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Guard Your Ears Before Your Eyes · Men's Morning Devotional

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  SPEAKER_00: Gentlemen, every day is a battle.
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  SPEAKER_00: A battle for your faith, your family, and your purpose.
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  SPEAKER_00: The men who stand strong don't prepare when the battle arrives.
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  SPEAKER_00: They prepare before it begins.
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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Men's Morning Devotional.
• 0:18
  SPEAKER_00: Let's get into God's word.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's time to man up.
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  SPEAKER_01: Good morning, gentlemen.
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  SPEAKER_01: My name is Christian Kaladiud, and it's time for another man up moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: This week we're in Proverbs chapter 5, and today's devotional is called Guard Your Ears Before You Guard Your Eyes.
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  SPEAKER_01: Today's scripture verse is Proverbs 5, 1 and 2 that says, My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight, that you may maintain discretion, and your lips may preserve knowledge.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now, this is all about, Proverbs is all about a father writing to his son.
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  SPEAKER_01: And we see that that father is King Solomon.
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  SPEAKER_01: And King Solomon doesn't open this chapter with a warning.
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  SPEAKER_01: Instead, he opens it with an instruction.
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  SPEAKER_01: Pay attention, listen well.
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  SPEAKER_01: Before he tells his son what to run from, he tells him what to run to.
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  SPEAKER_01: To run to wisdom, insight, and discretion.
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  SPEAKER_01: And gentlemen, that order, that order matters.
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  SPEAKER_01: Most men try to fight temptation with willpower alone.
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  SPEAKER_01: They wait until the moment of the testing to figure out what they believe.
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  SPEAKER_01: But King Solomon says that the fight is won long before that moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: That the fight is won in what you've been paying attention to.
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  SPEAKER_01: And guys, the men before us, the men whose shoulders we stand on, they understood this.
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  SPEAKER_01: Long before self-help ever existed.
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  SPEAKER_01: The fathers of our faith, they taught that a man's soul is shaped by what he feeds it.
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  SPEAKER_01: His eyes, his ears, his attention, long before any single decision is made.
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  SPEAKER_01: Watch what feeds your attention, and you'll already know how the test will go.
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  SPEAKER_01: Guys, Proverbs isn't a religious book, it's a life book.
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  SPEAKER_01: It doesn't just tell you what to believe on Sunday, it tells you how to walk on Tuesday.
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  SPEAKER_01: And that's exactly what is happening here.
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  SPEAKER_01: King Solomon isn't preaching a sermon, he's training a son for the real world.
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  SPEAKER_01: And gentlemen, as we all know well, a real world has real temptation in it.
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  SPEAKER_01: And discretion doesn't fall on you.
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  SPEAKER_01: Verse 2 says, maintain it.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's active, it's a discipline.
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  SPEAKER_01: And here's the truth: most men don't want to hear.
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  SPEAKER_01: The compromise didn't start in the moment you gave in.
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  SPEAKER_01: It started weeks earlier.
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  SPEAKER_01: And what you let your eyes linger on.
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  SPEAKER_01: On what you let your mind entertain.
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  SPEAKER_01: And on what you stopped guarding.
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  SPEAKER_01: A man who waits until the temptation is in front of him to decide what he believes has already lost.
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  SPEAKER_01: So here's our man up challenge.
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  SPEAKER_01: Before this day ends, we gotta identify one thing we've been letting feed our attention that has no business shaping our heart.
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  SPEAKER_01: A show, a scroll, a conversation, a social media platform, a look you keep taking a second time.
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  SPEAKER_01: We need to cut it off today.
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  SPEAKER_01: Not tomorrow, today.
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  SPEAKER_01: And let's replace it with five minutes in his word.
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  SPEAKER_01: Because discretion, it's not found in the moment of temptation.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's built in the days before.
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  SPEAKER_01: Let's pray.
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  SPEAKER_01: Father, thank you for your wisdom that goes before every temptation we will ever face.
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  SPEAKER_01: Forgive us for the ways that we have let our attention wander to things that weaken us instead of strengthen us.
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  SPEAKER_01: Lord, give us discretion.
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  SPEAKER_01: Not just in the moment of testing, but in the quiet, ordinary hours before it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Lord Jesus, guard my ears, guard my eyes, and guard my heart.
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  SPEAKER_01: In your name and in your blood we pray.
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  SPEAKER_01: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right, gentlemen, you've heard God's word.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now go live it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lead well, stand strong, honor God in everything you do.
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  SPEAKER_00: Share this devotional with another brother.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, every day is another opportunity to man up.