I would like to apologize for the absence.
We'll get into that in this show and some of the things that God has been walking me through.
But I wanted to get back on what God has put in my heart to come to you each week and share with you.
But first, let me pray for you men.
Father, please give your strength to all the men who you have designed these words for.
The courage to strengthen, to lead their families, churches, communities, and the areas of their lives which you created them for.
As they move forward in their days, Father, lead them, guide them, protect them, and yes, it was mighty name.
We pray, amen.
That is my hope for each and every one of you as it has been since God put this on my heart to start the show.
Three and a half months of absence explained simply is like Peter.
I took my eyes off Jesus.
I tried to.
I started looking at how this was becoming more about me instead of about God, how I was going to monetize it, how I was going to make my way.
Through the blessing and avenue that God has given me to be able to sit here and share with you what God has put on my heart.
I think that at some point in our lives that we all face those trials and walk through those experiences so God can show us that it's not about us.
It's about him.
I've heard and I believe 100 percent.
We are unwilling to step into what Jesus has called us because we believe the things that he has given us.
Are ours.
And what he's shown me what he has shown me and what he has been putting on my heart as of late is that none of it is ours.
We own nothing.
We are to be stewards of everything that we have.
The experiences in our life that he has allowed us to go through the hardships, the trials, the disappointments, the successes.
They are never meant specifically for us.
If we're in my belief and what he's shown me and put on my heart is that if we are true followers of Jesus Christ, we understand that others are more important than us.
And that if we are believing that we own the circumstances that we've faced in our life, we're wrong.
It is my belief that everything that we go through in life, the trials, the hardships, the successes are not meant for us.
It is a byproduct that we benefit and that we grow from those experiences.
But the true nature of each one of those experiences is for the benefit of someone else.
Your testimony that those stories create, that they bring to light in your life and how Jesus has walked you through them.
And to where you are right now is for someone else.
He is giving you, given you all of those things.
And through your faith in him, where you are standing right now is meant for someone else.
There is nothing that you have experienced in your life or my life that that is for me.
It's for me to share with someone else and to help them grow in their faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
So with that being said, I want to humbly apologize for being gone and taking my eyes off of Jesus.
But thankfully, as he did with Peter, as you start to sink and you cry out for help, Jesus is faithful to reach down and drag you out of the water and put you back on the path that he created you for.
And I am very thankful that he has put it on my heart to come back and do this show once again so that I can share the word or words or thoughts that he has put on my heart that may help and benefit you in some way, fashion or form.
Because as I found out, you know, thinking about this show and how I wanted to grow it and how I wanted it to be this and how I hoped it would lead to different things and different opportunities.
That's not the reason.
This show was designed for the one person out there that is struggling in something one person, God's person, that he intended this to be.
And I have tried to make it something of my own and I am deeply sorry for if this show has impacted you in any way, taking something away from you that God meant for you and make it about myself.
So I wanted to apologize humbly and ask for your forgiveness and I'm getting back to what I believe God wants me to do.
I don't care where it goes.
I said that before, but I lost my lost my way back have a stronger renewed vision of God and his plan, not Todd's plan.
So again, I want to apologize for being gone.
That's the reason, you know, you get out there and things start kind of going good and being right.
And I made it about me instead of about the people that God gave me the message for and his wisdom and love and faithfulness.
He has shown me that it is not about me.
I know we say that and it's hard to realize that I'm still faulty, even though I believe I am a new creation in Jesus Christ, even though it just I'm just I'm just a man.
And I hate to say that, but my in my weakness.
Jesus is strength has shown through.
And put back on my heart what it was meant to be.
So again, I humbly apologize.
And for those of you who will continue to listen, thank you, because this is God's word, not Todd's word.
It just he's using me as a voice to reach out to you and to maybe help give some insight as to what he is wanting you to hear.
If that's you, then again, thank you for being back and tuning back in.
I can't promise you.
That I won't take a break to refresh and renew my soul.
I'm hoping it doesn't take three months any longer to do so.
But I am rededicated and want to continue to put God's word out there.
He has shown me that I need to be disciplined to get my butt up and do this, not make excuses and not be afraid of what he's put on my heart.
That's what I intend to do.
Now, Satan will try to sidetrack me again, I guess you could say to put obstacles in my way.
They trip me up the last time because I allowed them to because I wasn't continuing to rely on my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
But he has refreshed my mind and my spirit and has set me on a path that this time, I believe will be.
Right, not to say I won't have any problems or struggles, but men, we do this together.
I am just a voice in in in in this current time that we live in that has finally realized that Jesus is the only way.
His word is the only way.
Again, you've heard me say on this show before that we must stand on his truth and his truth alone.
And I felt that, but I wasn't seeing that and it kind of disheartened me at the time.
