decisions.

While I agree with that, I look back at all the men that I have mentored and I am convinced that GROWN men also need someone from time to time to get in their face and correct and encourage them to do the right thing.

If we are going to be men of light we need each other.

I am intrigued by the “Dude” commercials. Not the product but the philosophy that is promoted. When “inappropriate behavior” is displayed by another man someone is there to step in and say “DUDE”



We need men of light who are ready wiling and able to fight and get in another brothers face and say “DUDE!”

I think of the friends that I should have got into their face and said something; maybe I could have saved their marriage. Maybe I could have saved them from destruction.

D-U-D-E

D- Devout lifestyle- Eph. 5:8 We need men who have a devout lifestyle. We need men
who are sincerely devoted to God. Not Sunday morning men, not conference men, men of light.

U- Uncompromising Character. Eph. 5:11-13, This is the man who doesn’t allow the
culture to change him, he changes the culture.

D- Discerning Nature- Eph. 5:15-16, This is a man who is careful how he lives.

E- Empowered by the Spirit- Eph. 5:18, This a man who cannot be under the influence
of any other spirits. The Spirit must control our thoughts and our motivations.


When you see another man messing up get in his face and say D-U-D-E!

Report from friend and co-laborer in the Gospel, Paul Cole from Jakarta, Indonesia

Amazing event last night in Jakarta... past five days have been stunning...huge...
Last night over 4000 jammed into a central conference center in Jakarta - 500 men were graduated from Maximized Manhood studies - over 60 people saved - it was amazing!
The CMN team here led by Pastor Eddy Leo and the key national director Budi Jonatan and his team are amazing...they are conducting over 200 mens camps this year alone - and going into 8 other nations...!!

To read more visit Paul's Blog

Our crisis becomes our cross. If we will bear it, it will become the pathway to glory : A message by Steve Trevino

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