I have found an all too common trait in my encounters with men of all different interests, backgrounds, and persuasions. The rhythms of its undertow traits look much different on the outside than it does at the soul level of men. The outward facade projects an image of a man that can play with anybody yet on an inward level it never enters the fields where Jesus plays. In our communique with our Bro-Pal’s we share the same grunts and tones in the common language of man speak, but all too often the base interests and pursuits of our buddies differ greatly to that of our friend Jesus. So infrequent are the relational aspects of our link to one who is supposedly the greatest person of interest on our friends list that Jesus is reduced to just another number on our account list and we have unchecked the follow button. When asked about what Jesus has been throwing out there lately… We come up looking like a deer in headlights! Jesus as an integral part of our community becomes foreign and nonrelational at best! So… I want to pose a question and challenge to you!

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To become like Jesus we need to befriend his emotions. It’s important to appreciate that Jesus is a feeler who experiences and expresses deep and vivid emotions about many things in life. Too often the cultural picture painted around the nature of Jesus is docile at best. A deeper look into the feeling and emotions of Jesus that are recorded in scripture reveal that Jesus lived a wildly passionate, loving, and robust, lifestyle as a man.

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This is a fresh invitation to slow down and thoughtfully consider the lives we find ourselves living in light of the generous offer to not only live in sonship but to wander on the wild path with the map of Sonship that has been given to us by our good Father.

“So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective.” Colossians 3:1-2 MSG 

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​We have been wrapping trying to wrap our brains around our true identity as men as we discover how we were ultimately created to roll like Jesus did! Finding a treasure map doesn’t mean you will belly up to the challenge of pursuing it! You may stake a claim but never dig in! This example is what I call Gray Exile. We’ll talk more about it at the end of our challenge!

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