Welcome to Mens Life

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Welcome to Mens Life!
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Three Questions

• Who am I?
• Why am I here?
• Where am I going?

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Three Questions

• Who am I?
• I am a man created by God.
• Why am I here?
• I am a man commissioned by God.
• Where am I going?
• I am a man who will ultimately face God.

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• Genesis 128 And God blessed them and God said
  to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the
  earth, and subdue it . . .

I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my
children walking in the truth. 3 John 4
In my children
God said, Be fruitful and multiply
I know that there is nothing better for a man
than to rejoice and to do good in ones
lifetime. Eccl 312
God said, Subdue the earth
And make this world better for others
I have seen that nothing is better than that man
should be happy in his activities. Eccl. 322
God blessed them . . .
For myself
Spiritual Adventures God . . .
To experience Spiritual Life - and have more
than this life alone offers.
God
Faith Love Worship Follow
Peace / Eternal Life
I came that they might have life, and might have
it abundantly. John 1010
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• These last two weeks have surfaced a lot of
  intense feelings in me. Im not enjoying life as
  I should I feel burdened by too much
  responsibility I work too much work consumes
  too much of me. Life is not an adventure . . .
  Help!

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B. You said last week, Our work is to be a means
to these three adventures (not an end to them).
Can you elaborate?

• I have seen that nothing is better than that man
  should be happy in his activities.
  Ecclesiastes 322
• Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the
  days of your fleeting life which He has given to
  you under the sun for this is your reward in
  life, and in your toil in which you have labored
  under the sun. Ecclesiastes 99
• Here is what I have seen to be good and
  fitting to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in
  all ones labor in which he toils under the sun
  during the few years of his life which God has
  given him for this is his reward.
  Ecclesiastes 518

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• C. When is Mens Life going to help me find my
  adventure?

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• D. How do you make your family an adventure?
  Mine feels more and more like a grind. Wheres
  the adventure in family?

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• E. How do I find those things that make me come
  alive?

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• F. I would like to have a cause to live for.
  How do I go about finding one?

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• G. How can I find some man size adventures to
  put the fun back into my life?

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• H. Im in a job Im doing good Im making good
  money, but I just dont like what I do. Im gong
  through the motions and I hate that. What should
  I do?

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• I. Im a young man just getting started. Life
  seems exciting enough to me now. How can I avoid
  ending up where most of you old guys seem to be?

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• J. How religious are we going to be in here?

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Small Group Locations
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Small Group Questions

• What question asked today could you most identify
  with? Why? Was the answer a helpful start?
  What else do you need?
• In light of these first three Mens Life
  sessions, if you could wish for one thing right
  now, what would it be? Why?
• Remember This great adventure we are on is a
  process for every man. Solid answers that can
  help you capture the best in life take time,
  information gathering, and reflection. Let these
  sessions be that for you.