There is more to life than simply existing and going through the motions.

Dr Tony Evans contends God created you on purpose for a purpose.

And the worst thing in the world that you can do is live 75 years not knowing why you were here in the first place.

This is the alternative with Dr Tony Evans, author, speaker, senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, and president

of the Urban Alternative.

The world will tell you that a real man takes care of himself and doesn't let anybody interfere with his personal agenda.

But that attitude is not only short-sighted and selfish, it's a recipe for cultural disaster.

Today, Dr Evans reveals biblical guidance for men who are ready to reclaim the godly role of leadership

in their homes.

Let's join him as he begins. It's been said that men have become like the abominable snowman whose footprints are everywhere, but he's nowhere to be found.

Whenever the devil in the Bible wanted to destroy a nation he always went after the male children.

In Moses' day, kill the male children. In Jesus' day,

Herod said kill the male children because

the devil understood if we can

immobilize the men. We can hijack the culture. Today we find ourselves with plenty of males but too few men. The first thing that defines a real man is his

sense of divine destiny, A divine reason for being and your passionate pursuit is to

find God's special future for you because he has one with your name on it.

There's a second aspect of a real man.

A real man is a disciple and a discipler. A disciple is a disciple is a person who places themselves under the lordship of Jesus Christ.

Notice what he says in verse 19.

I have chosen him in order that he may command his

children and his household after him. You see that? I have chosen Abraham to command his children and his household after him,

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