Chris Grainger: 1:38

Welcome to the Lion Within Us, a podcast serving Christian men who are hungry to be the leaders God intends you to be. I'm your host, chris Granger. Let's jump in. All right, fellas, this is your fun Friday episode. Let's get right into it, okay? So the scripture of the week this week was in the book of Romans, chapter 15, verse 4. It says For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us so that, through the endurance taught in the scriptures and the encouragement they provide, we might have hope. Love. That little verse, fellas. Hopefully you guys enjoyed this week. And I mean we've talked to so much about the importance of reading and studying scripture. And again, if you enjoy the spiritual kickoff episode, we do those Monday through Friday within the Lion Within us. That's part of our exclusive content. So head over to thelionwithinus. It's a great way just to get a little spiritual boost that you know you need each and every day of the week, monday through Friday. So much better for you than Starbucks. Let's just be real, fellas. So look, it's a great way to support the Lion Within. It's also just an easy way to get connected with us. So head over to thelinewithinus to check that out. All right.

Chris Grainger: 2:43

So this week was all about three questions what happened? So what Now? What Now? Those three questions. That's how you, if you apply that to reading God's word, it's going to change everything. So I spent a lot of time on our meet episode this week. I spent a lot of time on our meat episode this week. Be the last one in your podcast feed unpacking how to use, to utilize that strategy to studying God's word. So I want to hear from you If you started that, what you, what is done for you. If you have any questions on that or things that you would like to bring up, just reach out, OK, chris, at the line within the US. I'd love to hear from you.

Chris Grainger: 3:20

So now let's get into it. So for a fun Friday, we always do our health, wealth and self tips. We are book of the week to our dad jokes. That's kind of our standard structure. So we're going to get right into our health, wealth and self tips. As a reminder if you're a new listener to the show, health is how do we build stronger minds and bodies? It's not just about looking good in the mirror. We've got to take care of the temple God's given us, but we have to strengthen our minds as well. Wealth tip is how do we better steward finances in our careers? And self tip is how do we improve as this difficult task we've been given as husbands and fathers? Okay, if you're walking either one of those, that's hard, this is very hard. So how can we, as Christian men, lean in and grow?

Chris Grainger: 4:03

So let's start with our health tip. Okay, really, the health tip for is very simple for you this week, fellas, this morning, movement wins the day. Okay, you got to get started. I don't know what else to tell you. It could be 10 minutes of stretching, it could be walking, it could be pushups, but there has to be something to get your body and your mind engaged.

Chris Grainger: 4:22

Small habits lead to big results. Fellas, you can't just be lethargic, you have to do something. So for me again, this is just for examples Do what you want to do. I've always had a bike, an exercise bike that I have to get on every day. That's just the way that I get my body up and get it moving and rolling. Of course we have our farm, so then you know you're spending an hour and a half hour to 90 minutes out there doing farm chores, but then you know, trail running, lifting weights. There has to be something but everything your day. You're just going to put yourself in a better position to win if you start your day actively with moving. Okay, so just consider that as you move forward.

Chris Grainger: 5:08

Now for your wealth tip you need better stewardship. Generosity has a way of potentially opening doors. Giving heart that just attracts people fellas, I'm just going to be real. Doors, a giving heart that just attracts people fellas, I'm just going to be real. It's just, if you want to be around people who are generous, who are out there, just has a joy about them, particularly with their finances. Now, look, this is not prosperity guys. This is not saying you give to get. That's not what I'm saying. I'm just saying when you serve and you do what God's called you to do and you apply that to your finances, it has such a positive impact on you and the blessings man. The blessings just seem to just keep coming. Ok, now the self tip is think about this for a second.

Chris Grainger: 5:52

From for your home. You know everyone has a thermostat in their home. You kind of set that depending on. If it's the winter, you won't put that heat up. If it's in the summer, you'll put the air conditioner and cool it down, but you, fellas, you set the tone. Your tone sets the temperature. Think about that. Your tone sets the temperature.

Chris Grainger: 6:13

How you say things as a man, as a leader, as a husband, as a father, matters, it just does. You have to be super careful here. I talk to the guys in Ohio about this all the time. We have to be super precise with our speech. I think one of the big flaws we have in our society these days is people are just way too loose with their speech. You have to be precise about it.

