Hello, Mighty Men of God, Joe Martin here, man-builder, award-winning speaker, author, and Tanya's

husband and Kendall and Faith's dad. Welcome to the Real Men Connect podcast where we help good men become

great men God's way. Every Wednesday, we interview some of the nation's most respected and

accomplished men of faith to find out what it really takes to become the kind of husband, father,

and spiritual leader God called and created us to be. Today is the Real men check-in. The real men check-in is just a quick way to

help you start your week on the right foot in the right way. Every Monday I share personal

insights, encouragement, and support that will move you beyond church to real change. I keep it short,

I make it fun, and then I'm done. So let's get started.

Real men do the best thing, not the easy thing. I like that. I'll say that again. I say,

real men do the best thing, not the easy thing. What if you stop hearing from God? What do you do when you feel like you're missing

him? What about when the silence of God seems so loud you can't even hear yourself think?

What do you do when you're being faithful but you don't see the fruit from your faithfulness?

Now it's important to know that God is not as concerned with the results of our circumstances,

but more so our obedience in the middle of our circumstances. See, the process is more important

to God than the outcome, because God already knows the outcome because he knows the end from the

beginning. But the Bible says God honors obedience over sacrifice. And in John 1423, Jesus says, if anyone

loves me, he will keep my word. And my father will love him. And we will come to him and make

our home with him. Now, if anyone loves Jesus, but we do love Jesus, right?

And we want to keep His word, don't we?

But what do you do if you're not hearing what God has to say,

to even obey Him?

Now the truth of the matter is, when we find ourselves

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