How do you decide whether you're doing okay as a man? Is your measuring stick your job, your bank account, your marriage, what people think about you—or the failures and mistakes in your past?

In this episode of the Sharpening Men Podcast, Tom challenges men to examine where their sense of worth really comes from. Your performance can change. Your possessions can disappear. Relationships can struggle. People’s opinions can turn. And your past may contain things you genuinely regret. But none of those things have the authority to determine your value.

Your worth begins with the God who created you.

Using Psalm 139:14, we look at the difference between honestly admitting, “I’ve done wrong,” and accepting the destructive conclusion, “Therefore, I’m worthless.” Sharpening Men isn't about making excuses for failure. If you've hurt someone, make it right. If you're dealing with addiction, deal with it. If you've been irresponsible, start becoming responsible. But don't turn repentance into a life sentence of shame.

This episode challenges you to identify the false labels you've been carrying, reject their authority to define you, and take one practical step that agrees with the man God says you're becoming.

With God, people change.

Come Have Breakfast With Us - If you're around Blytheville, Arkansas, you're invited to the Sharpening Men Breakfast every Saturday at 9:00 a.m. We meet in the back building/fellowship hall at Ruddle Road Church of God, 1400 S. Ruddle Rd., Blytheville, AR 72315.

It's completely FREE and open to men age 18 and older.

You don't have to be a “church guy.” Maybe you've been away from church for years. Maybe you've never been involved in church. Maybe you're fighting an addiction, you've been locked up, or you've simply made a mess of some things.

You're still welcome.

Come eat breakfast, sit down with some other men, and start moving forward. No pretending. No perfect men. Just men learning to follow Jesus and become the men God created us to be.

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Listen, share this episode with another man who needs it, and join us as we keep sharpening one another.

Nobody gets sharp alone.