As men we each have a choice to take the path of least resistance or take the narrow and harder road. 

what are you going to take?  

 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Hebrews 10:23‭-‬25 ESV 

Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.

Proverbs 20:28 ESV

 Exodus 4:2 English Standard Version

 The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.”

 Leviticus 18:21 

 You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

As Christian Men we must stand against abortion. Heroes protect even the smallest of us.

 “Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets. " Luke 6:26

Popularity is not the goal for a Christian.

  “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. John 15:18-19

Close to 100,000 Christians are being killed every year because of their faith, according to statistics from a Pew Research Survey and the International Society for Human Rights, a non-religious organization.

an “unprecedented,” number of death per year amount to 273 Christian killed daily, or 11 every hour

Some areas are 1 every 6 minutes

Are you willing to be hated?

Anytime a man in the Bible avoided hard things destruction happened.

 13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.  Matthew 7:13-14