Kenny Luck - Every Day for Every Man
Kenny LuckInspiring, supporting and encouraging men to be healthy in their spiritual life and in their relationships with others, offering them the tools they need to face today’s challenges and be all they can be for God, for their families, and for themselves.
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- 265Live To Please Part 4 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyWe are in a powerful series called LIVE TO PLEASE. If you joined us for parts 1, 2, and 3 ... you have been challenged to follow Jesus' example and model of pleasing God. You have also learned that pleasing God is an inner thing - you please him by developing a heart and character for his purposes. Each session has been building up to today's challenging study for every God's man - pleasing God in the way connect with people. Men's expert and Pastor Kenny Luck is going to remind all of us from the Bible that God's a good Father ... and all good fathers want their sons to treat others in a good way. So get ready to be stretched and inspired to seek God's will for every relationship you have. But before we dive into to today's study share this powerful session with your friends.
- 266Live To Please Part 3 by Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyIf you joined us for parts 1 and 2 ...you have been great clarity about what it means to have a simple and effective relationship with God - one that satisfies God and you - his son. You have also learned that pleasing God is an inner thing - delighting in, trusting in, and listening willingly to Him. We please God with our heart. In Part 3 of our series LIVE TO PLEASE, men's expert and pastor Kenny Luck is going to reveal the next area that fires God up in his relationship you ...when you please him with your character. Another way to say it is GOD is pleased when we stop acting like boys and start acting like men. And as we'll see not only is God looking for a more mature you ... so are the people around you!
- 267Live To Please Part 2 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyWe are glad you are here for this week's study and, more importantly, God is pleased! In fact, that is what we are talking about in this series called Live to Please. What we are learning is that God is way more concerned about WHY we do the things we do more than WHAT we actually do. Think about it for a second. Have you ever said or done good things on the outside but for the wrong reasons on the inside? Oftentimes as men we want others to think about us a certain way and in order to achieve that goal we need to build an image or create a perception publicly that privately our hearts deny. Our actions are inconsistent with our real desires or real opinions. There's a word for that ...it is called acting! The relationship isn't real because it is built on misplaced or selfish motives. In Part 1 we learned from looking at Jesus' life how pleasing God works. In Part 2 we are going to look pleasing God is rooted in the heart because that is what God is examining. We are going to answer the question: when God looks at my heart what is he actually wanting to see? But before we dive into to today's study share this powerful session with your friends.
- 268Standing In The Gap by JP Jones – Audio OnlyStanding In the Gap JP Jones One transformed man can transform many things. That's what God says. In fact, he is looking for him, for them, for the ones who will "stand in the gap" for God's purposes and on behalf of others when things get hard. And if you live in today's culture as a man of God - well - things are getting harder and harder to stand out in the pressure of all the bad choices men are making and all the bad press and attention that is getting. You wouldn't be blamed for retreating in the face of all the division, strife, violence, injustice, and suffering you see. After all, you are just one man. Toward that conclusion God says: EXACTLY! I only need one and that one is you. Join Pastor and Author JP Jones for this powerful call to this generation of men and accept your call to change the culture.
- 269Live To Please Part 1 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyClarity is a great thing. With a clear sense of anything you see, sense, and act confidently. Without clarity there is just confusion, wasted energy, and frustration. This is especially true when it comes to man's motivation for how he lives his life. When a man knows his motivation it focuses his concentration, garners his energy, and fuels his actions. In other words, when a man has clarity on his "why" he is not shy! The Bible says that as men who claim to know and follow Jesus, our motivation is more important to God than our actions for God. In fact, God is studying the "why" that is at the center of what we do. In fact he is looking for something specific because when your motivations are pure before Him, your life is filled with His power. Invite some friends take this journey with men's expert and pastor Kenny Luck into why God's man lives the way he does. The first stop in that adventure to clearly see Jesus's own "why" when he was on earth. Welcome to part one of LIVE TO PLEASE.
- 270Attitude Adjustment by Kenny Luck – Audio OnlySometimes small things end up being huge things in relationships. A healthy and close connection can be ruined and replaced by distance and division by something you can't even see or hear or touch. Do you know what it is? Your attitude! That's right - people may hear your words or see the right actions but they SENSE your attitude. Did you know that just like parents often require an attitude adjustment from their children so that relationships work well in the family, God has expectations for our attitude with him and with others we are in community with. God says there is one attitude in particular he is looking for from you - do you have it? Join Pastor Kenny Luck for this powerful message on experiencing your best life in relationships with God and others. It's time for an ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT.
