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266 | Owning Our Responsibilities as Fathers so We Can Provide Safety, Security, and Love to Our Children (Marquess Dennis) Feb 23, 2023

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Marquess Dennis Sr., the executive director of Birthright Living Legacy. Birthright Living Legacy creates a community for fathers to meet and connect while having a safe place to be a part of their children's lives. We discuss the history behind the organization, what drives Marquess not only to be a good father to his children, but also to help all fathers, and what children need from both parents to be their best selves. Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation

Key Takeaways

God chooses the most unlikely people to show His glory.
Choosing, with intention, to be present with you children, even for 10 minutes.
When we live out loud and share our testimony we allow others to experience the Father.
You're seen, you're heard, you're valuable, & you're responsible.

Marquess Dennis

Marquess' mission is to validate the position of Fathers within the family unit. By providing programs to foster improved communication, connectivity, and community, our network of Fathers will benefit from a deep level of support and accountability as they embark on their journeys of leadership and Fatherhood. By connecting Fathers through community events, improving parent-child relationships through workshops, providing support and counseling to families. We are a fatherhood celebrations and support organization.

Key Quotes

11:16 - "He encouraged me to live out loud because we are not able to fully live in what He has for us if we're ashamed of what He brought us through. And the words of our testimony is how the captives are set free. And if we are not willing to live out our testimony to say, Hey, this is what happened to me, this is where I was, and these were all the excuses I had to fail. But, but God."
17:42 - "[Our core beliefs are] you're seen, you're heard, you're valuable, but you're also responsible. That is the core of what we are. Whether your family unit believes in the hierarchy of God or not, you better believe you are still responsible. The court systems will prove it. The way that the world works will prove it, you are still responsible. And most of the guys want to be the man in charge, they want to be head, they want to say, let's read this verse where it says submit. And they don't want to read the verses after that says, Well, you have to submit to because we're the first wives, God said, we have to submit to Jesus. We have to say He's coming back for His bride. We are that bride. And if we are not good wives or good stewards of that relationship, how on earth can we expect others to honor it the same?"

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265 | Learn to get Uncomfortable, Serve the Least of These & Know God's Got It (Chris Horvath) Feb 16, 2023

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Chris Horvath obeyed the calling on his life to live in the depths of poverty, with his family, while navigating loving and serving a community that was destroyed by hurricane Ian. He, along with his wife, Sarah, and 4 children, are diving into the community to be the hands and feet of Jesus.

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Key Takeaways

When you find yourself at a place of, God's got this, you're more prone to life in your calling.
Finding the pace of Peace is vital for the family unit when life and circumstances get hard.
When our children can learn to be comfortable in the uncomfortable, that's when ministry and meaningful relationships form.

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264 | Creating a Ripple Effect Through Courage, Healing, and Intentionality (Larry Ross and Harrison Ross: Part 2) Feb 09, 2023

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Four years ago, Larry Ross asked his grown son, Harrison, for forgiveness. As a result, Harrison Ross began his own journey toward healing. In Part 2 of this courageous conversation, Larry and Harrison explore how fathers can experience redemption, discover their true identity, and model life to their kids.

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Key Takeaways

When you lay your hurt and burdens at the feet of your Heavenly Father, you create a ripple effect of courage for your children to do the same.
The sin of passivity can be more destructive to your family than many other sins.
Your words have a lasting impact, so speak truth over your children intentionally.
Anyone can do your job, but you are the only one who can be a husband to your wife and a father to your kids.

Larry Ross & Harrison Ross

Larry Ross is the Founder and CEO of A. Larry Ross Communications (ALRC). He has more than 45 years of PR experience representing over 2,000 clients, including evangelist Billy Graham, Pastor Rick Warren, Bishop T.D. Jakes, and more. Larry has been married to his wife, Autumn, for 38 years.

Harrison Ross is the oldest of Larry's three sons. He is a graduate of Baylor University and former pastor in the DFW area. Harrison and his wife, Hunter, have four young children and live in Rockwall, Tx. Harrison and his family love spending time together making memories and loving their neighbors.

