The Fully Alive Man Podcast

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Most of us believe the gospel, but are you ready to communicate it to others?

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Show notes:

• “Hearing from God” may not be as kooky as we imagine.
• The most important thing, according to Jesus, is to love God and to love others as yourself, which is relational. The most important thing to Jesus is totally and completely relationship focussed.
• It was a gift from God to allow Larry to do life without Him, so that now it is so clear that I desperately need him.
• God already holds every answer to the easiest and most difficult questions we could ever ask him, but will we let him be God to us and answer every question we have.

• How do we start to listen and hear:

1. We can start by looking at all of the different ways he speaks in scripture. It is a gift that we can start with his written word. 
2. Ask God to bring revelation of truth as we read scripture.
• It’s as easy as saying, “Holy Spirit I am dependent upon you to reveal the truth of what I am reading.” 
3. He speaks through our thoughtlife,which is in our own “voice.” If we are praying and listening, we should pay close attention to the next thoughts that come to our mind.

• A list of some questions to ask God are:

1. Lord, what do you want me to know in my life right now?
2. Lord, you know my greatest challenge in life right now, what do you want me to know about it right now?
3. Lord, what does it mean that I am your adopted son?
4. Lord, wIll you show you how you love me?
5. Lord, what do you think of me?
6. Lord, what do you like about the way you created me?
7. Lord, what do you want most for me?
8. Lord, why do I matter to you?
9. Lord, do I have what it takes to be a man after your own heart?
10. Lord, who have you made me to be as a man of God? ...as a husband? ...as a father?
• God is with you and wants to be with you.
• Even if we are discouraged about all of this and are worried about where to start, we can ask God.
• Also, use your own style. Some guys need to take a question for God and go for a hike or do the thing that helps you connect.
• Finally, from Larry: you can do this. Ask God for help. Stick with it. And, you have no idea how alive you can be and will become.
• For more of Larry and his ministry go to www.cloudwalkministries.org and www.soulybusiness.com where you will find info and links to incredible retreats and groups for men and women.
• Larry is reading through the Bible in a year with his wife (on audio). He would tell his 20 year old self that God is alive and he really is your father. And, if given $100 to spend frivolously he would… ask God what to do!

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• Larry Green is a part of an incredible ministry called Cloudwalk
• Cloudwalk does retreats and hosts groups for men and women who want to connect with their Heavenly Father and who He made them to be.
• We have reasons to be hesitant about hearing from God: maybe he won’t speak, maybe what I hear will be terrible, etc.
• Most men really want to know who God has made them to be as a man, husband, father, etc. ...and the only way to truly discover that is from the one who made us, God.
• Story: Larry became a Christian at 14 years old, but didn’t understand grace. He thought it was about being “good enough” and so believed on a deep level that he wasn’t worth loving. As a man, pursued the American Dream and all that corporate America had to offer - exhaustion, bad marriage, and disconnected kids.

In 2002, got invited to go on a silent retreat, with no desire to go be alone for 4 days with God… but, God showed up and spoke through his own thoughtlife to tell him how much he loved him. It was overwhelming and a start to a whole new way of life. Left that retreat with no doubt about His love and the fact that God speaks to his children.

• Began a life of being on fire for a relational connection with God.
• When you are really hearing from God, love is always at the center.
• When you are “experiencing” Jesus and his love, then you back to scripture, you will see and read what you are experiencing.

• For example… as you start to receive his love - as scripture says - the fear inside of you is cast out.

• Hearing from God is much more simple than we make it. 
• The wisdom God reveals is so much better than wisdom from any.
• An intimate relationship with God will always involve hearing from him.
• Feel free to weigh what you are hearing from God with scripture. This increases your faith and trust in hearing.
• It starts with the desire to get to know God - the father, the son, the holy spirit.
• The starting place, for Larry, was beginning to pursue a relationship - through spending time and prayer.
• You were made to be in a unique relationship with the father, son, and the holy spirit and it looks very different than the way it looks for others. He knows how to guide us in this if we’ll just say, “we want this, but we don’t know how.”
• See Part 2 for the practical steps of what to do on your own and in your group.

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Our culture has many ideas of what a man should be, but what should a man really look like?

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Being curious is the fuel behind any type of progress. In this episode we talk about how having a posture of curiosity helps you better connect relationally with the men in your group.

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