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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- 145HEARING GOD Part 1 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyWhen seeking to win a war, the first efforts of an attacking force wherever possible is to kill the communications capacity of your enemy. Separating a man or group of men from its strategic commanders and voices limits, isolates, and ultimately destroys their effectiveness. In your spiritual journey, your ability to hear from God is essential to living in God and for God effectively in your context as a man, dad, husband, friend, coworker, and human being! The problem is very few, if any, of us feel safe enough or secure enough to admit just how separated from God we feel. That would require making yourself vulnerable and brave. But the fact of the matter is that ALL of us are in the same battle to hear clearly from God so that we can live out an effective and fruitful life for God. We are living in a jungle of noise, distraction and disintegration of soul which makes the devil’s job easier in our lives. Time for a reset so we can retake life with and life for God.
- 146HUMBLE Part 5 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.
- 147HUMBLE Part 4 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyThere are a couple of ways you can evaluate the insides of a man. One way is how he handles adversity and defeat. The other way is how he handles success, blessing and abundance. The Bible says there is a right and a wrong way to process success - one is through the lens of self and the other is through the lens of God's grace and presence. In a world that stresses making your failures opaque and your successes ultra visible, God's man has a challenge on his hands. The key to handling earth's successes well? Humility. And if you think God won't move in your life to keep you humble in light of your influence, think again. He wants you to take territory. He wants you leave a footprint. He wants to bless you abundantly. But most importantly he wants your relationship with him to remain strong and steady in the midst. Join men's expert and pastor Kenny Luck for this challenging session in Part 4 of HUMBLE.
- 148HUMBLE Part 3 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyThe Bible says that humility is a like a spiritual super power - it connects you solidly and intimately with the power, presence, and grace of God. In fact, you can't have a healthy and growing relationship with God or fulfill his vision for your life without it as your inner disposition. In Part 3 of HUMBLE men's expert and pastor Kenny Luck dives deep into the next powerful reason every man should seek, cultivate and practice humility: to prevent your own self destruction. Many a man has let his pride come before his fall but God's man knows better. Do you?
- 149HUMBLE Part 2 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyGod is clear - crystal clear. Humility is required to have a thriving relationship with him. It is also central to his #1 goal and purpose for your life - to be like Jesus. You can't be like Jesus, lead like Jesus, influence like Jesus or love like Jesus without a humble center of your spirit. He was royalty but he didn't need to wear a crown. He didn't need to cling to his clear advantages over men. He didn't feel the need to point to his deity. But he did leave heaven for earth. He did offer to carry the loads of others. He did unburden the distressed. He did choose faithfulness to God over flattery from men. Humble was not something Jesus did, humble is who he was. This is Jesus. Jesus is in you. Is this you?
- 150HUMBLE Part 1 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyThe reality of God - capital "G" - creates instant humility in a man. Or, at least it should. The Bible says "God is opposed to the proud but gives grace to the humble." This blessing of this declaration by God to us is that now we don't have to make assumptions in our relationship with him. He is telling us exactly how the relationship works the best and what the key ingredient is - a correct estimation of ourselves in light of who he is! HUMBLE. More importantly, Jesus defines himself as "humble." This is Jesus. Jesus is in you. Is this you? JOIN men's expert and pastor Kenny Luck as he unpacks why HUMBLE is your best pursuit as a man in relationship with God and people.
- 151The Guide Part 5 with Greg Munck – Audio OnlyYou put your life on the line for your country and fellow soldier and fight the enemy with reckless abandon. Then you come home, and at some point, start to process what you went through. Some ways we deal with or try to forget our past create more pain in our lives. We hear the […]
- 152The Guide with Greg Munck Part 4 – Audio OnlyWithout purpose, we will perish. As solider’s we understand what it means to please our commanding officer (CO), to execute the mission. As men of God, our commanding officer is Jesus, and we strive to be more like our CO. We do that by training in Godliness, so we model Jesus, we get familiar with the spiritual weapons, and we fight alongside our brothers. God has a purpose and plan for your life, and it is time to step into that purpose. The Guide: Survival, Warfighting, Peacemaking. Click the link – www.gregmunck.net to preorder your copy today.