- 271Driving Forces Part 5 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyToday's digital culture has accelerated a very destructive human habit - it's our tendency to compare. If you don't believe that just take a look at what people post on their INSTAGRAM and FACEBOOK feeds. Take a look at what you post - only your very best self, on your very best days, in your very best moments as if your post reflects your normal life. It all appears very satisfying - LOOK, LOOK... I am doing great in this great place drinking this great beverage with these great people doing great things while you stare at your screen admiring my great life. The irony is that we are winning the battle of images today while the majority of us are losing the real The hard part is that we naturally look at other men's lives and then... get ready for it... we use what we see in others lives as a measure for how we are doing - whether it's our success, our jobs, our wives, our kids performance, our looks, our possessions, or even, our spiritual commitment. The by-product of all our comparison is more discontentment and less satisfaction than ever before. Well it is safe to say THAT a life of comparison and dissatisfaction is not God's plan - especially in light of what God has done, is doing doing, and promises to do for us. THAT is the battle we are going to explore in Part 5 of Driving Forces because the Bible declares the God has defeated comparison and discontentment through our relationship with Him. But before we begin, share today's study right now with all your friends who need encouragement in their walk with God.
- 272Driving Forces Part 4 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyInspiring, supporting and encouraging men to be healthy in their spiritual life and in their relationships with others, offering them the tools they need to face today’s challenges and be all they can be for God, for their families, and for themselves.
- 273The Wonderful Unknown by Kenny LuckTHE WONDERFUL UNKNOWN Big journeys require big courage and faith. Think Columbus. Think Lewis and Clark. Think the astronauts of Apollo 11. What they all have in common is that their starting point and their finishing point required a certain tolerance of the unknown. There were so many factors they could never predict or control. And, yet, they all said "yes." In the same way, our truest identity in God calls us personally to destinations of character, growth, and challenge that are not easy to say "yes" to when God asks. In fact, even enthusiastic and committed followers who have seen God work mighty miracles in the past are vulnerable to fresh voices of fear that sabotage new journeys with God before they even begin. Know this - God is calling you forward even now. That is the direction His Kingdom goes. The question is: will we listen to the voices of fear and phone it in? Or, will we reflect on who he is and what he has promised and go forward into the wonderful unknown of his call to secure His purpose and blessing as a worshiper? This challenging message from Author and Pastor Kenny Luck is for those who are going forward into the unknown with God.
- 274Driving Forces Part 3 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyHave you ever been in a situation where you were stuck and no solution was anywhere in site? Maybe you get a flat tire in the middle of nowhere ...and your cell phone is dead. Let's turn it up a notch...imagine that you have survived a shipwreck and you are marooned on some remote island with no ability to communicate. Not a good feeling. Or how about a real world problem - human trafficking - held against your will, forced to do whatever your owner asks, with no hope of escape. In every one of those scenarios you need a REDEEMER who will is determined to get you back and pay whatever price they have to pay to find and bring you home. The Bible says that every person ever born was sold into spiritual slavery, is stuck in that condition, and there is only one way to escape that space - someone needs to buy back your eternal freedom for them. A high price must be paid for you. A personal sacrifice must be made. A determined effort must be initiated for the cause of your freedom. Who would do that for you? Why would they do it? What would it cost them? And if you accept your spiritual freedom and are redeemed from a terrible destiny...how would that change the rest of your life? These are the questions we are going to answer in Part 3 of Driving Forces...how do you live your life after being redeemed from certain death by God.
- 275Driving Force Part 1 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyHave you ever heard a man say "That was a game-changer for me?" Maybe you have said that yourself. Looking back, something powerful happened that shaped or reshaped his perspective on a person or issue in a profound way. Ask a medal of honor "survivor" - those are the people who lived because someone else chose to sacrifice their own life save them. They are forever changed in a specific way - deep sense of responsibility to honor the sacrifice by the way they choose to live going forward. Why? Because they have been given a second chance at life. The experience has become a DRIVING FORCE in their lives. The Bible says the same thing is true in our relationship to the Lord. Specifically, God says that our experience with Him will create a powerful new energy inside of us, strong new motivations, and a bold new willingness to risk for Him.
