Grounded Manhood

START HERE: WHAT IS GROUNDED MANHOOD? Manhood and Christlikeness are synonymous. —Dr. Edwin Louis Cole 1/9

Strong leadership invites opposition. Grounded men don't collapse under it. They're forged by it. If there's no opposition, you're not building walls. You're decorating ruins. 1 Pet 4:12.

@d_ocheido Facts. God's light doesn't pamper you. It exposes you. Then it burns away what it exposed. Isa 4:4 Stay close. Get clean.

The closer you get to God, the more humble you become You see how inept you are by yourself You see how wide the gap between you and God is and you bow down in your heart When you see a person too full of themselves, they don’t know God At all!

@churchtalkative Amen! John 12:32 “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.”

Jesus is coming!

@JesusSavesUs777 This is love. The cross.

Jesus died for you. Do you live for Him?

@oliverburdick 🎯 Listening for the sound of the trumpet. One day, the whole world will know Jesus is Lord.

I’m no longer looking for signs. I’m listening for the sound of the trumpet. Any day now, Jesus.

@forestfrank This. The cross was pain. Now it's power. He transforms yours the same way. 2 Cor. 12:9. Bring it to Him. Matt 11:28. Then steward it. 2 Cor 1:4.

God doesn’t waste pain. He transforms it.

Home with your wife and kids. Laugh hard. Play harder. Open the Word. This is how you build a legacy that hell cannot touch.

@MalcolmBacchus @ScottRoberts Design: DNA = Code. Codes have Coders. God: Uncaused cause. Psalm 90:2. My God: Empty tomb. 1 Corinthians 15:3–4. The issue isn't proof. Proof stares us in the face. Rom 1:20.

@GroundedManhood @ScottRoberts But first you have to prove there was a design. Then you need to prove that the designer was a god. Then you have the prove that that god was your god. None of this has been proved, so you are nowhere despite having started with the massive assumption that there is a design.

Look at the human eye. The bacterial flagellum. The DNA molecule. These are not accidents. They are designed. And design demands a Designer. He is worthy to be worshipped.

@oliverburdick @elonmusk Luke 1:37 “For with God nothing shall be impossible.” Let's keep lifting up Christ. Jesus said: “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.” John 12:32

Praying for @elonmusk to become a Christian.

@DavidPrinceBen Lust shouldn't be managed. It should be fled from.

Lust turns kings into captives.

@PaulTripp True. Skip the cross, become a Pharisee.

Changing your external situations and relationships won’t change you, so each one of us needs grace – grace that’s not only big enough to rescue us from our sin, but also powerful enough to free us from the self-atoning prison of our own righteousness.

@oliverburdick Evil fears this. This is how nations get built. Josh 24:15.

This is how you fight evil. “As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

@oliverburdick True. We all are. Jesus said: “...for without me you can do nothing.” John 15:5

I am NOTHING without Jesus.

The boardroom will replace you. Your children never will. Choose your children and love them fiercely. Start today.

@churchtalkative Amen! Love was redefined on the cross. Love is the cross. Calvary wrote that definition.

He paid. We're freed. Thank you, Jesus.

@churchtalkative Amen! The crowd claps for 5 seconds. God crowns for eternity. Be known by GOD.

We don't wanna live for the crowd and not be known by GOD. 🙏🏽

@unseriousguru Good list. Needs Gospel. Structure? Yes. 1 Cor 14:40 Provide? Yes. 1 Tim 5:8 Lead? Yes. 1 Tim 3:4 But biblical manhood isn't "remove emotions." It's "rule them." Prov 25:28. Jesus wept. John 11:35. Real men feel deeply, yet lead strongly.

Men, please, I have an advice for you this morning. Have a structure. Be firm. Stop acting effeminate. Have your own account where you save money. Stop using your wife’s account all the time. Before your wife asks you to do something, remove emotions and think about it if there’d be repercussions. Never put your extended family above your own family. Avoid friends whose only impact in your life is to take you out to eat meat and drink beer. Lead your wife well. Don’t wait for anyone to help you make decisions before you take them. Never assist your wife in weaponizing séx against you. Never cry over a woman. Buy land before you buy a car. Shalom!

@marriedmn Yes. Men build yourselves. Become better. But marriage isn't a contract, it's a covenant. Your wife follows you because of her covenant not your charisma. You remain committed to her, not because she gets hotter, but because of your covenant. Marriage is a vow, not vibe.

Your partner didn’t just marry who you are right now. They married who you’re becoming. That’s the silent contract in marriage. While she says “I do” to the man standing in front of her, she’s secretly betting on the stronger, wealthier, wiser, and more disciplined version of you in the future. If you become lazy, soft, broke, emotionally weak, or lose your edge after marriage, she will slowly lose respect and eventually attraction. Many men get comfortable and wonder why their wife becomes cold or resentful years later. Growth isn’t optional in marriage. Keep hitting the gym, stacking your money, sharpening your leadership, and protecting your frame. Become the kind of man she would proudly follow for life. Because the day you stop growing is the day she starts questioning her choice. Level up relentlessly, king. Make sure the man you’re becoming is worth staying married to.

@ScottRoberts True. Jesus flipped tables and washed feet. John 2:13-17 John 13:3-5.

God is love. But He is also holy. A theology that emphasizes love while ignoring holiness produces nice people, not disciples. A theology that emphasizes holiness while ignoring love produces Pharisees. You need both.