- 153The Guide Part 3 with Greg Munck – Audio OnlySurrender is not a word that is in my vocabulary, and “never ever quit, never” is something I say all the time. Surrender is an absence of resistance. There is only one thing worthy of surrendering to, and that is the God that created the heavens and the earth, the God who created you. He is the great I AM, the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. God loved you so much He sent His son Jesus to pay a debt He did not owe because we owed a debt that we could not pay. Stop resisting and start trusting and cooperating with God to truly start winning with God. The Guide: Survival, Warfighting, Peacemaking. Click the link – www.gregmunck.net to preorder your copy today.
- 154The Guide Part 2 with Greg Munck – Audio OnlyYour truest growth happens under pressure, when you train, when you are stretched. Pressure reveals your true character and the pressure of bootcamp and training brought out qualities in me like honor, leadership, courage, and commitment. You understand the importance of working as a unit, platoon, reaction force, or fire team. You are not an army of one, and in life and as men of God we need the same kind of team, the same brotherhood. We are more effective together than alone. A soldier’s growth truly happens when we are rooted, accountable and on mission! The Guide: Survival, Warfighting, and Peacemaking. Click the link - gregmunck.net to preorder your copy today.
- 155The Guide Part 1 with Greg Munck – Audio OnlyYour truest identity is not what you do, what you have accomplished, what social-economic group you were born into, or what pain you have experienced. Your truest identity is that you are the son of the most high God, the creator of the universe. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You are a man of God. That is your true identity, embrace it and live it like a good soldier. Greg Munck is the Lead Executive Pastor of Crossline Church in Laguna Hills, California. He is a USMC veteran and was combat promoted to Corporal for his actions in the Persian Gulf War. He has been married to Kymbry for 30 years, and has five children Noah, Taylor, Micah, Elijah and Ethan. He is a speaker and author of The Guide: Survival, War-fighting and Peacemaking. For more information go to www.gregmunck.net
- 156Road Man Part 5 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyAll of us would love for life - at least on a personal level - to be linear when it comes to our hopes and dreams. We like it when things happen according to our timelines, expectations, and outcomes. Good luck with that! Jesus is very honest that the exact opposite will frequently happen and you are going to have some assurance to make it through those times on the road of life. One of the biggest curveballs to hit the disciples was when their expectation of Jesus collided with the crucifixion and death of Jesus. You could say it was a speed bump so big it broke the axel and they had to pull over in the middle of nowhere not sure what was next on the road to God. But into their despair came some hope at just the right time and were they ever surprised! Whether we like to admit it or not - we all need to see tangible hope in real time in order to keep our hope in God alive. Key word? Alive.
- 157Road Man Part 4 with Jason Park – 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.
- 158Road Man Part 3 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyAre we there yet? It doesn't really matter whether you are a kid stuck in the middle seat between two siblings or an adult stuck in the middle seat on a commercial airline flight, you simply want to get there! "There" is where you planned to be. "There" is where you want to be. "There" holds some kind of promise that is better than where you were. "There" can't get here fast enough. On the road to God, however, sometimes God knows that in order to handle the blessings waiting for us when we arrive, he has to withhold them for a bit. Before God's man can stand in the promised land - hands full of satisfactions - he gives us the gift of desperation by taking what feels is the "long way." When that happens your expectations of an early arrival collide with the reality of a delay, a difficulty, or a diversion that was not in the script. The road to God has now gone "OFF ROAD" or - more specifically - off the plan. When that happens our faith gets called out, worked out, and finished out in a way that prepares us for our arrival in a space of blessing like nothing else could.
