Act Like Men - FOR REAL!

Act Like Men - For Real - Broken Men
Welcome to Act Like Men For Real. I'm Devon Harris and tonight we're talking about Broken Men—men who are ready to stop pretending everything's fine when something deep inside knows it isn't.
I want to talk about something powerful tonight. Something I've been meditating on.
Most countries have what they call an Iron Dome—a missile defense system. Reacts to threats. Intercepts danger.
But there's something greater over the people of God. The Bible describes it like this:
"I will be a wall of fire around it," declares the Lord. "And I will be its glory within." — Zechariah 2:5
A canopy of smoke by day, glow of flaming fire by night. Isaiah 4. Psalm 91—the shelter of the Most High. His faithfulness as your shield and rampart.
This isn't a system. It's a Person.
And unlike an Iron Dome that reacts to incoming threats, the believer's covering is relational. It depends on dwelling in that shelter. Abiding. Staying close.
hanks for joining me on Act Like Men For Real. If this resonated with you, share it with another man who needs to hear it. We're not meant to walk this road alone.
Next week, we're talking about what it looks like to actually live as the Beloved Son—not just agree with it intellectually.
Until then, guard your heart. Fight for the cause. Know your King.
This is Act Like Men For Real. I'll see you next time.
 
KEY SCRIPTURE REFERENCES FOR SHOW NOTES2 Kings 13:18-20 – The Arrows StoryIsaiah 4:5-6 – The CanopyZechariah 2:5 – Wall of FirePsalm 91 – Shelter of the Most HighEphesians 6 – Armor of GodGalatians 5:1 – Freedom in ChristMatthew 16:25 – Losing Life to Find ItScript written based on provided materials from John Eldredge, Michael Thompson, and Wild at Heart ministry content.quote from "Get Your Life Back: Everyday Practices for a World Gone Mad" by Eldredge, John quote from "Waking the Dead: The Secret to a Heart Fully Alive" by Eldredge, John quote from The Heart of a Warrior: Before You Can Become the Warrior, You Must Become the Beloved Son" by Thompson, Michael 
 
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Act Like Men-For REAL! - Really Dangerous Men
“I feel surrounded by enemies and I’m all alone.” The whole crisis in masculinity today has come because we no longer have a warrior culture, a place for men to learn to fight like men. We don’t need a meeting of Really Nice Guys; we need a gathering of Really Dangerous Men. That’s what we need. quote from "Wild at Heart Expanded Edition: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul" by John Eldredge

Act Like Men - FOR REAL - Combat Christianity
 Before he became famous, the Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan (ca. ad 1162-1227) killed his own half brother to advance his position in the family. As he solidified his power, he began to build an empire more expansive than Alexander the Great’s, stretching from Asia’s Pacific coast to Eastern Europe. Ruthless in his tactics, the khan and his army left a trail of death and destruction everywhere they advanced. His devastating military forays are unparalleled in recorded history.
God Is Greater August 7 2026 - Our Daily Bread
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"Where there is no inspiration, there is no direction. Where there is no direction, you find bored men. And a bored man is a dangerous man, a man without wheel or rudder. Mind you, a bored man isn’t a man who doesn’t have things to do. He is a man who just doesn’t want to do them. A life with God and all its adventures and battles has somehow fallen to domestication. Boredom is what got King David in trouble with Bathsheba. At a time when his men were out fighting and kings were with their men, David was at home instead, bored. Unable to sleep, he wandered to the rooftop, which is likely the place where he looked at the stars, sunsets, and sunrises and penned many a psalm, but not this time. This time he found something different—or something found him. Our enemy smells “bored” like a shark smells blood." "The Heart of a Warrior: Before You Can Become the Warrior, You Must Become the Beloved Son" by Michael Thompson
 
 

Act Like Men - FOR REAL! - Are you a Cultic or Biblical Christian?
Is your decision about money, life, relationships, marriage = Biblical or Cultural?
"The problem is, in the West, we have created a cultural milieu where you can be a Christian but not an apprentice of Jesus." "Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did." by John Mark Comer 

Act Like Men - FOR REAL! - GOD Lovers!
God lovers, a true face, no mask. Everywhere we go, we look like Jesus. We're not dealing or masking our wounds from our past. We're not trying to help everyone to cover up our own pain. 

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 I really thank God for a ministry like full circle refuge who actually is committed to helping all the kids society and others have deemed (NoHopeFor). This ministry invested in me when I was still banging, in the streets, and even in prison. Quit watching the news seeing our youth get killed and locked up and complaining about it. Get in the field you have a voice and if you nervous bout speaking donate to the people that’s not. These are our graduates today from One Degree At A Time. Bright kids all they needed was somebody to speak life to them. All glory to God for everything he’s been doing through the ministry Terrall Keith -
 According to the Gang Prevention Legislative Report released by the Governor's Crime Commission in March, suspected juvenile gang crime has increased nearly 50% over the last five years. 
Think of the raging epidemic of injustice in modern society—the racism, bigotry, and political polarization, or the growing chasm of inequality between the rich and poor, the haves and have-nots. Sociologists tell us our society is more divided than it’s been since the Civil War. How do we possibly heal these wounds? We serve.
John Mark Comer
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Act Like Men - FOR REAL! - UnHoly Places
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more. (Eph. 4:17–19)

Act Like Men - FOR REAL! - 10,000 Year Plan
What is your 10,000 year plan?
 "The Heart of a Warrior: Before You Can Become the Warrior, You Must Become the Beloved Son" by Michael Thompson
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quote from "Wild at Heart Expanded Edition: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul" by John Eldredge -
"THE WOUND’S EFFECT Every man carries a wound. I have never met a man without one. No matter how good your life may have seemed to you, you live in a broken world full of broken people. Your mother and father, no matter how wonderful, couldn’t have been perfect. She is a daughter of Eve, and he a son of Adam. So there is no crossing through this country without taking a wound. They may come from other sources—a brother, an uncle, a coach, or a stranger. But come they do. And every wound, whether it’s assaultive or passive, delivers with it a message. The message feels final and true, absolutely true, because it is delivered with such force. Our reaction to it shapes our personality in very significant ways. From that flows the false self. Most of the men you meet are living out a false self, a pose, which is directly related to their wounds."
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Psalms 139:1-18 AMP
 
 
 

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