{"id":302423,"date":"2011-12-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/from-boys-to-men\/"},"modified":"2011-12-19T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T17:00:00","slug":"from-boys-to-men","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/from-boys-to-men\/","title":{"rendered":"From Boys to Men"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several years ago, DeWayne Washington had a vision to reach young men in his community who were struggling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2011-12-19.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:","filesize":"22.68M","filesize_raw":"23786621","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2821],"tags":[4818,4126,5186,5185,4158],"podcast_series":[7847],"cwp_profile":[9253],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-302423","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reaching-out","tag-evangelism","tag-ministry","tag-school-ministry","tag-youth","tag-youth-ministry","podcast_series-the-gentlemens-society","cwp_profile-dewayne-washington","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/302423\/from-boys-to-men","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/302423\/from-boys-to-men","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0FLcQSwCpN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/from-boys-to-men\/\">From Boys to Men<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/from-boys-to-men\/embed\/#?secret=0FLcQSwCpN\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;From Boys to Men&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"0FLcQSwCpN\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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struggling.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2011-12-19.pdf","transcript_content":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 When a young man signs up to be a part of DeWayne Washington\u2019s Gentlemen\u2019s Society, he\u2019s given an assignment.\u00a0 He is to go meet with his high school principal and tell him something like this\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cHey, I\u2019m a part of this organization now, Gentlemen\u2019s Society; and it\u2019s charging me to become a better man.\u00a0 If there is some advice that you have for me\u2014you can help me along the way; let me know.\u00a0 If you see me acting in a way that\u2019s not being a gentleman, let me know, as well, so I can straighten up.\u00a0 <em>And,<\/em> If you need anything, know that I am here to help you out because that is part of my charge of being a gentleman.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Monday, December 19<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Our host is the President of FamilyLife\u00ae Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine.\u00a0 DeWayne Washington joins us today to tell us how he turns young men into <em>gentle<\/em>men.\u00a0 Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 Thanks for joining us on the Monday edition\u2014now on the countdown\u2014week here before Christmas.\u00a0 Everybody is excited about the Christmas holidays, but we\u2019re also excited about what has been happening here at FamilyLife with a growing matching-gift fund.\u00a0 Now, we\u2019re praying that our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners will come along and say, \u201cWe\u2019ll help you take advantage of that matching gift.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m telling you, we need them because the fund now has grown from $2.5 million to over $3.5 million, and it\u2019s still growing.\u00a0 We need our listeners to step up (may I use that term.\u00a0 Some of them will get that.\u00a0 I just finished a book by that title.)\u00a0 We need you to step up, though, and give a gift.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tToday, we\u2019re going to be talking about equipping young men to know how to be men.\u00a0 I wish I could ask every listener right now, \u201cJust look at your radio.\u00a0 Look at there.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have the dial like you used to have, but I want you to think about all the stations.\u00a0 How many of them are all about helping you in life\u2019s most important commitments?\u2014your relationship with God, your spouse, and your children?\u00a0 Well, that\u2019s what we\u2019re about here every day on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019ve benefited, if you\u2019ve been helped, can we ask you to give a donation and help us take full advantage of what is a sizeable amount of money that\u2019s been put forth by stakeholders in this ministry, who really believe what we\u2019re doing is needed and has to be done today?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You can make a donation by calling 1-800-FL-TODAY, or you can make a donation online at FamilyLifeToday.com.\u00a0 Click the button there that says, \u201cI Care\u201d.\u00a0 Again, when you make a donation, a year-end donation, here for <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, it\u2019s going to be doubled.\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be matched dollar for dollar from this matching-gift fund that is now at $3.5 million and continuing to grow.\u00a0 We hope to hear from you.