Jerrad Lopes | Dad Tired

Conviction from God is always for your good and His glory. Shame, on the other hand, is what the enemy uses to confuse your identity.

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Dinner time discussion cards are live in the shop! I wanted to create a super easy way for you to talk about Jesus around the dinner table or during car rides. No prep needed, just grab a Bible and the cards and let the discussions naturally point your child’s heart toward Jesus!

Turned off the news. Ate some Oreos. And plan on sleeping well tonight.

From what I’m hearing, this man loved Jesus. Served his local church. Served his community as a fire firefighter. And laid his life down for his daughter as he used his own body to shield hers from flying bullets. He’s a hero. We need more men like this. In the midst of all the political chaos, let’s not let this man’s story get lost. My heart is heavy for his family. My heart is heavy for our country. Heavy for our future and the future of our kids. I’ve been praying this a lot today: “May your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.” And, I mean it. I don’t want to just casually say “we need Jesus” or “we need to pray.” I want to actually pray. For my own sin and hatred toward my enemies. For my family. For the country God has placed us in and the leaders who lead it. I want to be way more like Jesus, and a lot more like this dad.

Death is my motivation. It’s chasing us all down faster than we want to admit.

“In any relationship, there will be frightening spells in which your feelings of love dry up. And when that happens you must remember that the essence of marriage is that it is a covenant, a commitment, a promise of future love. So what do you do? You do the acts of love, despite your lack of feeling. You may not feel tender, sympathetic, and eager to please, but in your actions you must BE tender, understanding, forgiving and helpful. And, if you do that, as time goes on you will not only get through the dry spells, but they will become less frequent and deep, and you will become more constant in your feelings. This is what can happen if you decide to love.” - Tim Keller, The Meaning of Marriage

These conversations can be hard to have with your spouse. There can be a lot of pain. But man, they are so needed. As Dr. Juli said, all sexual issues are spiritual issues. These are the very topics the enemy would hate to have you bring out to light because it would likely mean so much healing. I highly recommend you and your spouse listen to every minute of this episode and lean into the hard and awkward conversations. For your good, and His glory.

Get your spouse, grab a notebook, make sure the kids aren’t nearby, and listen to every minute of this conversation about sex with @authenticintimacy 🤯☺️💃🏻😬🙉 My goal was to ask Dr. Juli every question that I knew my guy friends wanted to ask their wife, but were too afraid to ask 😂 Episode out now! Link in bio.

Our boys need to be trained. Last night I took some of the boys from the neighborhood out on the boat. We explored sandbars in the middle of the ocean, caught shark, practiced flips, and talked about what it means to be men of our word. Some of the boys were making bets on who could do the best jump off the boat. “I swear I’ll pay you if you win!” These kinds of statements led us to talk about Matthew 5:37, and how Jesus taught us that we don’t need to swear. Instead, we just need to be men of our word. Men who keep our yes, yes. And our no, no. I’ve found that the best discipleship moments, especially for boys, almost always come as they’re moving around. I’m a big fan of getting boys outside in the wild. No screens, no fancy tech, just some water and courage. The same kind of things that have been used to shape men for thousands of years. Fathers: get your boys outside, and then find some normal 30 second moments to talk to them about Jesus. Invite their friends, the boys from the neighborhood or their team. We need as men Godly men as possible to step up and train the boys behind us.

Wow. Thoughts?

At all of our events, we always give an opportunity for men to surrender their life to Jesus. We have seen hundreds of men make a decision to follow Jesus over the years. God chased this man down at one of our conferences in NY. He surrendered his life Jesus, is being discipled in his local church, and just recently got baptized. I’m constantly blown away by the way God works. Don’t listen to everything you hear on the news, God is not done with men.

Spent the last week disconnected from the digital world and deeply connected with my family. Always blown away by @winshapecamps, their staff, and how well they point people to Jesus.

Happy Father’s Day to all the men who don’t feel like heroes, but are committed to continue to stumbling their way forward. #fathersday

We visited a new city. We ate way too much ice cream. We watched movies, and the sunset. We talked about dating and her future husband. We held hands, rolled the windows down and blasted country music. We shopped and talked about what makes someone “cool” and where their value actually comes from. I’m so thankful for one on one time with my kids. I felt like we packed in 6 months of discipleship in 48 hours.