PTC: Easy to Die, Harder to Live

Mike Force Podcast

Mike Glover

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Preaching to the Choir, I challenge a comfortable lie too many men believe: that saying you’d die for your family somehow equals leadership.Words are easy. Declarations are cheap. Virtue signaling costs nothing.Living for your family is where the real work begins. Consistency. Discipline. Showing up in the mundane and the boring, day after day, when no one is watching. That’s how trust is built. That’s how families are strengthened. That’s how legacy is earned.We live in a culture obsessed with talk and performance, yet allergic to responsibility and follow-through. This episode is a reminder that leadership isn’t found in dramatic sacrifice, but in quiet obedience, daily effort, and long-term commitment.Stop talking about who you’d die for. Start proving who you’re willing to live for.

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0:00.0	Hey, what's going on guys? Welcome back to another episode of preaching to the choir, the Sunday edition of the Mike Force podcast.
0:08.0	I used to hear it all the time in the military.
0:13.0	I would die for my brothers. I would die for my country.
0:20.0	I would sacrifice it all. Many men did. I would have for sure. For my family, men state with pride,
0:33.4	chest out, voice steady. I will die for my family. I'd take a bullet. I'd lay my life down.
0:44.7	That's easy. It's easy to say you die for them, but will you live for them? The uncomfortable question is, will you stop drinking
0:59.5	for them? Will you rise early for them? Will you put down your phone for them? Will you kill the
1:09.6	habits that are slowly killing the man they need? For them. Will you kill the habits that are slowly killing the man they need for them?
1:15.4	We love to imagine ourselves in this worst case scenario, this heroic circumstance, where one
1:24.1	moment of courage absolves a lifetime of neglect.
1:31.3	But all that is is virtue signaling.
1:34.8	I do it.
1:35.9	It feels good.
1:38.5	And that don't mean virtue signaling online or social media.
1:43.2	I mean to yourself, that lie that you tell yourself.
1:47.8	What I've realized is just the self-awareness or the understanding of truth.
1:56.5	Shortens the distance between the lies you tell yourself and the reality that you live in.
2:04.1	And it gets closer, almost narrowing in your field of view so you could see it.
2:11.0	And that's important.
2:13.0	Because I'm not here to preach to the choir or preach down to you because I'm as guilty.
2:19.4	Because the devil doesn't need you to fail in a moment of crisis.
2:24.5	He just needs you distracted on a Tuesday.
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