Key Quotes

8:27 - "As I recollected and was thinking through that memory was so sweet to watch Jesus wearing my dad's coat. Bearing this weight that I had borne for so long. Wearing that with me, bearing my burdens. And and through that moment, just giving me freedom to lay that at his feet and to not just feel like I have to wear my dad's clothes, but now to be clothed in the goodness and grace of my heavenly Father, clothed in his humility and righteousness, and to walk in his ways. And so it's just been really sweet to watch the Lord redeem those moments and bring us closer together."
12:17 - "There was a sin of passivity in both sides of our family. And it's sin. It is the sin of the garden. And it's it is more destructive than some of those explicit things because it's a sin of the heart. And I've watched I've watched those chains not only break in my dad, but in my own life. And I think then that will have resounding impact, exponential impact on our family."

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263 | Encouraging Your Kids, Discovering Your Identity, and Asking for Forgiveness as a Father (Larry Ross & Harrison Ross: Part 1) Feb 02, 2023

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Few fathers are brave enough to ask their grown children for forgiveness. But that's precisely the conversation Larry Ross had with his son, Harrison. Now, the two men provide a powerful dual perspective about the impact of a father's choices and how those decisions influence generations to come.

Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation Key Takeaways

In some respects, grandchildren give us the opportunity for a do-over.
Many men resolve not to do what their fathers did. But we also need to resolve to do the things our fathers didn't do.
The role of a father is to encourage, which literally means to fill our children with courage.
Pray intentionally for your children's friends and for the people who will lead your children to Christ.
As fathers, we have to own our mistakes.

Larry Ross & Harrison Ross

Key Quotes

16:53 - "There are a lot of guys who resolve early on, I'm not going to do what my dad did and I'm not going to be that guy. I think very few men resolve to say the opposite and say, I'm going to do what my dad didn't. And that's what I watched you do growing up and that you did for me, even amidst your own pain in pathology and figuring out your own demons and hurt that you had, you determined to say, I never heard I love you or I'm proud of you, so every time I can, I'm going to tell my kids, I love you and I'm proud of you."
21:07 - "Learning from my dad, both my parents, they just were encouragers and cheerleaders. It was never, Hey, you need to fit this box, you need to do this thing, this is the person you're going to be, grow into it. It's a, How can we give you opportunities to explore who it is that God would have you be? You are His masterpiece made in His image for good works that He's prepared beforehand to walk in them. So it's more like archeology to uncover and discover who He's made me to be, so that I can then, with my kids, help them discover."

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262 | Living for a Future Generation, Finding Spiritual Fathers, and Changing Attitudes from the Inside Out (Kris Vallotton) Jan 26, 2023

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Twenty years ago, Kris Vallotton had a vision about how his actions led to prosperity for his generations 100 years later. Since that day, he's lived his life from the perspective of eternity. His revelations empower other parents to do the same. Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation Key Takeaways

You can affect your future generations that are yet to be born.
If you want to find a spiritual father, learn to be a son who can take direction and correction.
When you discipline your child's attitude, you can help them avoid destructive actions.

Kris Vallotton

Kris Vallotton is the Founder and President of Moral Revolution, the Co-Founder of Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry, and the Senior Associate Leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California. He is an international speaker, bestselling author, prophetic voice, and spiritual father to this generation. Kris has been married to his wife Kathy since 1975, and they have four children and ten grandchildren.

Key Quotes

23:17 - "Being a son and learning how to be a son, learning how to be teachable, humble, how to be a joy, how to be a joy to Father. We have a generation, right now, that's been raised by their machines and internet. They know their fantasy football team better than they know their reality God and the reality Father. We're in a generation that, honestly, I don't know if we naturally know how to be sons and daughters because we've been raised in this global orphanage of even if we have dads and moms, we're often disconnected, live in our bedroom and live on the internet.
24:54 - "When your father's missing or not available, what happens is that you don't know who you are because your dad's the one who's primarily, obviously, mom has a role, a complete role, but dad is the primary identifier of his children."

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261 | FIVE YEAR CELEBRATION! (The Zaugg Family) Jan 19, 2023

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Make me passionate and wholehearted to fulfill Your every wish so that I'll never have to be ashamed of myself. -Psalm 119:80 Key Quotes (Full Transcript of the Conversation Here)

