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Jonathan Keating Reflects On The Importance Of Godly Men In Young People’s Lives

by Le-Jovale Vallejo May 24, 2023

While worshiping in a church service, Jonathan Keating couldn’t help but reflect on how important godly men are in the ministry.

Godly Men and Women

Role models are important for a person’s growth. Positive role models drive us to strive for the standards they have established and have an impact on our behavior, often by mirroring what they’re doing.

Role models are important for this reason. A positive role model can sometimes have a greater impact on a kid or young person than their own parents.

That is why godly men and women are needed in the church. The kids and the younger generations look at them and see if God is truly reflected in their lives. Now more than ever, Jesus’ example should be exemplified through the lives of godly men and women. So that children will not look for it anywhere else, like on social media or from other influences.

Godly Men Follow Jesus’s Example

A few of the verses that command Christians to be like Christ are:

“And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect” (Romans 12:1-2, NLT).

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“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago” (Ephesians 2:10, NLT).

“Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God” (Ephesians 5:1-2, NLT).

Jonathan Keating’s Reflection

As reflectors of Jesus, Christians ought to follow the verses mentioned above and more. With this in mind, Jonathan Keating couldn’t help but think about how crucial godly men are in the ministry while worshiping in a church service.

In an Instagram caption, he wrote:

“During worship, I watched as a male leader worshiped with his eyes closed and hands lifted high, completely immersed. As I watched, I noticed a group of young boys around him, watching intently as he poured out his heart to God. In that moment each boy in his own timing began to enter into worship following the example set before them.

“At that moment, I was moved. It was a powerful reminder of the impact that men make in the lives of young boys. Godly Men, fathers, and grandfathers, are the role models our young boys need on their journey of faith.

“In a world where role models are often limited to pop stars and social media influencers, it’s more important than ever to show our children what it looks like to love Jesus!”

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May 24, 2023 0 comment

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Designed to Lead

by GOD TV September 8, 2022

written by GOD TV

You know, I want to see men leading the way Christ led. I think that one of the key places that we can find this is in our families. And even if you’re not married, even if you’re single, this still applies to you, because you’re still someone of influence into a family. And men are actually called the lead their families. You know, there’s this idea that it’s an equal partnership in the family, which there is truth to that. But the reality is that men were designed to lead the home and lead their families. And you know, there’s a verse that gets so manipulated in Ephesians and it’s “wives submit to your husbands,” which it should mean something beautiful. It should mean something significant, but really it’s when it’s followed up by “husbands, love your wife as Christ loved the church,” like He did. He sacrificed for them. Everything He did was for their benefit. It was a sacrifice. It wasn’t a controlling, misaligned way of using leadership. It was this: I love you so much that I’m serving you in an aspect of leadership.

True leadership serves, it doesn’t demand. And if we look at the way society has changed and dictated the way that our family structures are set up, men aren’t leading the families the way they should. Men aren’t leading their wives and their kids the way they should. They’re showing up sometimes. And they’re trying to just do what they can. And the reality is that men who abuse the position of leadership and they use it as a form of control or power, they get stuck in their insecurities and they actually don’t model for their families what Christ has modeled for us. But the truth is, I know that each one of us has the capacity, the capability, and the driving nature that God has put inside of us to lead the way He designed us. To love the way He loved, to serve the way He served. To be an example of what a true father, a true husband can be.

So men, I just want to challenge you. I want to exhort you to step into the fullness of who you are: the beautiful, powerful, strong servant leaders in your families that you are. So Father, I just thank you for each one of the men listening to this. God, I thank you that we have been designed in your image that we can love the way you love. We can lead the way you lead, and that our wives are fulfilled by our leadership. They’re not controlled. They’re fulfilled by our leadership. They’re exalted as a crown. And God, I pray that our children would actually see what true loving families look like. And they have an example that they can carry on from generation to generation. So I just bless you with that in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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Made To Conquer

by GOD TV July 7, 2022

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You know, there’s a quote by a Roman philosopher, Seneca, that says, “No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity, for he is not permitted to prove himself.” You know, men need something to conquer. It’s how they find their purpose. It’s how they find their identity. They need a challenge in front of them to know that they’ve succeeded. Men aren’t made to just sit around and allow things to happen around them. They’re made to kill. They’re made to conquer. They’re made to take authority over things. That’s how we were designed.

And there’s this thought that men are not born; men are made. Boys are born. You’re born a male, you’re born a boy, but men are made in the process of adversities and challenges, and life itself of learning how to overcome and be the authority that you were designed to be. And how is it that we, as men can lead the next generation, not just our own children?

I’m a father of five girls. I’m not leading men in that way, but I am leading the men around me, the boys that see me every day. I’m an example of what it is to conquer. I’m an example of what it is to take authority over things. And for my girls, they’re seeing what an example of a true life filled man should look like. The standard is being set by me for my daughters, but it’s also being set for all of the men that are watching my life, the young men that I encounter, I challenge them, constantly.