So another reason I took the break until I could find to make sure that what I was saying here was truly a message that God had put on my heart and not the world has put on my heart.
I didn't want to be deceived by Satan and say things that misled you or confused you or confused myself.
Like I said, we're in this together.
So I should say we instead of you or me us as men.
I didn't want to lose that truth of what God started this out to be.
So with that said, I can apologize a million times.
I can spend the whole show apologizing and I probably should for you that were loyal and listened and I am so grateful that hopefully you'll come back.
I will put this out there.
Like I said, there is a Facebook page.
I haven't started that process back up yet.
Just to let you know what's going on.
Little update, but I'm going to try to get better at that. I've tried to stay off social media during this political season because like I told some of the guys that are men's group and I'm done with politics.
I'm done with I'm done with this world and listening to the to the crap that comes out of every facet of media, social media, radio, TV.
I mean, all of it.
I'm done. Right.
I understand that God puts in authority to people that he chooses for specific reasons.
You know, and our church has been going through the Daniel, the book of Daniel Bible study and it just confirmed in my heart that you know what I'm done with it.
I'm no longer choosing this world.
I'm choosing to stand on the truce and the foundation and the principles of the father, son and the Holy Spirit.
The world is lost.
It is gone just like a current Babylon.
We are living in it, men.
And one of the things he has put on my heart is that, you know what, just like Daniel and his three friends, I'm standing on his truce, his word.
I'm not worried about what the world is doing.
I'm going to be different.
I'm going to act different.
I'm going to look different like we as Christians are called to do.
And that is to call them in for us to look different, be different, act different and not back down from what the world says we as Christian men should look like to stand in it and stand strong in it to team up together to know that you and I are going to be different.
To team up together to know that you and I are not alone in the fight.
We have Christian brothers and sisters who believe as we believe and believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God and everything in it is the truth 100%.
And no matter what the world says, no matter what the world does, doesn't change the fact.
And we have to stand on that and we have to speak out in that so that the world can see that we are Christians.
Yes, we are flawed.
We are imperfect just like every other human being on this earth.
I'm not judging you.
I'm just telling you the truth.
Why?
Because I love you.
It's coming from a place of love.
I'm not going to argue with you if you think you're pink, purple, green horn, unicorn.
I'm not arguing with you.
I'm just telling you you're wrong.
And why I think you're wrong, you can either accept it or not.
Just because I don't agree with you doesn't mean I hate you or it's coming from a place of hate or anger.
That's not what it's meant to be.
I'm not going to be tolerant of it either.
Either I'm going to leave or you're going to exit my area.
Because I have to stand on and look like what Jesus called me to stand on and look like, which is his truth.
His word alone supersedes everything else and it doesn't matter.
What you think you are.
It doesn't.
God's truth is God's truth.
Either be on one side or other if you want to be on as in biblical times, bail side or Satan side and you think you can be a purple headed green horned unicorn.
Then okay, fine.
Then take that side, but I'm taking this side.
You know, and we as Christian men have to really group up, stand lock arms, stand together and fight this battle that we're fighting.
Our country is in trouble.
Our world is in trouble.
Why?
Because Christian men have decided to listen to the culture and listen to the things that this world has to do.
This world has said, you know, like I said, and grooming people, you know, by changing their names, changing their mind, changing all these things come to play.
And it's Satan's plan to try to destroy Christian men.
Why is Satan trying to destroy Christian men?
Because we are whether you agree or not, this is what I believe and what I read when I read God's word.
We are the only thing on this planet, man, that God formed and breathed his life into us in his image.
Right.
Genesis tells us that.
And we have to stand on that.
He didn't come looking for Eve.
I know you've heard me say this on the show before.
He did not come looking for Eve in the garden.
He came looking for Adam.
Period.
Men, Satan is trying to take us out because if he can make us step down and back down and not be who God called us to be, then he has free access.
He didn't go.
Satan did not go after Adam in the garden.
He went after Eve.
He goes after our children.
He goes after the things because if we are standing firm in Christ, he knows he cannot break us.
Right.
He can beat us down.
He can beat us up, but we're going to continue to get up.
And that's where we're at now.
And we have been as a whole, we have been beating beaten down.
And if we're not standing up and speaking out and speaking the true gospel and truth of Jesus Christ, no water down version, the real version of what Jesus Christ says this life should look like it should be.
Then we as men have to come together and group up and form our army that God has called us to be.
Satan can't beat us as a group.
He can beat us individually.
But when we get together as Christ loving men and step out with our army, our squad, our platoon, our company, whatever you want to call it.
Our people and we stand in his word.
Unstoppable when we stand on his principles because no weapon formed against us can destroy us.
None.