Chris Grainger: 6:35

Before I podcast, I pray Lord, guard my tongue. Guard my tongue, because I don't want to say anything that takes away from you, god, and that has been an effective strategy for me and hopefully something for you to consider as well. It's just the tone. And here's something this is just a little nuance. You can't.

Chris Grainger: 6:58

Tone is a variable in text. Okay. So what I said as a tone in my text message, my wife may interpret differently. The greatest example I have I've shared this on the show before is she'll. She'll reply back to me at times with sure. That's in her mind, it's sure like, yeah, I'm happy to help. I hear it as sure, notice the difference in tone, and that always has been. That's been a a, a, just an inflection point for us.

Chris Grainger: 7:28

We've had to work on that. You know what how the other person's interprets their text messages is. Is it? It leaves it too much up for, for, for, for a challenge. So you have to be careful there. But the words we use, that's what we have control over, guys, the words we use. So just recognize, when you walk into your room and you got your kids, your wife or whoever's in the room right, that tone matters. It's such a big doggone deal, guys, and they're going to either build up or break down, and I just I know we talk about this so much, but some things are worth repeating over and over and over. Look, you just need to recognize the power that you have. God has handpicked you to lead your family. Your family is looking to you as the leader. It's a big responsibility. Be careful, treat it as such. Okay, so there are your three tips, fellas Health, wealth and self. That health, that health, wealth and self. That health. That morning movement with today. This is the wealth tip Generosity opens door. Self tip, you're told, sets temperature. Okay, now, this is a.

Chris Grainger: 8:32

The book of the week is a little bit different this week. It's a book called traction Get a grip on your business. I pull this book. So so book, so so. Uh, some, some of you guys are small, small businesses or entrepreneurs. This is a great book, uh, over a million copies sold. It's really talks about the, the option entrepreneur operating system, eos. You may have heard that call before, but if you guys are are interested in a business or starting a business, or maybe your business is starting to grow and there's just seems like there's just just there's so many tentacles and pieces you can't figure out how to put some structure around it. This really gives you a good framework for to structure your business and meetings and different types of strategies like that. That will bring some peace to your life. So I highly encourage this book Traction. It's a great way to just get started.

Chris Grainger: 9:22

If you've never heard of it before and you own a small business or you're part of a small business, definitely encourage you to go grab a copy. Ok, you can go to the line with that dot us slash book. Get a copy of our. Get a link to Amazon. If you want to do that, just feel free to go hop on that way or just pick up a copy of whatever is easiest for you, but it does have a really great framework in here. Traction, it's just a, it's real, it's well-written and it's almost put together like a, like a guide that you could go through, you know, at different seasons. It talks about the vision, the people component, the data, the issues, the process, and then all that comes to the traction how do you actually put that into fruition to to make an impact for your business. So it's a lot of really good things there within traction that hopefully will you know, you may find some value in it. So I want to at least share that with you guys. Okay, all right. So now let's get to the fun stuff.

Chris Grainger: 10:17

So our, our dad jokes this week. First one right here is I used to run a dating service for chickens, but I was struggling to make hens meet. I'm sorry, that's pretty good. And then number two want to hear a joke about paper. Never mind, it's terrible. So I think they're both good this week. But anyway, number one, number two let me know which one you like best. I used to run a dating service for chickens, but I was struggling to make hens meet. And number two want to hear a joke about paper. Never mind, it's terrible, all right, fellas, look. Eye rolls totally count. Size are okay. If your teenage daughter just turns around and walks off, you got a touchdown, okay, all right. So look, and if you have a dad joke we haven't used, please send it over to support at the line within that US. We check that email for those dad jokes all the time. So I'd love to get one from you and if you have one, we'll give you a shout out on the show. We'll also hook you up with some free items from the line within us just for helping us out. How about that? So if you got one that's like you got to use this one, I want to hear it from you.

Chris Grainger: 11:20

Okay, not the scripture. The question of the week this week has been how does scripture give you hope in tough seasons? And I, if you're going through a difficult season, just want you to know. I'm so sorry that you're going through that. I just do know that the hope that there there is hope and there's encouragement it's failed directly in God's word. So thank you guys so much for listening this week. Come back next week, hang out with us. Thank you guys, so much for listening this week. Come back next week and hang out with us.

Chris Grainger: 11:47

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Chris Grainger: 12:46

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