People that know me know that I’m always going to say, “What’s the next mountain in front of you? What’s the hill you’re conquering? What’s the cliff you’re about to jump off of?” Why? I want to see people fly into their destiny. I don’t want to see them passively allow things to just happen in their lives. I want to see men step up and take authority over what’s been in front of them. I want them to know that they’ve actually achieved something, because they were designed to conquer.

I just want to encourage you men, that don’t allow life to pass you by. Grab a hold of it, conquer it, take authority, be who you were designed to be. Demonstrate for the next generation, for the young men around you, that they were born to conquer.

So Father, I just thank you that there’s a courage that’s going to rise up in the men, watching this and listening to this. That there’s something going to stir up in the nature of how they were designed. And they’re going to see who they’re supposed to be, how they’re supposed to live, and the example that they’re supposed to set. And God, I pray that this would be a generational blessing and reproducing increase from their lives to the next. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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Men, Be Who God Called You To Be

by GOD TV June 18, 2022

written by GOD TV

You know, there’s a poem that a lot of people have heard and it’s been probably reproduced and coming out more lately than ever. And it’s, hard times create strong men, strong men create good times. Good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. And as true as that may be, I want to see that cycle broken. I want to see men literally step into the fulfillment of who they’re called to be. And then when times are good, they don’t become weak, they become stewards. They actually see the promises of God at hand and they fulfill their calling to carry those things to fruition.

It requires strong men to stay strong, and for good times to stay good. But it’s up to men to really grab a hold of their position as leaders in this world as their place to actually carry out the fulfillment of God’s promises for not only themselves, but for their families and for a generation. And I admit that there have been times that I’ve allowed good enough to be what I accepted, rather than amazing, which was right around the corner. And I just want to encourage you. You have everything you need to be strong. You have everything you need to carry out the fulfillment of God in your life.

You know, we sometimes allow our circumstances and our past, and our thoughts of who we are, override the thoughts of who He says we are, and who He says we are as perfect. He made us with purpose and we have everything required to actually fulfill the call that He’s put on our lives. So I just want to encourage you, men. I want to encourage you to really raise up to the standard that God has set for you. Break off the cycle that seems to be something that we’ve accepted as true is, when good times happen it creates weak men. That doesn’t have to be. Be the man that you were designed to be, be the strength that God called you to be, be the leader that He said you were.

I just want to see you come into the fulfillment of God’s plan over your life. I want to pray for you. Father, I just thank you for every man, every person listening to this. God, I pray that they would not only see themselves through your eyes, but they would believe it, that they would grab a hold of the truth of who they are and what they’ve been called to. And they would see that the limits that have been set by society, or even by themselves are actually figments of their imagination, trying to convince them that your truth isn’t true in their lives. So God, I just bless every man. I bless them to step into their destiny, step into their calling and fulfill the plan that God has set before them, that we could be strong men carrying out the fulfillment of good times. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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5 Attributes of Biblical Masculinity

by GOD TV May 29, 2022

written by GOD TV

You know, I want to speak to the men right now. Masculinity is something that has been slowly decaying from generation to generation. Society has been de-masculinizing us, and biblical masculinity can really be boiled down to five key points.

Humility before God, being humble as a man, is just such an incredible attribute to defining masculinity. Control of his appetites, not being led or dictated by the things that we desire, but actually having control to know what we’re supposed to pursue and what we’re not supposed to. Protecting his family. Nothing is more critical than being the leader of your home and protecting that family. Making sure that they’re not only safe from danger, but they’re actually being protected to move forward in what they’re called to. Providing for his family. Men need to provide. That doesn’t just mean financially, though. It does encompass that, but it means in every way, you are the source that your family can rely on for provision and that in how you’re leading, they’re seeing God in the midst of it. And they learn how to surrender to Father God for their provision, because they learned it in their home. And lastly is just leading the family. And that doesn’t just mean the people in your home. It means your parents, your grandparents, your brothers, your sisters, your wife, your children, your grandchildren, the neighbors, so that they can see this is what leading a family looks like.

See, every man isn’t just called to these things, he’s fully capable of accomplishing them. Everything that you need has been given to you to fulfill these things, to be a masculine man, to lead in masculinity. And that word can sometimes trigger these weird thoughts that it’s bad, but it’s not. It’s how we were designed. We were designed to be that person, to be that man, and how we focus and what we focus on and how we actually turn our attention is the way we lead.

So I just want to pray for you right now. I want to bless you in this. God, I thank you for every man listening to this and watching this, that there is something that rises up in them and says, I’ve been called to be a masculine man in a biblical sense. That I can be humble, I can lead, I can serve, but I can conquer. I can be who I’ve been designed to be. And I want to bless you to step into the fulfillment of God’s calling on your life, and know that you’re not just called, you’re capable, and everything you need is right there at your fingertips. I just bless you in that in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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