- 159Road Man Part 2 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyIt's called taking the "path of least resistance." You make an intentional decision to go for that course of action which avoids confrontation, discomfort of any kind, or personal tension. You say to yourself, "This is the easiest way to keep moving forward" even when that "way" is not the best or beneficial way. Don't rock the boat. Let sleeping dogs lie. Easier is better right? That may be true in other dimensions of life but not in your journey with and to God. In fact, Jesus has willful suffering and voluntary sacrifice in his forecast for our journey to God. This is the road of commitment to Christ that very few men - and perhaps nobody in the moment - will be traveling with you. They will choose the path of least resistance and, in choosing it, will deny Christ, disguise the truth, and deceive themselves. God's man has learned, by contrast, that the narrow road he is asked to travel by God leads to spiritual integrity, sure blessing, and less regret in the end. God says easier isn't always better but godliness - while costly at times - will always result in blessing. So what will it be? The path of least resistance or the path of maximum obedience? Only one path, Jesus says, leads to life.
- 160Road Man Part 1 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyEvery day most men are hitting the road - literally and figuratively. Work. Activities. Trips of all kinds. We get on a road and go! Then there is the road of life - this road is the metaphysical one that speaks to your personal past, present and future experiences that make up your life. That road is filled with the people, circumstances, encounters, traumas, victories, defeats, and all the emotions and sensations connected to each season of life. Then there is the end of the road - the moment we stop traveling, arrive, and transition. The Bible says all men are road men or pilgrims - on a journey and taking all kinds of roads - passing through this life to get the next one. God says He is with us on our journey. God says the road is narrow and broad. God says the road will have obstacles. God says the road will create unplanned encounters and experiences. God also plans to take you off-roading for the adventure of your life! Join men's expert and pastor Kenny Luck for this 5 week series on the joys and challenges of being on your personal road to God.
- 161What Do I Do Now? with Jason Park – Audio OnlyWe live in a place and time when we are overrun with adversity. The news feeds of our lives are boiling over with bad news. Houses are burning down, gunmen are carrying out unimaginable evil acts, and even though we don’t have the energy to talk about it anymore…there is a pandemic claiming the lives of our loved ones. And that is just the stuff we woke up to this morning. All these things are stealing our peace. It has us all standing around asking, “What do we DO?” Because we should be DOING something. What is the alternative? NOT DOING! Thinking about it, talking about it, and worrying about it does nothing about “it”. We are called to do something about it. Jesus spoke these powerful words after washing the disciples’ feet, “Not that you know these things, you will be blessed if you DO them.” (Jn. 13:17). Time for some doing.
- 162High Seas Part 5 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyIf you have ever expressed your frustration by saying "I just can't seem to catch a break right now," you are not alone. In fact, every man has felt this. One thing after another hits you. Bad news. Bad Break. Bead deal. Bad communication. Another bad result on top of the of last one. Relentless! In the middle of these extended and pressure-filled seasons, it feels like everyone else's life is solid and orderly while the ground underneath your life is constantly shifting and unpredictable. And YET, the man of God simply cannot let go of his faith, his belief, his stubborn sense that somehow, some way, God is going to redeem this for good and he surrenders once again to God in the middle of the storm. Time to have it out with your Maker. Jeremiah models for God's man exactly how to do that when you have bent as far as you humanly can and feel like your about to break.
- 163High Seas Part 4 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyEver said to someone "What choice do I have?" When it's too late to turn back and there is no relief in sight your options narrow - you either give up or go forward. Safe to say you can learn a lot about a man in that situation when his back is against the proverbial wall. The Bible says that God is the one who authors or allows situations like this not just to learn about what's inside of us but also to draw out faith and work in needed spiritual maturity. While the circumstances we find ourselves in may be an unwelcomed shock to us, in God's mind there are no surprises when you find yourself in high seas or the belly of the beast. Jonah knew, literally, about both of these perilous predicaments and came out of it learning things about himself and God that changed the entire trajectory of his life. We will all find ourselves on the high seas or swallowed by a life situation at some point that we didn't really ask for or desire. How will you respond? What is God looking for? Will you work with him? Let's learn from the man who went through it and came out of both the water and belly of the beast serving God's purposes.
