Heroic Minute

We all have had to wait for something in our lives. Waiting requires patience and we typically only wait for things that we need or want. This is because our time is valuable and limited. We are not going to wait for something that we don't care about.

As men, we have a tendency to hide our pain from others. We like to show off a strong impervious armor to others when deep down we can be experiencing a tremendous amount of pain. 

We fight so hard to seek fulfillment in our lives. We pursue careers, money, fame, accolades and so many other activities that leave us empty. The reality is that there is one thing in our lives that we just can't replace, one thing that completes us in a way that nothing else will. That irreplaceable thing is God.

Why is God irreplaceable? Because God loves you in ways that even your spouse can't love you. God knows you better than anyone else, He knows your strengths and He knows your weaknesses. All of the things we hide from others, God knows them. He is the only one who completely and totally understands the person you are and still He loves you.

He loves you so greatly that He took all of your faults, all of your brokenness, and He claimed them as His own. He allowed Himself to be condemned beaten and killed so that you could see there isn't anything that He wouldn't do for you. God fulfills us because He is the one person that will never abandon you no matter what you do or who you are. All you have to do is claim Him the way He claims you.

We look for Jesus in churches, in prayer, and in scripture; but we can forget that Jesus presents Himself physically to us in the person right next to us.  We often see the worst in others and fail to see God Himself.

Slow down this week to consider every person you encounter this week, reflect on how you treat them? Would your interactions have changed if you saw them as Jesus Christ? It is never too late to do more for your neighbor.

People turn to God for all kinds of reasons. We usually turn to God when we are in need. God wants us to go to Him when we are in need, but God also wants more from us. Our prayer drives our relationship with God. God is not some magical genie that is only there to grant us our wish, God is our Father.

Hope can be an incredibly powerful motivator. It can keep you moving forward in the most desperate of situations. But if your hope is grounded in the wrong things it can spiral you into greater despair; particularly if you are betrayed by the people or things you hope in.

What do you hope for? Who are you placing your hope in? If the answer is not God, you are likely setting yourself up for a great deal of hurt. Are you placing the majority of your hope in yourself, others, business partners, friends, luck, worldly goals like financial success?

Take time this week to consider what you hope for and what you hope in. Ask God to help you hope in Him and the salvation offered in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The Heroic Minute with Jon Leonetti is presented by Heroic Men. Join us every week to discover simple ways that you can practice heroic faith and become the man that God created you to be. For more great content visit www.heroicmen.com.

There aren't many things we can count on in life but one of them is God's faithfulness to us. God doesn't always give us what we want but He always provides what we need. This week find time to thank God for the many ways he has sustained you through difficult moments.

The Heroic Minute with Jon Leonetti is presented by Heroic Men. Join us every week to discover simple ways that you can practice heroic faith and become the man that God created you to be. For more great content visit www.heroicmen.com.

Getting on one knee is a familiar image to men, particularly in relation to marriage proposals. In this video, Jon Leonetti connects this imagery to the nature of our relationship with God.

God humbles Himself and proposed His love for us by giving His life. How do you participate in the various proposals in your life?

The Heroic Minute with Jon Leonetti is presented by Heroic Men. Join us every week to discover simple ways that you can practice heroic faith and become the man that God created you to be. For more great content visit www.heroicmen.com.

It is easy to cut ourselves off from one another, it is easy to walk away when things are difficult and it is easy to add fuel to the fire of division. Men division is the easy road, unity is the heroic path.

This week identify the division that exists in your families, in the workplace, and with your friends. Step forward and be the first to bring reconciliation and unity to your relationships.

Jon Leonetti shares his thoughts on St. Boneventure and his efforts as an uniter. St. Boneventure pray for us!

There is nothing more powerful than prayer. If we truly care about our country then we will lift our nation and our leaders up in prayer. Regardless of political affiliation all of the leaders of our country need the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

It can be difficult to pray for leaders that you disagree with. This week take time to pray for those who you find it most difficult to pray for and ask the Holy Spirit to intercede on your behalf.

The Heroic Minute with Jon Leonetti is presented by Heroic Men. Join us every week to discover simple ways that you can practice heroic faith and become the man that God created you to be. For more great content visit www.heroicmen.com.