\u00a0 1-800-FL-TODAY is the number to call, or go online at FamilyLifeToday.com.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I just had the sense, when I came in here today, that this is one of those days\u2014Dennis is going to get\u2014the juices are just going to get flowing.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 The soap box has been pulled out and is on the table.\u00a0 (Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 This is something that you\u2019re passionate about.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I really am.\u00a0 I just want to start by reminding our listeners\u2014over in the book of First Kings\u2014David is in the process of dying; and in Chapter 2, he pulls his son apart.\u00a0 He says to his son, \u201cI\u2019m about to die.\u00a0 Be strong and show yourself a man.\u201d\u00a0 That little snapshot of that deathbed statement by David to Solomon is\u2014I think, Bob, it encapsulates a lot of truth we\u2019re missing today with younger men.\u00a0 Younger men need an older man in their lives to call them to step up.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve got a guy in the studio who has been doing that for a number of years.\u00a0 DeWayne Washington joins us on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 DeWayne, you agree with that, don\u2019t you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 You know, I would agree with that as long as we put it in there that I\u2019m standing on the shoulders of those that stepped up long before I did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Well, glad you join us here on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 I agree with that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDeWayne is a pastor.\u00a0 He is a father of four children.\u00a0 He is the husband of Tanisha, for 16 years.\u00a0 He has founded a group of young men between the ages of 8 and 18 called The Gentlemen\u2019s Society.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, sir.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Explain what that is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 What we do at The Gentlemen\u2019s Society is\u2014we take, like you\u2019ve said, those kids between 8 and 18.\u00a0 We train them how to become gentlemen.\u00a0 We do about 23 different courses\u2014everything from speech and communication, anger management, behavior modification.\u00a0 You name it.\u00a0 Everything that a father would teach his kid before he\u2019s 18, we have a course for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You\u2019re doing this in a culture where a lot of these young men don\u2019t have fathers.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 An overwhelming majority of the young men that come through our program do not have\u2014not only don\u2019t have a father in their life\u2014many of them don\u2019t have a male figurehead in their life at all.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 In fact, you were telling us about a meeting that you had where you kind of made that point clear; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\u00a0 A few years ago, we brought all the sites together in Fort Worth, and we start asking them questions.\u00a0 Basically, if you could answer, \u201cYes,\u201d to the question, you could remain standing; but if you could not answer, \u201cYes,\u201d then, you had to sit down.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, we had everyone stand up.\u00a0 All the young gentlemen stood up, and the very first question that we asked was, \u201cHave you ever met your father?\u201d\u00a0 About 50 percent of them were gone right away\u2014never even <em>met <\/em>their father.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tActually, Bob, we were really just asking one question, \u201cDo you have your father at home with you right now?\u201d\u00a0 In other words, \u201cWhen you go home today, will your father be there?\u00a0 Do you have a father that you live with?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOut of all the people that were there, only one of those gentlemen had a father at home\u2014just one.\u00a0 That will tell you the type of situation that we are looking at.\u00a0 All these kids\u2014they don\u2019t have a father.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 DeWayne, you\u2019ve worked in youth ministry for a number of years.\u00a0 You\u2019re now a pastor.\u00a0 How important do you think a father is?\u00a0 Now, this is just kind of like playing softball right now.\u00a0 I\u2019m giving you a slow pitch, right over the middle of the plate.\u00a0 I mean, how absolutely important are fathers in the process of raising young men?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 You know, it\u2019s kind of like this.\u00a0 If I wanted to\u2014you say softball\u2014if I wanted to become a softball player, the very first thing I would do is find a good softball player, or at least find a video of softball players, and go to school.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, you\u2019d know what one looks like.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, you know what one looks like.\u00a0 Otherwise, how do you know if you\u2019re doing the right thing?\u00a0 If you don\u2019t have a father in your life, how in the world would you know how to be a good father or a good husband?