Brother to Brother Devotionals

Today, I will share Proverbs 3:5-8. A familiar passage that is a promise we can hold fast in our hearts. The question for today is: Who are you leaning on?

Today, I am sharing the first five verses from Proverbs 2:1-5. It has a number of “If” statements followed by a “then” promise. The question is: are you seeking more from God?

Today, I am taking a verse from Proverbs 1:7. It shares a key truth in our understanding of maturity. The question for today is: Are you a teachable man?

In this episode, I want to encourage Dad’s of the vital and unique role they have that no one else can fulfill in being an awesome Dad to their children.

The question is: Do you fully appreciate how awesome Dads are? Put in another more personal way, do you fully appreciate how awesome you are?

Dads have a great influence on the health and development of their kids. In their academic progress, their physical and emotional health, the choices teens and young adults will make, and in their spiritual development. There is a vast amount of research that demonstrates a child with a loving, engaged Dad has a great foundation for success in life.

In this episode we will challenge Dads to discover a few key traits of being an awesome Dad. Keep it up Dad, You are AWESOME!

Welcome to Brother to Brother, Inspirational messages for men

Men face unique challenges in today's modern world, and God's Word has a lot of encouragement for men in striving towards loving marriages, raising healthy children, effectively engaging in the work place, having a place and influence within the church, establishing friends and finding purpose and fulfillment in life.

The Brother to Brother weekly podcast are 20-30 minute messages that address men’s issues from a Biblical perspective. The B2B 2 Minute Drill podcasts are daily, Monday through Friday, 2 minute devotionals just for guys. Subscribe through Apple podcast, Spotify or Google Podcast and others and you can download and listen to them both. Like the Brother to Brother Facebook page for updates and additional content.

What makes a great team? Why do some teams excel while others fall short. In this episode on Real Life Teams we explore this question and draw from Biblical examples that an help us understand the teams we are a part of and how to work and lead effectively with others.

The Question for you: How can I influence my various real life teams as a skilled teammate, an effective leader, working toward goals with focus and with a dedication to keep improving?

Tim examines all five of those team attributes and looks to the life of Jesus and his team that he called together, 2000 years ago. Jesus and his twelve disciples created the most powerful and influential ideology and organization humanity has ever known, the church. Jesus led them, taught them, fulfilled his mission and then entrusted to the disciples their work to go and make disciples. They did just that.

The Challenge for you: To make the most of the teams you are on. To evaluate your real life teams: who are the skilled players and are they in the right positions, is there effective leadership, are there clear goals, is there a dedication to training and improvement.

Tim takes a self-reflective look at his own culture and worldview to have a greater understanding and awareness of the discrimination, fear and anger that is sweeping across our nation in 2020.

The three primary questions Tim explores are: Do men, not of color, see and understand the injustices in our communities toward minorities? Is there a role we may have in taking actions towards bringing fairness and justice to our communities? What does it mean to love our brother?

Through a foundation of hope and encouragement in God's Word exploring these three questions, Tim challenges us through challenging himself by loving his brother, regardless of his skin color, language or tribe. To listen, care for, and empathize with him at a deeper level. Second, to acknowledge there is real discrimination and fear within communities of color that he may not fully understand, and to speak up or act when the Lord prompts him to do so.

In this first in a new series on Real Life Teams. I think we can all relate to the team concept as having participated in sports, coached sports or just a fan of sports. We may not be on a competitive team on the court or field, but we all participate in real life teams every day.

The questions are: What are the teams you are a part of today? What are the goals for each team? What specific role do you fulfill for your team to be successful?

Tim addresses Five Real Life Teams and how we have a vital role as a team player on each one. The Christian Man Team, The Marriage Team, The Family Team, The Work-Place Team, and the Church Team. Tim explores how each team has Biblical principles that can inspire and encourage us to get off the bench and get in the game.

In the final episode of Men's Health we will explore one's emotional health. Specifically how stress, chronic stress affects our physical and emotional well-being. Tim will answer: what can too much stress do to you? Why does understanding stress matter? What are the causes of stress? What are the warning signs? How stressed out are you today?

In looking to God's Word for instruction we can discover three Biblical principles and practices that can bring healing and restoration to our physical and emotional well-being. Finally, Tim gives a challenge to men with three questions to reflect upon and answer honestly.

Continuing the topic of Men's Health this episode addresses the question, Are you making daily wise decisions in regard to your diet and nutrition? If you listen to nutrition specialist, watch documentaries, and read articles on what foods you should eat and ones to not consume, it can be confusing to say the least. The information seems compelling, but often contradictory with one another. So how do we make good decisions on our food choices?

This episode will explore how God has given us a bountiful variety of foods that have all the nutrients we need to be healthy and promote healing. The second point is to encourage you that yes, you do have control over your diet. Finally we all desire to seek the Lord for wisdom in our lifelong diet so we will be strong and healthy to fulfill God's purposes and plans He has for us.