Jeff Zaugg: [00:04:02] "It is still the norm, as I chat with people who are grandparents, someone in their sixties and seventies eighties to say, Man, I missed it, I wish I would have spent more intentionality pursuing the hearts of my kids. Man, I missed it, I didn't put enough focus on my marriage in that season. I put too much focus on generating assets and wealth, not enough focus on being a dad. So guys, that's what I think of so that I'll never be ashamed of myself, I just know that this is a possible area for shame to come into our hearts."
Kiva Zaugg: [00:10:12] " [God's love] is like when a waterfall comes down, you feel like a mist coming from when you're even when you're not under the waterfall, you still can get wet."
Jeff Zaugg: [00:11:09] "So if we can step under the love of God, if the dads can do that, experience the love of God, experience healing and forgiveness and experience all God's heart for them. Then those dads, the mist, as you called it, the mist can get off of them and their kids can feel it."
Jeff Zaugg: [00:16:26] "I'm confident that dadAWESOME does not exist without you. I'm confident that just about every part of my leadership is made better, stronger, more effective, more fruitful because of you."
Michelle Zaugg: [00:19:39] "I think we're a good team because I tend to want to work on it, get feedback on things that I'm doing, or just things as a family, be more hesitant to just go do something. And so I think that's why we are a good team because you love to just go do it. And I have a little bit more of a wanting to critique it and make it better."
Jeff Zaugg: [00:21:53] "I would take a prayer day and listen for God's voice. And what happened is because of that change and the extended timeline of doing kids ministry, leading as a kids pastor, I believe I saw from that perspective all these dads that we were offering nothing, as a church, we weren't offering anything for tools, or resources."
Jeff Zaugg: [00:25:23] "One thing I admire about you, Michelle, and how you hear from God's voice is you can see things many times before I do and you actually saw like this passion within me to help in this area of intentional fatherhood, help dads experience the love of their Heavenly Father and bring that love with their full hearts to their kids."
Jeff Zaugg: [00:27:13] "I believe that all of us dads can pay more attention to man, where is God stoking up more fire, more or less like or passion. And that is often the primary way I hear God's voice."
Michelle Zaugg: [00:31:12] "So even when it was super hard, even that first day that we left was like crazy hard. Like when we've had hard things, it's been like, Well, we know that God made a way for us to do that. And so it's given confidence, even getting through some of the challenges."

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260 | Learning How to Communicate Effectively While Finding Your Family's Inner Peace (Jeremie Kubicek & Will Kubicek) Jan 12, 2023

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Key Takeaways

Take your dissatisfaction, increase your vision to create your next steps.
Teach your children to be interested before interesting.
KNOW your kids so you can LEAD your kids.
When you're over productive and under present you lose influence with those closest to you.
Five Gears
- First gear: Recharge
- Second gear: Connect
- Third gear: Social
- Fourth gear: Multi-tasking
- Fifth gear: Focus

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Jeremie Kubicek & Will Kubicek

Jeremie Kubicek is a powerful communicator, serial entrepreneur and content builder. He creates content used by some of the largest companies around the globe found in the books he has authored: The 100X Leader, 5 Voices, 5 Gears and the National Bestseller, Making Your Leadership Come Alive. His new book, The Peace Index, releases in October of 2022. Jeremie is the Co-Founder of GiANT, a company that certifies coaches and consultants that serve companies and their employees. Jeremie has started over 20 companies while living in Oklahoma City, Moscow, Atlanta and London.

Will Kubicek, son of Jeremie, is the Co-Founder of Six Summers and managing director of the Farmstead.

Key Quotes (Full Transcript of the Conversation Here)

5:02 - "When your vision is high enough, you'll have hope to do something, but if your vision is too low, then the dissatisfaction can lead to depression, hopelessness, frustration. And then that gives you a game plan. It's called The Change Equation."
31:03 - "Jesus was a liberator. You can be a lion and a lamb, but if you're both, you're liberator. So it's really following the principles of Jesus and raising up, healing and casting out, rather than dominating or abdicating or protecting. It's really being intentional in the way you are, in the way you lead yourself, so that you can lead others."

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259 | Staying Passionate about Fatherhood Even When It's Hard (Bob Hasson) Jan 05, 2023

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Key Takeaways

Showing grace in ALL areas of life, especially with our children.
Share what's going on in your life, don't isolate.
Our lives are a process. Fatherhood is a process.
Repent to your kids when a mistake has been made & let your children into your failures and successes.
YOU are a loved son of God.

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Bob Hasson

Bob Hasson is a businessman, Author, Consultant and Podcaster.

He is both the Founder and CEO of HPCI, a painting subcontractor, which he founded in 1978.

For over thirty years, he has been active as a consultant and board member for churches, ministries, nonprofits, and school boards.