- 276Made For More Part 5 with Jason ParkInspiring, supporting and encouraging men to be healthy in their spiritual life and in their relationships with others, offering them the tools they need to face today’s challenges and be all they can be for God, for their families, and for themselves.
- 277Made For More Part 4 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyMADE FOR MORE #4 Ask any room full of men this question: How many of you owned super hero clothes or toys growing up as a boy? What will you see? Almost every hand will be raised. Ever wonder why the Marvel and DC comic movies like Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, and Batman do so well? It’s because that little boy - the one who wants to be great, do great things, have special powers, bring justice, and defeat evil lives is still inside us. Did you know that desire inside you is out there by God? In fact, the Bible says as a Christ follower you are called to pick a fight with and defeat evil. The problem is that many of us don’t feel equipped or know exactly what to do. Well, this morning in Part 4 of Made For More pastor Kenny Luck shows us that we need to look no farther than Jesus and that every man of God can live out his real life purpose of fighting and defeating evil in real time, right now.
- 278The Head & The Heart with Kenny LuckThey are 18 inches apart. They oversee major organization. They re working every day and night for you until you die. They are mission critical to your relationships with God and people’. They have to work together. Do you know what they are? I am talking about your head and your heart - the two CEOs of your life. But sometimes even when we want things e “know” to get to the place we sense inside so we can really know it - sometimes the elevator gets stuck. The one thing that has to Make it from the head to the heart is the love of God. You have to go from knowing about it to sensing and experiencing itfor God’s uproars to be accomplished in your life.
- 279Made For More Part 3 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyAs men, we are naturally embedded with the desire for greatness. We want to save the day and be the hero. But what what do we do if that desire and dream for greatness begins to fade? Culture and reality can slowly decay our God-given desire for greatness. Today, we want you to know that it’s not too late. When you can find your purpose and meaning in Christ, you can still find greatness.
- 280Made For More Part 2 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyPart 2- There is the life we expect to live. Then life has a way of bringing unscripted things into our lives that were never a part of our plan. At Every Man we know that some of you out know exactly what I am talking about. You didn’t plan to lose a family member. You didn’t expect to have a health issue that sidelined you. You didn’t expect to be single again. When unplanned thing interrupt our lives it is easy to feel like our purpose in God is also sidelined. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, in part 2 of this series - made for more - you are going to hear how to experience God’s dream and intention for your life in the presence of adversity NOT in the absence of it. But before we get started you might want to share this livestream right now - especially to help anyone you know who is going through an “unscripted” season of difficulty.
- 281Made For More Part 1 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyJesus made an audacious claim regarding anyone who believed in him. He said "whoever believes" ... "will do" the things he did and "even greater things" than he did. A normal response to that would be... Really? Was he serious? What does it look like? And, perhaps most importantly... am I accountable for that? As we will see in today's study the answer to that question is YES. Just like a farmer who plants a fruit tree expects for that tree to yield what it is designed to produce, when you are planted in Christ there is fruit God expects to see. In today's study men's expert and pastor Kenny Luck is going to explore a powerful moment in the lives of the disciples that would both disrupt and sharpen how they saw their present and future relationship with him.
- 282Do It Anyways Part 5 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlySession 5 - OBEY ANYWAYS Over the last four sessions we have been coming to face to face with the reality that the life of following Jesus involves a tension. It's the pressure of feelings pushing against the purposes of our faith. It's what we see in our circumstances versus the unseen purposes of God being worked out in the midst of those circumstances. It's culture trying to tell us what a man is and how he should act and Jesus' example and call upon our lives to be like him. In no area of spiritual life is this battle more deeply felt than in the area of our WILL versus God's WILL in a moment. Crossing the line into relationship with Jesus involves new choices to love God and love people and sometimes those choices are HARD! Maybe that is exactly where you are at right now with a relationship, a temptation, a work situation, or a clear moral dilemma. Like Jesus in the Garden before He went to the cross, we will all have times when we confront God's will and not want to do it. But also like Jesus, every man of God will be called to say what Jesus said in that moment and obey anyways: "Yet not my will be done but your will be done." In the moment, like Jesus, it might get worse before it gets better. But all men who follow Jesus know - the price we pay is worth the prize and, obeying anyways, is how we honor Jesus' sacrifice for us.