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, the thing that messes up our society is that if you don\u2019t know how to be a good husband or a good father, then that spills over to your community.\u00a0 Are you a great community leader?\u00a0 Probably not.\u00a0 So, you are helping to destroy the fabric of our community all because there\u2019s not a good, strong male role model in your life.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Did you grow up with a strong dad in your home, teaching you what it meant to be a man?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Actually, I did not have a strong man in my house.\u00a0 What I was blessed to have is\u2014that as I grew up, I had different type of mentors in my life.\u00a0 They may not have been in my house, but I was blessed to have\u2014for example, in business, I had people that were able to oversee me, be my mentor, and show me about business.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEven in running youth organizations, I had those that were older than me\u2014several generations older that were able to say, \u201cWell, DeWayne, this is what you want to do here.\u00a0 This is what you want to look out for.\u00a0 This is the type of insurance you want to have.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the things that scared me to death, as I was getting older, was getting married.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You\u2019re not the first man to be scared to death about getting married.\u00a0 (Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m telling you, Dennis, it scared me so bad because after I asked my wife to marry me, it dawned on me, \u201cI\u2019ve never seen this done right.\u201d\u00a0 (Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Like, \u201cHow in the world?!\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 What\u2019s that supposed to do?\u00a0 What\u2019s that supposed to look like?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Exactly.\u00a0 What is it supposed to look like?\u00a0 If you don\u2019t know what it\u2019s supposed to look like, you don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve got it right or wrong.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, one of the things that I did\u2014I\u2019m so glad God had me interview, literally, hundreds of couples\u2014those that were still together after 50 years, those who had broke up after six days, and everything in between.\u00a0 Even those\u2014what scared me the most were those that had been married for 20 years and, then, decided to call it quits after 20 years.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn that, there is a lot of insight that you can gather from that.\u00a0 Then, you pick your mentors from there\u2014from those people who have been married forever\u2014and they\u2019re still married, and they still like each other.\u00a0 They can tell you, and they can show you, \u201cHere is how you become a great father, husband, or what have you.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You and I both were kind of laughing about the slow-pitch illustration.\u00a0 If you wanted to play softball, you would find somebody who had played the game so you knew what it looked like.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTell us about one young man who has come to your society, The Gentlemen\u2019s Society, recently.\u00a0 Just give us a picture of where he\u2019s come from, what his frame of reference is, and how he\u2019s coming into your group to get these 24 different courses that you teach.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 You know I can\u2014there are so many stories.\u00a0 There\u2019s one that sticks out.\u00a0 There was a young gentleman who\u2014he, actually, started gang activity.\u00a0 He joined a gang at 11.\u00a0 For those of those who don\u2019t know, the average age of individuals that join gangs is actually nine years old.\u00a0 A lot of people didn\u2019t realize that.\u00a0 So, at 11, he was two years late.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 In other words, they are looking for a place to belong; and a gang gives them a chance to identify with other young men who are older than them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Kind of.\u00a0 I mean, one of the things I talk about in Gentlemen\u2019s Society a lot is that if I can control what you see and what you hear, I can control to some degree what you think.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the things that we talk about is the war that is going on right now.\u00a0 Well, a lot of them have never been to Afghanistan or been to Iraq; but we believe it because of what we\u2019ve seen and heard.\u00a0 So, these kids grow up in this mentality.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis particular kid\u2014his whole family was into drug activity.\u00a0 So, for him, it\u2019s, \u201cThis is what I\u2019m supposed to do.\u00a0 When I look around, this is what I see.\u00a0 It\u2019s the route I\u2019m going to go.\u201d\u00a0 For example, if we flip the script, there are people who have graduated from Yale.\u00a0 They look at their son and say, \u201cOkay, you\u2019re going to follow in my footsteps.\u201d\u00a0 That kid thinks, \u201cOkay, I\u2019m going to go to Yale because that is\u2014my whole family went to Yale.