Band of Brothers

Lie #1: I can do it myself - I don’t like to fly! Not because I am afraid of dying or claustrophobia, but because I don’t have control. Face it; most of us want to believe that we are competent and capable. Ultimately we’d like to believe that we are in control! None of us really are in control but we sure would like to believe it.

The first lie is a control issue a challenging lie.  It says I can take on anyone, any challenge, and any time. I don’t need help. I am in control.

Lie #2: This is just the way I am - The second lie is when we realize, we don’t have control. This is a surrender lie. It is what a man says who has given up and let go of control. It’s surrender to the desires of his own heart and not God’s.

To change or overcome from these lies, independently, is hard….not impossible but really hard. It’s even harder to do it by yourself. Speaking directly to us men, we need to learn that we need each other. That’s right I said it, Men need other men!

Hey guys - You can’t make it alone and you don’t need to try!

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work. If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

Remember the series on HBO, “Band of Brothers?” I love that series for many reasons besides being a history nut. I love the series because it represents men being there for other men. No Lone Wolf McQuade’s in that bunch.

Ok so here is how we can become a Band of Brothers:

1. I’ll carry you when you’re tired and you carry me when I’m tired.
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2
2.  I’ll Pray for you, you pray for me
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed...
James 5:16a
3. I’ll get in your face, you get in mine
when Peter came to Antioch, and I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong. Galatians 2:11
4. I’ll be there for you, you be there for me
…correct, rebuke and encourage-with great patience and careful instruction.
2 Timothy 4:2

 

A “Band of Brothers” help each other to eliminate the lies, asks the hard questions, doesn’t blame others, confesses immediately and fully, helps each other do the right thing and a “Band of Brothers”…

 

 WINS Together!!!