I wasn't sure if I should preach this and at the end you could tell me if it was a good idea

I believe that for most men the key to their future is fixing their past.

Okay?

And I believe that for most men, the most doubt, I would say actually for all men, I'll make a stronger statement.

For all men, the strongest person in their life is their father. Now some of you would say my dad wasn't a big deal, I didn't even

know him. The empty chair at your dinner table was the dominating force in your

childhood. in your father's

our fathers shape us into whom we become. So we have this little adage, like father-like?

Son.

If your dad loves the Lord, that's good. like father-like? Son.

If your dad loves the Lord, that's good.

If your dad doesn't love the Lord,

is that a curse over you?

I'll start with a story.

I've been a mixed martial arts fan since the old pride fighting days in the early

UFC days I don't I don't fight because look at me but uh but I like watching other guys fight especially while I eat

chicken wings and I prayed about it and I felt lead so don't judgment but I I like

watching MMA and early on in the early days of the U.S.C. there was a fighter named

Jen's Pulver. Okay? Jen's Pulver, his nickname was Little Evil.

He was a little guy, but he had a left hand and he was violent.

And I'll never forget, I was watching one of his fights.

He knocked the guy out cold, they went to interview him, I think maybe put a belt around him.

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