- 164HIGH SEAS Part 2 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyHaving logged over 2 million miles flying above earth in a plane, I am pretty comfortable flying in an airplane - even when it gets bumpy. My wife, on the other hand, is sensitive and shaken when the ride goes from smooth to turbulent. When the side to side or the ups and downs start happening she asks me the same question every time, "We are going to be okay right?" My answer is always the same too: "Yes. This aircraft was built to fly in this stuff." Then she holds onto my arm like a life preserver until the captain finds the smooth air again. Jesus said life on earth will be filled with pockets of unwelcomed turbulence: "In this world you will have tribulation." However, in the next breath, he assures his followers by saying "but take courage, I have overcome the world." When you find yourself getting tossed around by life's storms, assurance and confidence in the midst is both available and powerful. God says his people are uniquely equipped to make it through all of life's storms. In Part 2, we will learn exactly how God's man takes courage in the midst from and anchors his hope.
- 165HIGH SEAS Part 1 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlyThe unexpected storms of life catch us off guard and have the potential to sink our confidence in God. What is even harder is the fact that we know GOD! We know he is good. We know he is able to do anything. We know he is wise. We know he is in control. We know he has our best interests in mind. And we know he sees what is happening to us at all times. SO WHY? Why has God allowed this to enter my life with such devastating force? I feel such pain, such loss, such confusion, and such isolation that my spirit is disoriented and my faith is being hurled into confusion? Ever feel that way? You are in good company! In fact, some of the greatest men of God felt the exact same way - they felt like they were getting tossed around like a ship caught in a hurricane in the open ocean. Wave after massive wave comes, striking our lives and tipping us precariously to the edge. How do you even talk to God about what is happening? How do you keep the faith? How do you survive the HIGH SEAS of life and make it back to port? God's Word is full of examples of men who had to navigate and negotiate pounding breakers. Were they frustrated with God? Did they complain? Could they lament the situation in faith? Join men's expert and pastor Kenny Luck for this powerful series on how the man of faith faces the tidal waves of life.
- 166Tactical Retreat Part 2 with Jason Park – Audio OnlyWEAPON OF CHOICE Paul did not say to, “put on the full armor of God” (Eph. 6), because you MAY get into a fight with a person or a thing that is familiar to you. He said, “This is for keeps, a life-or-death fight to the finish against the Devil and all his angels.” (Eph. 6:12 MSG). Once you are convinced of the seriousness of that fight, you will start to appreciate your weapon of choice, THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT/WORD OF GOD, and train with it. The enemy would prefer the Bible be diminished to an app on our phones mixed in with all the other apps, that are NOT life giving. The sword of the spirit is powerful, and just like a soldier trains with his sword, we need to train with the bible. It should be accessible and ready for action. What good is it if is stowed away collecting dust? It should be at the ready, “so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.” (Eph. 6:11)
- 167Tactical Retreat Part 1 with Jason ParkA tactical retreat is moving to a safer location to prevent being overtaken by the enemy. This provides time to re-group and re-engage. The decision is not easy because retreating means giving up ground that is likely harder to get back. It is also difficult to admit you are losing or getting ready to lose. Men, all day long, are in dangerous situations and fail to recognize the danger and its capability. Maybe it’s pride, temptation, fear, anger or pride…or pride, or whatever the enemy’s weapon of choice against you. Regardless, you fail to recognize the danger or see how big the blast radius that explosion creates. We are in a battle that requires situational awareness to observe dangers around us and have a plan to fall back to a safer place where we can re-load, re-group and re-engage.
- 168“come to ME” Part 4 with Kenny Luck – Audio OnlySmart people are helpful. Really WISE people save you from pain! Do you have one of these people in your life? They don't push advice on you like some but when they offer it you lean in and trust what they say. It is like gold - precious and valuable. Experience and insight are what makes them so trusted but the fact that they share what they know with you comes from a deep concern and love makes their wisdom unique. God - your maker, God your strong creator, and God your loving father is also the Most Wise. When you talk to him in prayer the wisdom he possesses is a game changer.
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