- 283Reset Generosity with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyThe Different World of Generosity When it comes to the topic of generosity most people's thoughts track toward the financial dimension. In contrast to this natural response, the Bible says that when a Christian hears the word "generosity" there thoughts should naturally gravitate toward God - the one who is described in the Bible as the "one who will withhold no good thing" and who, in Christ, lavishes his grace on us. An experience like that with a generous God should make believers in Jesus the most generous of all groups. At least you would think so. In this powerful message on the nature of God and how his nature is purposed to become our own, Pastor Kenny Luck takes on the issue of selfishness versus generosity on all levels (including financial) by attacking the root cause - a failed view of God. Money is NOT the issue when it comes to your own ability to be generous as much as you're thinking about it. If you want to think better about the giving of your resources, listen to and share this message with every Christian you know.
- 284Do It Anyways Part 4 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyNot sure if you have noticed but around the world masculinity is under attack because men who have been given responsibility, power, and influence and are using it selfishly causing others to suffer versus using their strength to serve others. Against this dark backdrop in culture, Jesus is calling for a new movement of men to rise. Men who know how to go against the culture and their impulses to serve others versus make them suffer. What we want you to know here at Every Man is that if you are a follower of Jesus Christ - no matter where you live in the world or what your specific situation is - that man is you! God wants sons who think, live, and act like his Son. And his Son said, "The son of man did not come to be served but to serve."
- 285Do It Anyways Part 3 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyIn part 1 and 2 of this series we have been learning that faith in Jesus means that you will be going against how you feel, what you see happening, or the "consensus" opinion in order to realize God's purpose and experience God's power. Today's explores the challenge of being called to love others the way Jesus has loved you. I think we can all agree that this is easier said than done, especially if you have had no models in your life. Every man wants great connections with the people in his life but we need help - Jesus' help - to pull that off. The good news is that your relationship with Jesus already has provided all you need to meet the challenge of loving others when it's not convenient, comfortable, or feels fair.
- 286Do It Anyways Part 1 with Kenny LuckAll of us, at one time, were little men. And the odds are that when you were a toddler - you probably wore your feelings on your sleeve. That's what we expect from toddlers. They flop on the ground. Have tantrums. They listen to their impulses. Got the picture? Their emotional "filter" is not yet developed. So why take you back in time? Here's why. We expect impulse in a child but - in a man - it is disastrous. Men are supposed to be able to put feelings in their proper place to lead, serve, and love others under pressure of being selfish. When they can't others in their lives will suffer. That's why we are starting a new series today called DO IT ANYWAYS because, when the pressure is on, your choices in any given moment will make or break your relationships with God and people.
- 287Maximum Faith Part 4 with Jason ParkThe theme for Part Four of Maximum Faith is "Going the Distance." Versus what? Coming short, giving up, or quitting in the middle because things got hard. Ultimate faith is always willing to pay the ultimate price. No man in history modeled this like Jesus Christ. When his feelings were pulling hard his faith pulled back harder and triumphed. In watching Jesus go the distance for us we see a real man with real reservations and concerns but facing them all with honesty, humility and the heart of a lion - fearless in God's purpose. On the other side of his maximum trust in the Father's commission and command is our salvation and transformation. That would never have happened if a man - in a moment - decided he would go the distance to his death because God asked him. Men filled with Christ Spirit will be willing to do the same and, on the other side of those decisions, are changed lives and God's glory.
- 288Maximum Faith Part 3 with JP JonesThe theme for Part 3 of Maximum faith is "you gotta believe." At some point, beliefs about God are expressed in the open as actions for God. Call it what you want: the proof in the pudding, the rubber hitting the road, or - for our purposes - where faith actually begins. Words about God are not the same as actions which express true trust in God - we know the difference but more importantly God knows the difference and is waiting to see it and move in response. It happens when there is no obvious reason to believe but we believe and act anyway because we know God's capacity and character. Either God's real or He is not. Either He can or He can't. Either He said he would or He didn't. This is the rare black and white thinking of Abraham's faith in the midst of impossible circumstances. He didn't waiver - and neither did God.
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