\u00a0 My dad went to Yale.\u00a0 My mom went to Yale.\u00a0 That\u2019s where I\u2019m going to go.\u201d Well, if you take the opposite of that, that\u2019s the mentality that we have with some of these young boys.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe had started gang activity at 11.\u00a0 Long story short, he got involved with our organization.\u00a0 He turned his life around, did a lot of wonderful things, turned into a straight-A student.\u00a0 We spent a lot of time up at the school in between that.\u00a0 He had been kicked out of school and everything else.\u00a0 Long story short, the kid is a straight-A student, just graduated, on his way to A&amp;M.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe had another kid that just graduated\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Wait.\u00a0 Wait.\u00a0 Before you go to another kid, I want to know how did this young man, at age 11, who\u2019s already starting to hang around with the gangs\u2014how does he even show up on the doorstep of The Gentlemen\u2019s Society?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 I should backtrack.\u00a0 We originally started The Gentlemen\u2019s Society as part of our church.\u00a0 I was a youth pastor at that time.\u00a0 We had a lot of programs for young women\u2014nothing for young men.\u00a0 So, The Gentlemen\u2019s Society came out of that.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe happened to be part of that ministry.\u00a0 At the time\u2014our ministry believes in reaching the hopeless while serving the needy.\u00a0 At that time, he was a part of our ministry.\u00a0 He\u2019s part of our youth ministry.\u00a0 He just kind of got inducted by default.\u00a0 We talked to him all the time.\u00a0 He talks about being original GS, OGS\u2014OG, OGS.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnyway, he was kind of inducted early on automatically.\u00a0 For whatever reason, when I first met this kid, there was just something about him.\u00a0 I told his mom, I said, \u201cYou know what?\u00a0 This kid is going to go to college.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to help him get there no matter what we have to do.\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019m getting chills.\u00a0 I might tear up a little bit, but this last May\u2014May or June\u2014was his graduation.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m sitting next to his mom when she turns to me and she said, \u201cYou told me that he was going to graduate from high school, first of all; and he\u2019s going to go to college.\u201d\u00a0 The <em>Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/em> did a story on him.\u00a0 As we were sitting there, we were looking at his different acceptance letters to several colleges.\u00a0 He had different options.\u00a0 So, it was just a wonderful thing to see that progression and knowing that we were, at least, a part of that changing of the mentalities.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You know, as you are talking, I keep thinking of the book, First Thessalonians, Chapter 2, where Paul talked repeatedly about how he had behaved in front of this church and this group of believers to disciple them.\u00a0 I want to read this here because this is really what you\u2019re doing with these young men.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe says in verse 11 of Chapter 2, \u201cFor you know how we, like a father with his children, we exhorted each of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God who calls you into His kingdom and glory.\u201d\u00a0 Now a dad\u2014a dad is supposed to charge, to encourage, exhort, and call them up.\u00a0 That\u2019s normative; but when dad\u2019s not there, all of those muscles don\u2019t get built\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014in a young man\u2019s soul and life to be able to step up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 One of the reasons why Bob and I want to talk with you is\u2014I happen to believe there are men listening right now\u2014single men, married men, dads who already have got more than enough kids to say grace over\u2014but who have been stirred by the Spirit of God to do something about some of these young men who don\u2019t have a daddy in their lives.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat you\u2019re talking about doing here through The Gentlemen\u2019s Society is to provide that kind of role model and spiritual infusion to take Jesus Christ close to these young men, wrap flesh around it, and show them how to do life.\u00a0 That\u2019s normative.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Exactly.\u00a0 You know, you\u2019re going to get me all excited here.\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 You mentioned\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Bob warned you on the front-end.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m loving this!\u00a0 You mentioned charge; right?\u00a0 I love that word, \u201ccharge\u201d because we actually have that written into our program.\u00a0 At the end of every single session, we have something called a charge.\u00a0 In other words, \u201cHere\u2019s an opportunity for you to go and <em>do<\/em> something that you just learned.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s a specific charge.