He has authored Business of Honor with Danny Silk and Wired to Hear with Shawn Bolz. Bob currently co-hosts the Exploring the Marketplace Podcast with Shawn, which is in the top 100 of all Christian podcasts weekly.

He has been married for thirty three years to his wife, Lauren, and they have four children and two grandchildren.

Key Quotes (Full Transcript of Conversation Here)

8:27 - "One of the goals in my life is not to be compartmentalized. I want to be the same person that you see at church, at home, at work, at the grocery store. The same person."
11:19 - "Having vital relationships with people who have the permission to speak into your life. Now, how do we get those? Most men that I talk to say I don't have any friends. I'm alone. I'm isolated. Nobody understands me. And I get it. I do get it. But, we have to take risks to figure out how to be in relationship with other men."
17:39 - "There really aren't any shortcuts, but I'll give your listeners a little, they don't have to read the book, there's one shortcut, the shortcut is the pursuit of wisdom. Wisdom is the shortcut."

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258 | Pursue a Life of Adventure with God & You'll Find Strength, Purpose, & Real Freedom (Zac Ernst) Dec 29, 2022

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Key Takeaways

Lean into your child's imagination.
Getting into quiet places allows your brain to fully reset.
Freedom is only accessible through boundaries.
When we're closer to God we become better husbands & dads.

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Zac Ernst

Zac Ernst is married to Amy Ernst. Together they have two beautiful children (Lindy & Finn). He loves inviting them into his passions for the wild, be it surfing, camping, or random bonfires on the beach. Zac is a waterman being a former Seal Beach Lifeguard, surfer, spearfisherman, and long-distance Stand up Paddler. A few years ago, he paddled solo across the Channel, from Catalina to Seal Beach, a total of 30 miles. Professionally, Zac is an entrepreneur in Fintech & Payments and enjoys bringing the Kingdom to the marketplace. He is also a Board Member and Elder for Garden Church. For the past six years, he has led a beach workout program for men called PURSUIT (formerly Savage Seals). God has led Zac to overcome bondage and limiting beliefs, enabling him to walk in new freedom and purpose. His call & desire is to share the Presence of God in practical ways that lead men into freedom. That mission is embodied through PURSUIT, a holistic roadmap to transformation.

Key Quotes (Full Transcript of the Conversation Here)

6:36 - "It's something that Amy and I have been intentional wanting to continue to lean in with the kids and just take full advantage of their imaginations. And so we've done it with both. And we said, we believe that Jesus has a specific place where you two can meet, in your imagination, that you can go any time you're scared. So if you have a scary thought, we're not there or or when we're there, you can ask Jesus to come and go to that place. So, I want you to ask Jesus for a picture, a beautiful place, something that is fun and imaginative, some place you'd like to go."
20:44 - "For modern men, there's few opportunities for us to actually get into a place where we are fully dependent on God. And we need Him to sustain us. We need Him to pull us through, and those are all the highlights of my faith journey of being with Him, when I'm on the edge."

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257 | When you Change Your Relationship with the Phone, You Change Your Relationship with Everyone Around You, Including Yourself (Joey Odom) Dec 22, 2022

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Key Takeaways

Do the things your kids want to do.
We need to redefine the relationship with our phones.
When you put your phone down:
- it becomes an equalizer for you and your kids.
- bestows value on the people around you.
- it become the reverse parental control.
Lets be dads who have shiny eyes and not glowing eyes from screens.

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Joey Odom

Joey recently relocated to Knoxville, TN from Atlanta with his wife and two kids. Prior to founding Aro, Joey was an executive in commercial real estate, and like Heath, realized his phone was distracting him from the most important thing in life - his family.

He's famous for saying, "When you change your relationship with your phone, you change your relationship with everyone around you, including yourself."

Joey is the heart behind Aro, and we can't call it a work day if he hasn't cried or made someone else cry.

Key Quotes (Full Transcript of the Conversation Here)

8:26 - "God just accepts us at our faults and He accepts all the idiosyncrasies. And so I think I've learned from that and I think I'm in the season right now that this input that I want to communicate to my kids as you are fully accepted by me. I don't think they've ever questioned love, but you are fully accepted, everything you do, I accept and you are mine."
17:27 - "Our phones are the biggest source of distraction. I describe distraction is anything that gets in the way of your intentions. My intention is to be a great dad. My intention is when I speak with somebody to be the most present and engaged person they've ever spoken with. "

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