Men,
Many people, men especially, have an internal battle that rages within their minds, hearts, bodies, and souls. Wins and losses, start in your mind. Whether you think you can, or you can’t, you’re probably right. As guys who have struggled with internal dialogue, and what can sometimes feel like an all-out assault/war on our minds, we figured there might be other men out there that have gone or are going through the same stuff. And we have a good feeling we’re right.
One particular night after an Asylum PM beatdown, we kind of just had this moment of “Man this week has really sucked. I’m getting beaten up mentally bro.” Brick could tell I was not in a great headspace, and vice versa. So we talked after the COT and this idea was given to us, of walking through Craig Groeschel’s “Winning the War In Your Mind” book together. That’s when the wheels really began to turn, because like I said before, we figured there are other men out there that would probably benefit by going through something like this with other men. So here we are. After some praying and thinking and meditating and planning together, we are pumped to announce that we will be leading ourselves and others through this book over the next 12(ish) weeks or so. You can find all the details below! Here’s a quick PSA: we totally get this might not be for everyone. Hey, that’s cool.
But.
But in the off chance that you or someone you know even has an inkling that going through this with some other men might be helpful, insightful, or dare I say even powerful and transformational, hit us up on the F3 Knoxville Slack workspace. Or if you have any questions on anything in this pre-blast, how to get plugged in, etc, shoot me an email at dhenson1160@gmail.com.
We hope you’ll consider taking few minutes out of your day or week to just think if this is something you would benefit from. Here are a few questions we are going to be asking as we work our way up to the kickoff date of Wednesday, August 31st, 2022.
- What might God want to do in and through your life by you intentionally going through this with other men?
- Are your thoughts leading you to step further into the man you’re called to be, or further away?
- What would it look like to just show up for an hour every week, and take back some high ground mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically?
We’re pumped to offer this as a resource for the men of F3 Knoxville, and we hope you’ll prayerfully consider joining us on this journey.
Iron Sharpens Iron!
-Brick + Steam
The Why
- Always start with “the why.”
- Because in order to be the High Impact Men God has called us to be, we must come to terms with there being a very real war in our minds, against a very real enemy, that seeks to kill, steal, and destroy all truth about who we are and whose we are.
The What
- We’ll be walking through Craig Groeschel’s book “Winning the War In Your Mind” together.
- This is a book that is comprised of 4 major sections, with 3 chapters each. Every week, we’ll gather together and dive into what is being revealed to and through us as men.
The Who
- Your Co-Qs: Brick + Steam
- Who else? F3 Knoxville men, and really any man that you know could benefit from walking through something like this.
- Let’s be honest – for some guys, the 5:30am or 5:45pm or 6/7am F3 sell could be intimidating. Maybe you or a guy you know haven’t posted in a while. Or maybe you do your own workouts outside of F3 now (whatever dude.). Okay, kidding, nothing wrong with that. But just like the F3 workouts we know and love, this is free and open to any man. Getting a buddy to come to an F3 workout might be a tough sell/on-ramp, but maybe, just maybe, getting a buddy or male co-worker to come get breakfast and coffee and just talk about what’s going on in his life amongst the company of other HIM would be a more comfortable and easy on-ramp into community. Give it some thought.
The When
- Wednesdays | 6:15 AM – 7:15 AM
- We’ll officially “launch” on Wednesday, August 31st. This first Wednesday will be more of an intro/indoc type of deal. From then on out, we’ll cover a chapter a week, for 3 weeks, with the 4th week serving as a conversational takeaways session on the past section of the book we’ve just covered.
The Where
- Physical Location: Chick-fil-A, Homberg Drive. The kind folks at the Homberg Drive Chick-fil-A have generously agreed to partner with us and let us use their community meeting room/space for the entirety of this group.
- Virtual location: Slack. We are going to be streamlining comms through a private Slack channel (intentionally for confidentiality purposes) in the F3 Knoxville workspace. If you would like to be added to this channel, or if you have any questions, please shoot Steam a DM on Slack or an email at dhenson1160@gmail. There are more details about this journey through Winning the War In Your Mind together in our Slack channel. This is where our virtual HQ will be for the duration of this study/group.
