I had just concluded 40 days of prayer and fasting before this trip and I sensed in my spirit that a directional change was coming to my ministry. Suddenly, when the tires hit the tarmac it was as if a download of information came rushing to me. Jolted, surprised and almost overwhelmed, I reached for anything I could find to write down the flood of thoughts flowing into my spirit.

The initial word spoken to my spirit was, “Build a movement to resurrect authentic manhood. Do so by speaking to the deep purposes that reside within man and he will cast off those things that restrain him.”

As I wrote, more and more clarity came to me. I asked, “What are the deep purposes of man?” I immediately remembered Proverbs 20:5, “The purposes of a man’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.”

Instantly, the foundational principles of Fivestarman flowed out of my spirit and I realized that man has five distinct purposes that reside deep within him:

1. Man is an Adventurous Spirit;
2. He is gifted with an Entrepreneurial Drive;
3. He desires to be Gallant in Relationships;
4. Man longs to be Faithful in Character;
5. And he is driven to leave a legacy through Philanthropic Cause.

(Later study also revealed that the word for “man” in Proverbs 20:5 is not the common word “Adam” but “iysh.” Iysh means, masculine man, cultivator, virile, strong, manly-mind, gallant, priest, leader, and champion.)

Once the plane arrived at the gate, I had to switch my focus back to the consulting assignment for the next 24 hours. Amazingly, when I boarded the plane the next day the flow of inspiration immediately returned, giving me insight and strategy as to how Fivestarman was to develop.

When the plane landed in Houston, I stayed onboard while the flight attendants prepared to continue to our next destination in New Orleans. I was busy typing an outline for Fivestarman on my laptop when the flight attendants approached me. As they attempted to make small talk with me, I tried to keep my focus. Finally, I realized that I couldn’t shake them and gave them my full attention. One young lady said, “What are you working on?”

“I am writing an outline to a book.” I answered, hoping that would suffice.

“What is the book about?” she continued.

Realizing they were genuinely interested, I answered, “I am writing a book about a Fivestarman.” As I shared with them the five purposes of authentic manhood and finished by describing gallant relationships, I realized the young lady had drawn in a little too close to my comfort zone. As I leaned back away from her, I noticed tears dripping off her cheek. She desperately asked, “How do I find a man like that?”

It seemed as if she was speaking for young women everywhere, even for my own daughters. I suddenly felt the cry of our culture. A vulnerable culture, one that is missing the strength and protection that comes from authentic manhood.

“Stand at attention while I prepare you for your work…
You’re a one-man defense system against this culture.” Jeremiah 1:18-19

The echo of the original word that came to me was not to build a personal ministry but to build a movement. A movement is a series of organized activities working toward a stated goal. It requires much more activity than one person can achieve.

Over the next few weeks as I began to speak on the five passions of authentic manhood I noticed something very interesting in the posture of men. Initially, men were leaning back in their chairs with folded arms and half-sleepy eyes. As I began to share in-depth what makes a Fivestarman, they began to sit up straight. By the time I finished, those same men were leaning forward, hands on their knees, eyes focused, staring straight ahead, as if in a stance of readiness.

Solomon said, “The purposes of a man are drawn out.” I now recognize the progress of this drawing-out-process each time I speak on the five passions of authentic manhood and the process is simple:


Fivestarman is not about placing a shackle of guilt on a man, nor are we trying to make a man something that he is not, we are simply identifying who he already is and revealing it to him, giving him clear understanding to his God-given purposes.

And men are responding to this. Men can wrap their heads around this. Men want to know more. They want to be involved in this process.

This is a total change in the paradigm of communicating to men!

According to a recent study only 10 percent of churches have a viable, active and productive men’s ministry.

Most efforts toward men’s ministries are weak, anemic, and girly. We even see this with publishing companies who have all but given up trying to communicate to men. These companies excuse their failed efforts to the preposition that men do not read. I totally disagree! Men will read, but we do not read like women read. The problem is the publishing companies and most ministries have attempted to communicate to men’s feelings. That’s fine for women.

Women relate face-to-face sharing feelings.

But men relate shoulder-to-shoulder facing challenges.

Other efforts toward men’s ministry center around an angry anti-pornography strategy. This reactive strategy starts when a pastor or leader is forced to deal with some of their “good” guys facing the addictive powers of pornography. Pornography is a scourge on manhood, but it is actually a result—not the cause—of a fallen relationship with God.

We must dig deeper. We must draw from the original intent of manhood.

