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“It’s really gotten rid of my doubt and my worry about the future.”
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In his words
“We hold each other accountable. There’s constant sharpening, makes us better men, makes us better husbands, better fathers.”
Transcript
Machine-transcribed from the video and lightly corrected.
What’s going on? My name’s Austin. I’m with Firebrand Initiative. I’m here with Josh today.
Josh, I just want to ask you, man, just how has your life improved since joining Firebrand?
Oh, man. My whole life has changed, radically.
I mean, it’s literally a brotherhood that we are called to seek through the kingdom.
And this is what it is. We hold each other accountable.
There’s constant sharpening, makes us better men, makes us better husbands, better fathers.
You want to talk about just holding God’s word accountable and seeking the kingdom and seeking at the highest levels.
That’s what Firebrand is all about.
Beautiful. And then if you could pinpoint maybe what has been the greatest improvement since joining Firebrand?
Just overall, me as a godly man has been probably the best just overall.
I mean, like I said before, about being a better husband, better father and things.
But Justin has helped me learn and understand … my path with Christ.
But it’s been the acknowledgement of who I am without Christ.
And that’s probably when people understand who they are without him.
That’s probably going to be the biggest leap and jumpstart of faith because with him, you know that it’s everything that you can ever imagine.
He says that he will overflow you with more than you can ever bear.
And then one more question, man. How has your marriage been affected since joining Firebrand?
My marriage, it was good before. It was also newer.
But what it’s done is Firebrand has taught me that accountability with my wife.
For her to be able to seek accountability through me and just holding me accountable, I give her the openness.
I tell her at any point in time, if you feel like I’m not being the man of God that he has put into your life, to check me about it.
Holding me accountable, seek me in that. And just overall, the patience, I would say patience has grown tremendously.
Justin and all these brothers in Firebrand, man, they’re just extremely patient people and men.
And I see these strong men just have such patience and I’m like, I need more of that.
All right. Well, thank you for talking with me, Josh. I appreciate your time, brother.
I appreciate you.