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This year, God has used you to share the hope of Jesus and meet the needs of men in some incredible ways.

Whether it was through the Majoring In Men Foundations training course, the Dangerous Nations outreaches, Monday Night Men live stream, Brave Men  podcast, or the epic Global Summit event you’ve been there to help rescue men in their greatest time of need.

Together we can defeat fatherlessness, end child abuse, and raise up strong men who love God and love people.

As 2021 winds down, we invite you to join together to make an even bigger impact with an end-of-year financial gift. Give before December 31 to receive a tax credit for 2021.

As you give this year-end gift, you are changing lives—one man at a time.

Click the secure link below or give it on the CMN.men website.

Working together as brothers – we are making a difference.

GIVE TODAY

Robert Barriger knows a lot about change.

It’s not too often you sit with a man and talk about how many times he’s been threatened by terrorists, or had bandits raid his buildings or inflation so big they stop printing money or political changes happen so rapidly you’re not sure who’s in charge…

…but Robert Barriger has seen all of that and more in forty years of ministry in Peru. He’s seen the changes we are experiencing today. 

Against that backdrop of shifting cultures and toxic trends, Robert Barriger brings us a powerful insight on change and the hope of Jesus Christ in the midst of the turmoil.

WATCH NOW 

Recently, the great American football announcer and CMN friend James Brown, who is known as “JB,” told me something that surprised me about his friendship with NFL Hall of Famer Reggie White.

Reggie was known as “The Minister of Defense,” for his outstanding play and Christian witness. When Reggie left for heaven, Reggie’s wife Sarah gave JB one of Reggie’s prize classic cars. What this reminds me of, is the intimate relationship that names signify.

We read in Matthew the first chapter that an angel told Joseph to name his son “Jesus,” which means “Deliverer.” Matthew then recalls Isaiah prophesying that Jesus would be known as “Immanuel,” which means, “God is with us.”

“The Minister of Defense” and JB knew each other by something more personal than their given names. We have that same privilege. We know Jesus in a functional role is our “Deliverer.” But in a personal way, we are privileged to know him intimately as a friend who is, “God is with us.”

How very close and personal that is. What a spectacular promise for us today. God is with us.

Every day, in every situation we face, in every stress of life, against every obstacle and onslaught of a broken world, He is with us!

He is the God who says to you today:

“I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support.  I will not, I will not, I will not in any degree leave you helpless, nor forsake nor let you down (relax My hold on you)! Assuredly not!” (Hebrews 13:5 Amplified Bible).

God is with us! Forgiveness is alive, freedom is at hand, hope is fulfilled, peace reigns in our hearts. We are blessed by God’s delivering power, free from the grip of sin. Our lives are filled with joy. Our hearts overflow with thanksgiving for God’s generous gift, our Saviour and Lord, the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ.

May the Lord cover your life this season with His presence. May you experience His delivering power and personally know Him as “Immanuel,” GOD IS WITH US!

His name is “Deliverer” … and he’s your friend – the God who is with you.

In His grace, peace, and love,
Merry Christmas,
Your brother, friend, and ally,

Monday nights were on fire throughout 2021 with three seasons of Monday Night Men being released. Even in the midst of the storms that rocked Texas, and significantly damaged our studios in February, your faithful support kept us streaming and reaching men.

The year kicked off as together we helped men understand the Power of Potential. From there we moved through Just a Bartender and unlocked the door to true identity. The final season was stout and challenging as we focused on what it means to be a Real Man.

Here are just a couple of testimonies that show how Monday Night Men is making an impact.

Monday Night Men is about strengthening our foundation in God’s word and developing courage for the journey – building a life filled with purpose and destiny. Together we can defeat fatherlessness, end child abuse, and raise up strong men who love God and love people.

And if you missed an episode you can access them all right here – WATCH NOW.

Would you pray about giving to help produce more Monday Night Men episodes in 2022?

We launch again on Monday night January 23 with the book, Courage! (Get more info by going HERE)

Click the secure link below or give it on the CMN.men website.

Working together as brothers – we are making a difference.

My remarkable wife Judi and I have been married 50 years today. FIFTY.

We’ve had some amazing days and some difficult ones – but we are here – resilient, in love, faithful, blessed, and fired up about the future.

I remember the first time I saw her across a crowded room at a youth conference when I was 17. I remember our first kiss. I remember her walking down the aisle of the church in Santa Rosa, California, fifty years ago.

And I remember the many times she has shown such great courage. As she wrote this scripture to friends last November, little did she know how real that verse would become just a few weeks later when she was diagnosed with cancer and then healed of it.
 
“Fear not, for I am with you. Do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will hold you up and retain you with my VICTORIOUS right hand of rightness and justice.” AMP Isaiah 41:10

Her scripture of encouragement parallels the scripture God gave me as a young man, still alive in my heart today:
 
The steps of a good man are
 ordered by the Lord,
 And He delights in his way.
 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down;
 For the Lord upholds him with His hand.  Psalm 37;23,24 NKJV

Today’s journey may be ordered or rocky, but it always comes back to this: Keep showing up.
 