We don’t need another attempt at men’s ministry. We need a movement. A movement that is organic. A movement that raises the voice of authentic manhood. A movement that speaks to men who have been completely turned off by the terms “Bible Study” or “Men’s Breakfast.” We must become more strategic and communicate to the internal, God-deposit that lies within men, that spark of authentic purpose that the Spirit draws out (1 Corinthians 2:9).

We’re not going to win men by making them something that they’re not. We can’t communicate to men on the emotive level. We must communicate to men’s purposes. When a man focuses on his purposes he casts off those things that constrain him.

When you are in training physically, you change your habits, you get up earlier, work out harder and suppress or change your appetite. You know that some of your cravings are bad for you. The same goes for your spirit. When you focus on godly training, just like physical training, you will focus on growth and suppress those things that hinder your progress.

Rather than guilt men into the Church, rather than manipulate him by focusing on his wife and children, we must focus on the purposes of men, draw upon them, communicate to him in an authentic manner.

As Malachi warned in the last sentence of the Old Testament before the 400 years of silence:

 “See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

We must have a prophetic voice speak to the heart of men. We must raise the voice of authentic manhood. Now is the time for Fivestarman!

Few people understand protocol, yet it is one of the most powerful relational principles that can impact your life. Protocol is what allows ACCESS to you. No one has an inherent right into your life.

When you open the gate and allow someone into your life, you are inviting his or her influence, his or her possible request or demand, and perhaps his or her instruction.

Every person you allow into your life will have an affect upon it, but not every relationship will be a positive one.

It is important that you establish a standard of protocol for your personal community. The information you share is being broadcast throughout the community, so it is important that you are very careful what you share. It is also important that you monitor your community for those who qualify to STAY in your community.

Access is first a reward, then a continual test.

Remember, not everyone has a right to be in your life. If you determine someone no longer warrants access, close the gate.

Access authorizes a person to assess your true value.

Access is a two-way street. While you should carefully monitor what you allow into your life, remember that others will be doing the same with the access they have granted to you.

“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” (Ephesians 4:29)

Access is a gift, not a right.

You must monitor the line of respect and familiarity. If a person crosses that line you must either push back or eliminate the gift of access.

I recently had someone boldly rebuke something that I had posted. My statement was not just an opinion but also a scriptural principle. This person’s exclamation points and abrasive words were incredibly out of line. (His sloppy misspellings didn’t help his case either.) After attempting to reason with him, I realized he was not looking for wisdom but for a fight. I simply unfriended him. No more access. Gate closed. Problem solved.

The restoration of access must follow protocol.

If a person offends you it is important that you honor the system of forgiveness; however, most people are flippant when extending forgiveness. They simply say, “Well, I must forgive.” Forgiveness should also follow a process of protocol.

A former employee who had stolen from me called me out of the blue, apparently thinking a trivial phone call would gain my forgiveness of his trespass. When I answered the phone he said, “Neil, I am in the hotel lobby and I have a few things I need to say.” He was expecting me to drop my schedule and grant him immediate access. That wasn’t going to happen.

I replied, “No, you do not have access to me. You need to practice protocol. Write me a formal letter expressing your request and I will read and reply in kind.”

When this gentleman wrote the letter, I was able to reply with a complete release of his debt to me. Few people understand this level of protocol but it is vital to operating in true forgiveness.

So, as you enlarge your community, realize that access is a gate that must be opened and closed. For a Biblical example of allowing and restricting access, study the chapter of John 10, where Jesus said, “I am the gate.”

Once again, authentic manhood stands at odds with modern culture’s politically-correct coddling of issues that are really quite clear.

I was appalled when I heard a reverse-collared, liberal cleric stumble with the idea that Usama Bin Laden was evil. He said, “Well, his acts were evil but only God can judge his heart.” I saw people commenting on Facebook and Twitter claiming they could not rejoice in the death of anyone – not even UBL. Incredible!

When David went out to fight against Goliath, a ruthless killer, he faced him with a sling and a stone. An interesting fact is that David prophesied that he would decapitate Goliath’s head from his body. After David knocked the giant warrior down, he picked up the giant’s sword and fulfilled his promise. When the Philistine army saw David lift up his head they turned in fear and ran from the battlefield. When the Israeli army saw the head, they were encouraged and ran into the battle. David then returned to Jerusalem to add the head of the giant to his collection of trophies. (1 Kings 17)

Three primary reasons for the execution of a righteous kill:

1. We rid the earth of a man who is bent on evil.
2. We put fear in the hearts of others bent on evil.
3. We encourage those who are on the side of righteous.

