Man Up!

In honor of Father's Day Craig spoke today on what it means to "Man Up".

What a great message for today! Although Chuck Tabor did a phenomenal job last week in Craig's absence I really missed his teaching!

So back to the "Sticky Relationship" series and more of the same, talking about things to make our current relationships stick!

Wow! I love the way Craig and the leaders 0f Elevation leave me challenged each and every single week. So far out of the people who I have heard teach, Craig, Phil, and Chuck. I have left feeling challenged by them, but also am feeling challenged by all the wonderful areas that me and my family have opportunities to serve in. So far we are doing Elevation Station, Youth Group, greeting, cleaning a Saturday or two a month, and anything and everything else we can do to just make a difference for Jesus, and to help elevate His name. I want to challenge you too. If you have not committed to serving in some way shape or form yet then get to it! What are you waiting for? We aren't going to beg you! But, as Craig so delicately put it a couple of weeks ago, WE ARE MADE TO SERVE! Cleaning toilets may not sound like a glorious job for the Kingdom of God, but if you are good at it and there is a need for it that you can meet, well then you can help!

Some great "Man Up" references today by Craig, especially of the Miller Lite commercials, which I have to point out this is my favorite, and it makes me think of Phil Nelson every time I see it! (Just Kidding Phil)



The "Meat" of the message was so good today! Telling us to "Walk the walk" and not just "talk the talk". That if we are "Loving" one another the way God has commanded us to we would be living in His light!

I am going to make this one a short one today and hopefully leave you challenged as well with what I am writing. In closing Craig read out of this passage:


1 Corinthians 13:4-8
English Standard Version (ESV)


4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

I am not sure where I heard this next statement at, but I remember hearing a message on this a couple of year ago and the speaker said that while reading this verse can you plug "your name" into where it says "Love"? For Example: Scott is patient (yeah right!), Scott is kind, Scott does not envy or boast. So on and so forth! I really challenge you to put your name into these statements and see if you can make it halfway through this list!

How many times do you challenge God on something He is directing you to do that you don't want to do? I have done it many times, and thankfully I have eventually smartened up and did what I was supposed to do all along!

You can ask most anyone who knows me personally that being patient isn't one of my strong suits! Although I have been working on it, sometimes it gets the better of me! The one thing I resolve to do out of the message I heard today is to make sure that I exercise more patience with my children, and my wife while also making sure that I am being loving and kind in the words that I choose to use towards them! I hope that this blog and more importantly Craig and the other Elevation leader's messages are challenging you in similar ways and if they are I would love to hear about them!

God Bless!