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The Making Of A Man
> God created man to have dominion, to be a ruler,
> and to
> master his environment He created us in the
> beginning to be totally dependent
> on Him, He taught us directly. He instructed us and
> gave us our assignments.
> So, the making of a man was founded in and through
> Him. The only way this
> transition into manhood can take place is that we go
> back to Him.
> 1 Corinthians 13:11 states "When I was a child, I
> spake as a
> child, I understood as a child, I thought as a
> child: but when I became a
> man, I put away childish things".
> Keys To Becoming A Real Man
> God created man to be a Provider, Protector,
> Cultivator,
> Visionary, and Leader
> Provider: In Genesis 2:15 God put His man, Adam
> in a garden
> and gave him his first assignment, to work. Work was
> given to him to advance
> the purpose of God. God wanted Adam to have
> fulfillment, and to enable him to
> provide for his own needs as well as those for whom
> he would eventually be
> responsible for.
> Notice that before he gave the man a woman he gave
> him work.
> Therefore a man needs work before he takes on a
> wife. A provider finds a way
> to supply for his family's need. He plans ahead and
> anticipates needs before
> they arise.
> Protector: When God put us in the garden to take
> care of it,
> not only did he want us to work in it and cultivate
> it, but he wanted us to
> also protect it, and all the animals, the plants,
> and the woman that he put
> there for us.
> We are natural protectors, designed by God to
> protect
> everything we are responsible for.
> Cultivator: To cultivate means to make something
> better than
> it was when you first received it. Look at your
> woman, how many of us are
> really cultivating our women?
> Single Brothers: You should be cultivating every
> woman that
> comes into your circle. They should leave you a
> better person, NOT Pregnant,
> or emotionally abused after we've run so much game
> on them.
> Married Men: We have this picture in our minds of
> what we
> want our wives to be and when she doesn't measure up
> to that we blame her.
> Ask yourself, what have you put into her? What kind
> of deposits have you made
> into her spirit?
> Have you cultivated her to be what you envision?
> Or what she
> envisions for herself? Do you know what her goals
> and dreams are? How are you
> helping her achieve them? A woman is like a seed,
> and we are water and light
> for her. If we pour into her and shine our light on
> her, she will blossom
> into a beautiful, compassionate, nurturing,
> submissive, help mate. Then you
> can look at her proudly and say "look at what I have
> cultivated".
> Visionary: Proverbs 29:18 says "Where there is no
> vision the
> people perish".
> To have vision means to conceive something in your
> mind and
> then move toward bringing that vision into reality.
> Every man should have a
> vision for his life. If he is married, he should
> have a vision for his
> family. The vision should include but not limited to
> Faith, Family, and
> Finances. We should have short term and long term
> goals, and they should be
> attainable.
> Most of us don't have a vision for our family and
> we wonder
> why our wives and children won't submit to us.
> Brothers, look at the word
> submission, the prefix "sub" means under, and
> mission simply means goal or
> vision. So submitting is coming under one's goals
> and vision. Well, brother
> she won't submit if you don't have a vision for her
> to submit under.
> Leader: Every man is created by God to lead and a
> man should
> display leadership characteristics. Some men run
> away from the responsibility
> of leadership. They are selfish, only concerned
> about their own needs and not
> the needs of others.
> Take a look at some leadership characteristics
> listed below:
> * A leader is a servant
> * A leader is disciplined
> * A leader is the first one up in the morning and
> the last one to go to
> bed
> * A leader sets the tone
> * A leader has integrity
> * A leader has character
> * A leader's word is his bond
> * A leader is a role model
> * A leader provides, protects, cultivates, and has
> vision
Posted By: WILLIAM W. HEMMANS III
Saturday, February 4th 2006 at 3:24PM
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