We must raise our sons with a sense that righteousness can triumph over evil. The idea that we should show sympathy for the death of an evil man is completely naïve and embarrassingly feminine.

When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;
when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
Proverbs 11:10

By the way, UBL claimed a religion that incites the violent murder of anyone outside of its faith and believed he would be rewarded for his efforts to do so. Well, we have delivered him to his reward. May he face the True God and be judged according to his deeds.

And yes, lest there be any doubt, Usama Bin Laden was evil.

Jesus’ response to tragedy can serve as a lesson.

“Those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.” Luke 13:4

Jesus is teaching that if we are not careful, we can think a tragedy is a targeted judgment of sin, when in fact; ALL tragedy is a result of the fallen world. The earth is groaning as in birth pains awaiting the redemptive work of God (Romans 8).

Jesus warns those judging the tragedy of the fallen tower of Siloam that the eighteen who died were not more sinful than anyone else but were simply the result of the tragedy of death.

These are statements that you SHOULD NOT make:

• This is because they are cursed.
• God is teaching them something.
• All things work together for the good. (This is taking a scripture completely out of the context and applying all acts as good. Obviously, this is not true.)
• They lacked faith.
• Hopefully, this will turn them to God.
• Well, I am just glad it didn’t happen to us.
• They deserved it.
• God did this.

These are responses that you SHOULD have:

• What can I do to help?
• Who is responding and how can I help them?
• How can I pray?
• I am so grateful and humbled by this tragedy that I want to help in every way that I can.

The important thing to note is we should not sin with our lips by accusing God of a tragedy. Remember Jesus’ words in John 10:10:

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy;
I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”

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“Lucky for me, I ended up with a
boy whose favorite color is pink.
Toenail painting is way more fun in neon.”

Jenna Lyons’ byline for the recent J. Crew ad has stirred controversy—and rightly so—when a mother-son moment has mom painting the boy’s toenails pink. What could possibly be wrong with a laughing boy and an endearing moment with his mother?

The abandonment of authentic manhood is causing us to become increasingly a matriarchal society. Men are forfeiting their leadership roles in every place in society, but none is more evident than the role of fatherhood.

Women have always played a pivotal role in the household. In fact, the Bible says, “a wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands a foolish one tears it down (Proverbs 14:1). However, the traditional “head” of the household has always been the husband/father.

With men leaving the family household far too often these days, it causes the woman to become the parental dominant, reshaping the upbringing of the children, especially the boys.

Author Paul Adams, in the book Fatherless Children proclaims, “Boys who grow up in father-absent homes are more likely than those in father-present homes to have trouble establishing appropriate sex roles and gender identity.”

Dr. Keith Ablow called this gender confusion “psychological sterilization.”

This sterilization will have greater repercussions than simply raising girly-men. It opens the door for extreme, male-dominated societies such as Muslims to overtake us. Our impotence will no longer be a laughing matter or a childhood game.

Pink toenails on boys today. Wow. What’s next?

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You could almost hear the ticking, the countdown before the eruption of uncontrollable outrage. John attempted to suppress it but it just kept building and growing until the sweat on his forehead, the clenched jaw, and his narrowing eyes foretold the upcoming explosion.

John’s anger had caused damage to personal possessions, started fights with strangers, and broken relationships with loved ones. Society, with all of its checks and balances, began to resist his reputation of rage. Family members began to isolate themselves from his temper tantrums. His sudden outbursts had caused so much pain they simply didn’t want to have anything to do with him.

John’s coworkers no longer made excuses for his outbursts. His tenure on jobs became more and more short term. Once he was considered a high producer, but now his increasingly volatile temper was causing his productivity to plummet. He even began to blame potential customers for his inability to make the sale on their “ignorance.”

John’s face began to reflect his anger. His eyes had yellowed. His mouth turned in a constant frown. His brow wrinkled with forceful intensity. He was no longer a young man fighting for a better future; he was an embittered, old man frustrated with his life.

Anger is usually caused by unmet expectations. You see it commonly displayed in the checkout line of the local grocery store. Children burst out in childish rage, hoping to get the attention of their distracted parents. They want something, and they want it now.

Unfortunately, a lot of men never grow out of the tactic of clenched fists and stomping feet. As adults, their intimidation no longer works, and their anger boils.

“In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.” Ephesians 4:26-27 NIV

Do not allow the day to pass without ridding yourself of anger.

Going to sleep while angry can cause delusions. Our nemesis will use anger to get a foothold on us through unchecked emotion. Anger digs deep into the soul of a man. It can draw out buried emotion from years past in an instant. It is very important that we distinguish the different types of anger, and extinguish the harmful emotions it brings.