The love of God is without condition, but His promises are conditional on our faithful obedience.
 
Someone asked me yesterday how to stay married for fifty years – I said: Keep showing up.
 
That’s who we are as stalwart men of CMN.

We make mistakes, but we repent, get back up, and get cranked up again, because we…Keep showing up.
 
I am most blessed because Judi gave me her hand as a helpmeet, wife, and lover. Our grandchildren adore their ‘Gammi’ and her children respect and love her.

Thank you, Judi, for filling my life with love and beauty and life and courage. I would do it all again. Every moment… though I’d do a few things better. 

Because of all of this, Judi and I are filled with this year’s theme for the CMN Global Summit – HOPE.

We could have lost hope many times. But God kept his word. God was faithful. God was full of mercy and grace.

Because when we show up, God will always, always, always keep showing up.

The same temptations to quit that happened to Elijah are the same for every man.

Elijah had just finished a huge battle. He won. He had victory – but he was tired … and alone. Then the culture wanted to cancel him. 

In 1 Kings 18 we find Elijah wiped out tired, sitting under a tree, running from a queen who wanted to kill him. He had just killed over 400 of her pagan priests, had called fire from heaven, had raised a boy from the dead, had prayed and it didn’t rain – and prayed again and it rained three and a half years later. 

This man was a warrior, but he was tired. Here’s the five temptations that happen to all of us;

Depression, despair, inferiority, resignation, failure. A spirit of negativity had captured his thoughts. Then, God encouraged him. “Elijah, I’m here”, God said. Then God told him this – “Elijah, there are 7,000 other men who are your brothers and are following me with the same passion. You’re not alone”. 

What Elijah needed to hear was that God affirmed him and that other men were with him. That’s why we do the Global Summit in November – to be with men fighting the same fights, to encourage our hearts, to rise up with courage. That’s why we do Monday Night Men and the BraveMen podcast … to stir up courage in our hearts!

Paul later told his young student Timothy, “God did not give you a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power and love and strong wisdom”. That’s the presence of God in your life.

MONDAY NIGHT MEN. YouTube 8pm Central and staying on that site all week is the third session of Real Man. This is one you need.

Rise up from the temptation trap of Elijah – you’re not alone. You have brothers. And God has placed in your heart the fulness of His presence and power.

Join us tonight or this week for Monday Night Men (type that in your YouTube browser – or meet us on the Christian Men’s Network Facebookpage). 

Rise up. Walk with the Lord, be filled with courage.

2977

That’s the number of people who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on the United States, September 11, 2001.

And today, 20 years later, over 18,000 first responders are dealing with life-threatening diseases from the ground zero destruction.

The victims were sons and daughters, moms and dads, husbands and wives… some were able to call home before the final moment, some jumped to escape the flames – perishing on their own terms … some prayed final prayers as the falling buildings consumed their dreams and for all of us – the deadly and deranged evil of men attempted to stop the destiny of a people.

Some rushed into the buildings. Others helped the thousands of wounded and displaced.

All were heroes.

Today as we remember those heroes our greatest weapons continue to be faith and works…prayer and action. Loving God and loving others.

Pray for our nation, our leaders, pray for the church… and pray for the churches in the terrorist nations, pray for believers standing strong for their faith in the midst of terrible persecution… pray for the troops, pray for the Kingdom of Heaven to be established on the earth!

When you pray, things shift on the face of the earth.
 
2 Cor. 10:3-5 “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.”

And, touch someone with the love of Christ today. Help a friend, encourage your loved ones, volunteer in your community, get busy in the planting of the love of God in your city.

We are in a fight, and the final victory is assured.

HOPE IS ALIVE. HOPE HAS A NAME. HOPE’S NAME IS JESUS!

Tonight we continue the work to become a man of courage, vision, endurance, faith, love, power, action, and grace. MONDAY NIGHT MEN is cranked up at 8:00 pm Central and premiere’s LIVE on YouTube and Facebook.

Romans 12:2 says, “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” NLT

While the world is obsessively leaning into negativity, we as Christian men are fully embracing the freedom and positive nature found in Jesus Christ. Our study on The Real Man book is just about that – freedom in our minds and hearts.
 
Paul taught us in 1 Corinthians 16:13,14 “Be alert, stand firm in the faith, act like a man, be strong.” (HCSB translation) Another translation puts it this way, “ Keep your eyes open for spiritual danger; stand true to the Lord; act like men; be strong;” (TLB translation)

Tonight at 8:00 pm Central, premiering LIVE on YouTube and Facebook. MONDAY NIGHT MEN.

You can then access these inspirational 28-minute videos anytime. They are there for your men’s group, personal study or to share with someone else. 

Remember what we’ve talked about for decades, MEN AND NATIONS ARE NOT GREAT BY VIRTUE OF THEIR WEALTH BUT BY THE WEALTH OF THEIR VIRTUE. 

The legacy of our lives will be the moral courage with which we navigated this chaotic world. That only happens in the full embrace of Jesus.

HOPE IS ALIVE. HOPE HAS A NAME. HOPE’S NAME IS JESUS!

I’ll see you on Monday Night Men!