Josh Vegors is a happily married father of four boys, and is the host of the Forging of Men Podcast, where he inspires men to pursue strength, faith, and purpose through honest conversations and stories from the outdoors. As an avid outdoorsman and dedicated Christian, Josh encourages men to embody both courage and humility in their daily lives. He brings this unique perspective as a guest on the Christian Outdoors Podcast, sharing insights on how faith and adventure shape his journey and calling.

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This week Jon takes a look at the idea of what it means to have the faith of a child, talks about the fact there are no outcasts when it comes to Jesus, and that Christ followers can be guilty of hindering others from seeing Jesus clearly.  Hope this challenges you and encourages you as well.  

As always if you wish to discuss this topic further, or discuss having Jon speak at one of your events, reach out at [email protected]

Rick Devericks is a medically retired 20-year Special Operations Green Beret Army Veteran from

Brunswick, Ohio. Rick’s military service to our nation has taken him through 10 combat

deployments in six different countries. Rick now lives in North Carolina near Fort Bragg with his family. He is passionate about his family and God, but also about veterans, archery, hunting, and the outdoors.

Rick started shooting archery at the age of 15 and soon thereafter found himself enthusiastic about the sport. He quickly began competing at a national level. He placed first in the National Field Archery Association’s tournament, and he placed in the finals in both the International

Bowhunting Organization’s Indoor World and the Archery Shooters Association’s national

tournaments. Rick also competed at a state and local level and won several championships.

Archery eventually had to take a back seat to the military, but as Rick reached retirement, he

eagerly jumped back into the sport, once again, competing and placing in several local

competitions. Rick later completed in the 2017 Department of Defense’s Warrior Games in

2017, taking home two silver medals. He later took a Gold Medal in Archery at the 2021 Invictus Games.

Hoping to support other veterans, wounded warriors, and share his love for archery, Rick

started coaching the Warrior Games SOCOM archery team in 2019. Today Rick continues to shoot archery and compete as often as possible, but his primary focus is on coaching and helping others enjoy and appreciate archery.

 

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Did you know that God knows all about you?  He knows the good, the bad, and the ugly. Yet He still desires a relationship with you. 

Join Jon this week as he takes a brief look at this topic.  Praying that this encourages your soul!

After tragically losing his father as a child, David Wootten lived a lost and reckless life of rebellion as a teen and young adult that ultimately led to joining the Army. A career ending injury in Iraq coupled with struggles with PTSD, alcohol and drugs left him on the verge of losing his family and even his life. It wasn't until a pastor introduced David to the sport of archery and to a God he thought had abandoned him that he finally found the love, peace and purpose he had been searching for.   

 

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This week Jon shares about his hunting trip to Illinois that included a pretty serious bout of pneumonia and uses that to try and illustrate our need to pursue help when we struggle.

Scripture referenced this week:   Galatians 6.2;  James 5.16;  Matthew 11.28-30 

As referenced in this week's episode, Jon is available to talk and pray with you if you have are carying a burden that you need help and counsel with.  Reach out at [email protected] and set up a phone call. 

Food Plots have been the rage for deer hunting for quite some time now. But there is a lot more to it than just casting seed on the ground and hoping a trophy buck will show up. Today, we have one of the best food plot designers, around. Heath Rayfield has been developing and maintaining food plots for decades and knows a thing or two about how to create a plot to fit your specific needs. 

Whether it is a small plot in the woods, a large field, or something in between. Seed bed preparation, seed selection, and the Anabolic seed coat can the the winning combination to having the perfect plot. 

 

 

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Have you ever played the comparison game?  Thought that you weren't enough?  Here is some good news.  God doesn't do that.  He isn't impressed with how much you have but rather just wants you to be faithful with what you have been given!

Join Jon this week as he discusses this topic.  If you would like to hear it more in depth then head to hartlandbible.org/sermons/ and select the June 8 sermon.

As always, if you wish to discuss this topic in greater detail you may reach out to Jon directly at [email protected].  

 

Born and raised in southeastern Wisconsin, Chad Stillman was introduced to sports and the outdoors at a young age.  Growing up, if you couldn't find him on the soccer or football field, chances are he was in the woods or on the water. Those two passions would lead to a stint as a semi-pro kicker for the Racine Raiders and a cameraman for Bowhunting.com. By 22 years old, he was fresh out a college, a homeowner and embarking on his lifelong dream of working in law enforcement. Quickly moving up in the ranks, he received a promotion to the SWAT Team and ultimately settled in as an FBI Task Force Investigator. To warn our audience, this isn't an easy conversation to listen to as Chad takes us on the emotional journey of his story. Struggling at times to share it here, he details the events of January 17, 2018, a day that changed his life and the lives of others forever. 7 years later and battling with PTSD from the events of that evening, he gives credit to time in the outdoors, the support of friends and family, but most notably his faith, for sustaining him when the pressures of life are too much.

 

 

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Sin doesn't remove our calling, but it does make it harder.

This week Jon seeks to share that we are not to live a life of surrender to the results of sin in this world but we are go back and look at the divine intent of creation and live that out as followers of our God.

Scripture used or referenced: Genesis 1.26-31; Genesis 2.18; Genesis 3.14-19; Mark 2.17; Luke 2.17; Romans 6.23; John 8.11; John 11.25

Do you have a sin that you are struggling to overcome?  Feel free to reach out to Jon.  He would love to chat with you and pray with you.  Jon believes that our God is in the victory business and that there is nothing in life that God can't redeem.  Shoot him an email: [email protected].

This devotion is the paired down version of a sermon given last week at Hartland Bible Church where Jon pastors. If you wish to hear the full legnth sermon and hear more of Jon's teaching head to www.hartlandbible.org.