THE FOUR FACES OF ANGER

• RAGE is an anger that causes us to flurry about with over-expressed gestures, clenched jaws, and boisterous words, even calling down curses. This kind of anger typically comes from frustrated expectations. Expressing rage causes people around us to stare in disbelief, confusion or embarrassment.
• FURY is a stronger type of rage. This destructive form of rage often leads to a depraved mind and delusional violence. Fury is motivated by evil. Fury often results in physical harm to others, sometimes even in murder.
• INDIGNATION is a righteous anger caused by witnessing or experiencing injustice, shame, or evil done to innocence. It is the correct use of the emotion of anger. Indignation motivates us to protect and risk our lives for the cause of others.
• WRATH is the godliest form of anger. It is an anger that responds to evil with pure judgment. Wrath is what causes men to correct a wrong and to rid the earth of evil.

Some men have been taught to sequester their anger, to be stoic in their emotions; yet anger does have a role to play in our lives, if our motivations are pure and our response is disciplined.

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. James 1:19-20 NIV

Many of our problems with anger arise from a lack of communication. We fail to listen and then fail to express what is causing this pent up frustration. Our inability to communicate becomes a weakness to express our emotions.

Paul explains this “frustration” in Romans 8 when he talks about the frustration of birth pains that the earth is suffering. Out of its inability to communicate the earth quakes, trembles and suffers violence. It is awaiting its redemption from decay, longing for the “sons of God” to be revealed.

In the same way, we ourselves groan inwardly when we see the world with its “unmet expectations.” Frustration builds, and our weakness is revealed. We do not know what to say or how to respond.

Paul says, “The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.” This is a holy frustration. It is a frustration that causes us to pray for God’s purpose to be revealed upon the earth.

As men, we must realize that the help of the Holy Spirit can correct our lack of communication. It is only then that we can actually see the will of God work “all things for the good.”

Getting involved in the process of establishing God’s will on the earth, especially into our own lives, our families, and careers will allow us to properly direct those things that frustrate us.   We will properly manage those frustrations, actually understanding that it may just be a holy frustration, prompting us to pray.

So, the next time that you find yourself building up anger, ask the Holy Spirit to help you in your weakness to pray to the perfect will of God so that His purpose can be fulfilled upon the earth.

Within every man are purposes and passions that are uniquely male, yet we are being told that there is nothing inherently special or purposeful about manhood.  Women, liberated from dominated positions, have increasingly taken a lead role in society.  By September 2010, there were more women employed than there were men.  Touting this fact, the cover of the Atlantic Journal headlined this bold title, “THE END OF MEN.”

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t blame women for stepping up to exercise their liberty from oppressive or ignorant men who have abused them, or from lazy men who have not provided for them; however, radical feminism has violently attacked any semblance of a men’s uniqueness, rather than embracing their own special feminine identity.

Some men have surrendered their roles and special assignments, even taking on the mannerisms and roles of a female.

We are doomed to repeat the failed patterns of life if we do not discover the truths of authentic manhood.  Insecurities will overwhelm us if we do not gain the confidence that comes from purpose.  To become an authentic man means that we need to find the original intent of manhood.

First of all, we must have the foundational belief that we were created with the Intelligent Design of purpose.  Without a Creator, we are meaningless; our existence is flatulence in the wind.

If man is designed and purposed by a Creator, then the Creator defines him.  We must start at the beginning to discover His original intent for man.  Anything less is the ultimate arrogance.

How can the creation mockingly respond to the Creator, “Why did you make me this way?”

“Let us make man….”

After the formation of Earth and the gathering of waters, dry land appeared.  Before God released the agrarian system of provision, He designed the purpose of the Earth.  The Psalmist said, “The Earth was made for man.”

God used clay to mold, fashion, and frame the shadow of His image into a piece of living art.  Then He breathed into man’s nostrils the element of life.  Man became a living being.

The very first statement that God spoke over man gives us insight into His original intent, “Be fruitful and increase.”

Within your genetic code is the drive to succeed and increase.  Within you is the purpose of reproduction.  Within you is the increasing desire to grow your numbers.  As Solomon said, “No man is ever satisfied with his income.” It is diametrically opposed to the original intent of man not to want increase, numerically or economically.

It’s not greed to desire increase; it’s God’s original intent.  Greed is born out of covetousness, which is the desire to have another man’s possessions at his expense.  Greed is born out of a narcissistic attitude that fails to understand God’s provision.