Ever when we stand on God's word and his truths and our faith and our hearts are in his son, Jesus Christ.
There's no way.
We already know this Jesus did that on the cross, but we have to take that as 100% and that is our that is our launch launching point in order to stop the madness that's in this world.
Demand or bring forth.
I'm not going to say demand. That's kind of a wrong word, but bring force. Bring to light the truths that Jesus Christ has told us to bring forth.
And men, it's time for us to once again lock arms, group up, step out and start making the changes that God has called us to make.
Each one of us is made for a specific time and place in God's plan.
You know, this podcast is where one of the ways he has shown me that I need to be more active in our culture and our way.
You know, he put me in place right now with this voice and this opportunity to talk to you to help strengthen you to help encourage you to help maybe in some ways grow you in the truth of Jesus Christ.
And I am thankful that he has chosen me and I'm stepping into that.
I'm no longer backing down from what anybody says. If it doesn't agree with what Jesus tells me it's supposed to be, it's wrong.
And we can disagree and you can choose to go on and eat your purple unicorn pea or whatever you're going to eat. Doesn't matter to me.
But the truth is the truth and it's just it's gone too far and God is calling us men to step up to grow in him to lock arms and to go fight this battle that he has called us to fight.
A friend of mine the other day asked me, he said, well, why hadn't God come back? Why hadn't he fixed this? Why hadn't he done that? And just out of nowhere out of truth.
I said, he's waiting on us. So he created us for and we have we have dropped the ball.
We have fumbled on the on the two yard line and it's it's now time to get serious. It's time to be who he created.
It's we we're not just wandering around on this earth without a purpose. If you're lacking purpose, if you're lacking drive, if you're lacking vision, then then then pray because we need to have those conversations with Jesus with Yeshua.
Right. That we need to ask for clarification and direction and be attentive to listen for the answer to be quiet to be still.
To let him show us what our purpose is. I'm not saying this is my only purpose. This podcast I have, as y'all know, I have a family and they they are my gifts and my blessings that he has given me to be watchful over.
But what I have learned is they're not the only thing I guess I'm going to have to be a multitasker, which is not one of my highest traits. But I do know that through his strength and his provision and his will, he will teach me and learn me.
And I'm thankful for that, that his grace covers my lack of abilities at this time. My lack of discipline at times being gone from the show for three and a half months.
I am thankful for his grace and love and to give me another opportunity to fulfill what he has called me to do in this life, which is stand on his truth to share what he puts on my heart and to move forward with confidence that
it's about him, not me and that somebody, one person needs to hear this.
And it was the one person this past weekend that
made me realize that. And I want to say thank you Trent for bringing that full circle. Thank you God for giving me that word and that and that message.
So with that being said, man, it is time. I know this was kind of a ramble, but I do want to apologize again for being gone and apologize for making you about me and not about you, which is just meant to be.
Again, I do want to give you a point to reach out to. If you have any prayer or anything, please send me an email at the call of men show at gmail.com.
I'd love to hear from you thoughts, things, questions that you know you have or that maybe God's put on your heart that you're not sure what to do with.
Just please reach out to me so that we can pray together and we can be involved in this together.
But again, I humbly apologize to each and every one that we're following the show and enjoying the show. Thank you so much.
We are back or yeah, we are back because it's God and I not me and God is God and I are back and looking forward to creating more content and.
As God leads me, not as I try to do, but as God leads me in the direction that he has called me to do.
So be looking for that, gentlemen. Again, thank you so much for.
Being here and listening to the show.
I'm not sure how this is going to work. If it's going to be back to once a week or more times a week, I'm just going to follow where God leads me and rely on him instead of me this time.
I give you that that word from me that sick sounding like crap, not feeling it, whatever. I will continue to do his will like I should have been doing to begin with, but I failed.
But again, thank you for.
Watching the listening to the show and and.
I hope that you're happy that it's back and like I said, if you if you have any questions or any topic that is on your heart, please send me an email to the call of men show at gmail.com.
Love to hear from you. It's important. I feel like maybe that's why.
Personally, I backed off because I didn't feel like it was reaching anyone.
You know, I can look at the analytics on my RSS feed. I can see all of the stuff and people listening, but I'd love to hear back from you.
Or you can hit me up on Facebook to call them in show.
Or you can friend me on Facebook either way.
Love to hear from you. Love to talk to you.
And only helps each other grow when we can do that.
I'm looking to learn from each one of you, hopefully through emails or or some kind of contact with you.
That is my goal.
That is this shows outreach is to help other men grow and stand firm in becoming and being who God created each one of us to be.
So man, as you go out today, just remember that God is with you.
God has created you for a purpose for this moment and trust in that and stand on it.
And remember, as you go out and do what you do today, answer the call of men.
God is with you.