Episode 26

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17th Mar 2021

The Family Point Guard

 As men, we are the point guards. We should be the ones who are willing to take the leadership roles in our own lives, in our families, and at work. 
Every man is a point guard and he should do three things: 
1. Bring the ball down, 2. Give Direction, 3. Make Assists

Bring the ball down
  • Just like a point guard brings the ball down the majority of the time a man should be the one to do that for his family. He does this by assuming responsibility for himself and for them. He focuses on serving and seeking the higher good for himself and his family. 
  • To truly lead your family you must lead yourself first. A man who is consumed with other things won't be much use to his family. A man who leads himself is a man who does what needs to be done and doesn't always do what he may feel. 

Give direction
  • Point guards set up the play and give direction to the team. Men are called to give direction to their family. This means they have a vision and guide the family with that vision. Don't be afraid of being perfect, just start moving in a direction. 
  • Men must keep growing or they will tend to get lethargic and lazy. Too many men stop trying to grow for different reasons and develop a "what's the use" attitude and it hurts everyone. Men must have personal direction in their life in order to give direction to their family. 

Make Assists
  • The best point guards in basketball, make the other members of the team look good. One of the main roles of a man in the family is to encourage the gifts and abilities of others in the family. Men should make it a priority to see their wife and their kids us their individual gifts to the best of their abilities
  • Men should always seek to be students of their wife and their children. They should seek to connect and grow in a relationship with their family so they can help them succeed. A man's ability to be a point guard to his family comes directly from his ability to relationally connect with his family.

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