The flaw in covetous thinking is the basic economic theory that my gain comes at the expense of another person.  Modern economics is built upon the idea that the pie is only so big for a few elites to eat of it.  Society does not trust the God of Creation to be wise enough to deposit within the Earth enough resources to sustain and prosper all people.

Solomon said, “As goods increase, so do consumers” (Ecclesiastes 5:11, author’s paraphrase).

God repeatedly declares over man His intent to populate the earth.  Yet, if you listen to the arguments of the fringe, they espouse controlling the increase of man, claiming that we are overpopulating the Earth.  Their idea is that man is inherently bad for the Earth.  Abortion becomes a sadistic means of controlling populations, just as euthanasia will soon be an acceptable means to serve their purpose.  Abortion is called, “choice.”  Euthanasia will be called, “mercy.”

It is always interesting to see the hypocrisy of the living argue against more people “living.”  They love only themselves.  If they really believed that mankind was bad for the Earth, they could easily eliminate at least part of the problem.  Their argument is silly.  Claiming to be wise, they are fools.

Next:  Man Is The Economy

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“It Always Looks Darkest Just Before It’s Totally Black.” – Charlie Brown

The interviews of Charlie Sheen are bizarre to say the least.  His incoherent thoughts ramble out of his cigarette infected throat – thoughts glorifying his narcissistic self, his romps with whores, his drug trips as performances – all the while pushing back on his father for judging him, attacking those who paid him $1.8 million dollars an episode for being able to read a script!

The problem with Charlie is simply this:  He is a boy that never received an education, never had a day of discipline in his life and never actually had to work (unless you call acting work.) So now as a man he is exposed to the extremes of wealth, fame, and sin, having been divorced three times and paying enormous sums of money for sex.

The amazing thing is that he is living the life that is promoted in every men’s magazine, and grunted out of every half-baked adolescent male.  This is what happens to men who live without purpose and according to the original intent of manhood.  They chase the extremes in their meaningless life – “eat, drink, for tomorrow we die.”

The media vultures hover around his decaying persona waiting for his demise, hoping for the interview to be timed just right to be his last interview.  They are complicit in his stupidity.  They are equally insane to think that he deserves the time, while the world is in turmoil and on the verge of collapse.

Manhood is more than this.  Manhood is noble, dignified, honorable, respectful, and disciplined.  Manhood needs a resurrection in our time.

When did that happen?  When did you decide that you were a man?  Who told you, and who gave you the rite of passage to manhood?

Many cultures have clearly defined rites of passage to manhood.  A ritual is observed—a celebration with the community, a mark on the forehead, or the fulfillment of a challenge confirms him.

In Western culture when a boy becomes a man, we mark small rites, such as when a boy gets a driver’s license, is eligible for the military, or is old enough to purchase alcohol, but we do not have spiritual rites of passage into manhood.  Marriage is considered by some to be the closest recognition of movement into manhood.  The definition of manhood in our time is confused.  When do we recognize a male as a man?

Our sons step into manhood without fanfare or celebration.  We don’t define it.  We don’t have set principles that govern what authentic manhood is.

“When the purpose is unknown, abuse is inevitable.” —Dr. Myles Monroe

We are witnessing the inevitable abuse of manhood.  The last forty years has wreaked havoc on authentic manhood.  The feminization of men is displayed in a constant barrage of media imagery.  Almost every male represented on television is either a metro-sexual pretty boy or a slovenly buffoon. Every reality show has to have its token effeminate male.  It’s embarrassing.

This assault on authentic masculinity has a very broad impact.  I won’t go through the barrage of statistics that support my claims; suffice it to say that the destruction of authentic manhood is having enormous repercussions on society.  Some subcultures are already reeling from the loss of authentic man.  Fatherless children are being raised with the insecurities that come from the loss of identity.  Women are being left defenseless against the enmity that exists against them.  The economic decline caused by the loss of male integrity is immeasurable.

“Never remove a fence until you know why it was put up.” —Unknown

Boundaries are important.  The foundation of manhood is being redefined.  Unless we know why the male is a man, or what man is assigned to do or become, we will live abusive lives.  We may abuse our own bodies with addictions such as alcohol, drugs, or food.  We may abuse ourselves sexually and experience the degradation of our bodies through STDs or AIDS.  The frustrations of unknown purpose may cause us to abuse our wives and misunderstand the true value of the male/female relationship.

“For every mile of road there are two miles of ditch.” —Anonymous

Extremes take over.  We will either become obsessive chauvinists or emasculated weaklings.

But to discover purpose, you simply need to look at original intent.  Why did God create man?

Next:  Original Intent—Why God Created Man

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