Fit Shepherds aims to have every man in our community be in the best physical and spiritual shape of their lives. Fit Shepherds are formed through demanding workouts, fraternity, and discipleship.
Mike Bickel recently attended an Unbound Ministry prayer session. He shares a short testimony about the healing and freedom he got from being prayed with and with following the five keys that are part of being Unbound. According to John Kazanjian, the Unbound model of deliverance ministry is not a new teaching. It is a way of applying the Gospel to a person's story, packaged in five steps or “keys”: 1. Repent for your sins; believe in Jesus and surrender your life to him. 2. Forgive those who have hurt you and release them to God's merciful judgment. 3. Close any doors you have opened to the enemy's influence by naming evil and renouncing it. 4. Stand in the authority Jesus gives you and tell the devil to leave you alone. 5. Receive the Father's blessing on your identity and destiny. Come home to God's family. The reason these are called “keys” is that Satan gains access to areas of our lives when we open doors to his influence through sin, unforgiveness, agreement with lies; when we respond negatively to life's pain; when we don't understand our authority in Christ; and when we don't live securely in our identity as sons and daughters of God. To learn more, go to the following site: https://www.heartofthefather.com/about/unbound/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Father James talks about how it's important to remember that our relationships and identities need to be rooted in Christ and as beloved sons of God. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Carlos Anaya shares a Scripture verse to inspire his fellow Fit Shepherds. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Ernesto Pacheco talks about it's the two-year anniversary of Fit Shepherds this month and reminds everyone that men have to establish a new narrative -- one where they step up and be the virtuous and spiritual leaders in their families. He also talks about the roles men and women have in marriage. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Fr. James talks about why it's important to be obedient to God and His will. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Mark Tryon challenges the Fit Shepherds to be real men in Christ and to do that we have to deal with the mountains in our lives -- the worries, the fears, doubt, sins and sicknesses. Humility, faith, vulnerability, being open to God's love and helping others are all the ways we can climb the mountains that we face. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Seminarian Tom Logue talks about how Lent is a great season to reject sin. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Carlos Briceño talks about a retired NFL football player, Bo Eason, and how he was laser-focused on becoming a star player, even though he saw himself as the runt of the litter. Eason pruned stuff out of his life to concentrate on becoming excellent, and we, as Catholic men, need to do the same in order to seek God first. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Father James defines what virtues mean and shares why it's important to develop them and live a virtuous life. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Inspired by Bishop Robert Barron's sentiments on this subject, Fit Shepherd Marvin Booker talks about how our lives are a gift and, thus, not about us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Carlos Briceño defines vulnerability and shares about how being vulnerable is often difficult for many men, but that it is important in the spiritual life in order to receive God's love and mercy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Alex Baier shares some background on the history of Advent. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Brian Kibler shares about how he sought freedom through a safe, loving, and effective prayer model that helps people to respond to the Good News of the Gospel. Unbound applies the truth to people's lives by using five basic responses, called the Five Keys, which are Repentance and Faith; Forgiveness; Renunciation; Authority; and the Father's Blessing. To find out more, listen to Brian's talk and also go to the following site: https://fitshepherds.substack.com/p/fr-boniface-hicks-osb-talks-about --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
We wait for a lot in our lives as humans. God waits too. What is he waiting for from you? That is the topic that Carlos Briceño brings up in a talk to the Fit Shepherds. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Brian Kibler talks about how we are loved by a God who thinks about us and loves us every single moment of our lives. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Fit Shepherds, Father James, unpacks Ephesians 5. He advises that men need to love their wives like Christ loved the Church. It's all about gift of self. Our goal should ourselves and getting our spouses and those we love to heaven. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Father James, a Fit Shepherd, continues talking about prayer -- specifically about why being attentive in prayer is important. He says that object of prayer is not just to complete a task -- meaning, doing a bunch of Hail Marys while reciting the Rosary -- but developing a relationship with a Person, spending time with that Person and growing in relationship with the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. When we pray like this, we begin to recognize God's voice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Father James, a Fit Shepherd, reviews what he's been talking so far about in relation to Fr. Jacques Philippe's book, "A Time for God." He says that it's helpful to intentionally cut sin out because they separate us from God. We also have to show up. And your disposition matters. Prayer is not about finding the right method, or adopting the attitude of what we need to do in order to make it work -- as if we say some magic words and the right combination will get us to heaven. It's not what we do in prayer but what God does in us. Then, God orients us to Himself and draws us to Himself. Our dispositions need to remind ourselves of the following Truths: having faith and trust in God. He desires a relationship more than we desire a relationship with Him. He cares for us. He loves us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
The concept of accountability groups are explained and introduced. This is where each Fit Shepherd is accountable to doing something that other Fit Shepherds will hold them accountable for during the month. Father James Guarascio, a Fit Shepherd, introduces Fr. Jacques Philippe's book, "A Time For God." He talks about how we have to be in the right disposition in order to pray and that means getting rid of mortal sins that we repeat. Keeping god's commandments leads to three things: + Letting God abide in you + Letting God love you + Being able to see God What we do -- in other words, right actions -- matters. And leads to the right frame of mind/soul in order to pray. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Father James Guarascio, a Fit Shepherd, shares a reading from St. Paul to the Philippians and talks about what you do and how you live your life matters as a man because, if you set your goal to be heaven, then what you do and how you live will lead you there -- and, hopefully, others you lead, such as your family members. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Fit Shepherd, Carlos Briceño, shares about Kobe Bryant's intensity - as evidenced by his Mamba Mentality: doing the hard work necessary for success -- is something that Catholic men need to channel into their faith lives. In other words, if we could use our time and energy that Kobe put into basketball into our prayer lives and relationship with God, we will be on our way to becoming saints. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Fit Shepherd, Brian Kibler, leads the group through several questions, which all point to: how do we take how we measure success or met expectations for a goal and overcome them in order to improve? He then relates that to the faith life -- how we need to figure out how set faith-based goals and meet them in order to grow closer to God and set ourselves on paths of holiness. . --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Fit Shepherd, Ernesto Pacheco, gives a history lesson tracing between the battle of good and evil throughout the ages. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Fit Shepherd, Carl Berg, offers tips on what makes a happy marriage. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Fit Shepherd, Mike Bickel, talks about the importance of being humble. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Fit Shepherd, Pete Kinsella, talks about three things regarding your life. He wonders if you are living your life with the end in mind. So he talks about what people would be saying about you and your wake. He also calls on the need to repent and serve others. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
Fr. Mark Berhnard leads the Fit Shepherds through a guided talk on thoughts, feelings and desires during contemplative prayer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit-shepherds/message
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