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, sometimes, it\u2019s just as simple as you have to go and set up a meeting with your principal; for example, that\u2019s one of our charges.\u00a0 We have another charge when we go through speech and\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Hold it.\u00a0 Hold it.\u00a0 What would a boy do in setting up a meeting with a principal?\u00a0 What\u2019s he going to do with it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, that\u2019s just it.\u00a0 It\u2019s actually threefold.\u00a0 It\u2019s kind of\u2014number one:\u00a0 they\u2019ve never done it.\u00a0 That\u2019s a guarantee.\u00a0 I\u2019ve yet to have a kid that has done it.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Usually, the principal is setting up the meeting with the boy.\u00a0 (Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Usually, it\u2019s the other way around.\u00a0 So, what it\u2019s doing\u2014number one\u2014is taking something they never thought about\u2014didn\u2019t think it\u2019s possible\u2014and it empowers that kid to say, \u201cI have the ability to control some of my destiny.\u201d\u00a0 In other words, \u201cYou are the head person, but that doesn\u2019t mean that I haven\u2019t been given the ability to sit down in front of the kings and queens.\u00a0 Now, my gift will make room for me.\u201d\u00a0 So, I\u2019m able to do that; right?\u00a0 (Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNot only can you do that\u2014now once you get there, there are a couple things you have to do.\u00a0 Now, we don\u2019t\u2014we tell them kind of what to talk about, but they don\u2019t really realize, \u201cWhy?\u201d\u2014you know\u2014they never\u2014I\u2019ve never found one that actually catches it.\u00a0 Later on, some of them catch it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFirst thing, they have to tell them that, \u201cHey, I\u2019m a part of this organization now, Gentlemen\u2019s Society.\u00a0 It\u2019s charging me to become a better man.\u00a0 So, if there is some advice that you have for me that can help me along the way, let me know.\u00a0 If you see me acting in a way that\u2019s not being a gentleman, let me know as well so I can straighten up; and if <em>you<\/em> need anything, know that I am here to help you out because that is part of my charge of being a gentleman.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Wow!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Now, what happens is that two things.\u00a0 Number one:\u00a0 The empowerment that they get when they\u2019re able to get that done is just unparallel.\u00a0 I mean, they literally change when they\u2019re like, \u201cWow! I can actually do that.\u00a0 I\u2019m not a victim.\u201d\u00a0 We teach them all the time, \u201cEverything is your fault.\u201d\u00a0 There\u2019s no victim.\u00a0 \u201cIf it\u2019s raining, it\u2019s your fault.\u201d\u00a0 Period.\u00a0 \u201cEverything is your fault.\u201d\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 So, \u201cFigure it out.\u00a0 Grab an umbrella so it doesn\u2019t affect you, but it\u2019s your fault.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You know, we\u2019re laughing about this; but honestly, in that sub-culture of gangs, it\u2019s real easy to begin to think, and act, and live as a victim\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014where they take no responsibility for anything.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\u00a0 We do the opposite, \u201cEverything is your fault.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs a matter of fact, we do a lot of work with children that live in the projects.\u00a0 Some of them are really, really young\u201410, 11, 12 years old.\u00a0 We\u2019ll tell them\u2014they\u2019ll say, \u201cWell, I can\u2019t do that.\u00a0 I live in the projects.\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019m like, \u201cWell, first of all, it\u2019s your fault that you\u2019re in the projects.\u201d\u00a0 They\u2019re like, \u201cWell, it\u2019s not my fault.\u00a0 My mom lives here.\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cIt\u2019s your fault.\u00a0 I know some kids that are younger than you that used their talents, skill, and ability; and now, they\u2019re living in mansions.\u00a0 What are you doing?\u201d\u00a0 (Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019re not\u2014once again, \u201cIt\u2019s your fault.\u00a0 Don\u2019t wait for anyone else to do anything.\u00a0 You have some talents, skill, and ability; you can do it, too.\u201d\u00a0 So, we go through all these things to teach them that, \u201cYou are empowered to change your situation.\u201d\u00a0 <br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThink about it\u2014if you are a group of 20 kids in an elementary school, in the middle of the projects, and you\u2019re looking for a suit and tie, how many companies would <em>love<\/em> to sponsor that so that they don\u2019t have to see people sagging their pants?\u00a0 They would love to do that, but you\u2019re empowered to make that happen.\u00a0 <em>You <\/em>make that happen;\u00a0 <em>I\u2019m <\/em>not going to make that happen.\u00a0 You look\u2014God has given you everything that you need at your fingertips.\u00a0 The problem is you just have not reached out and grabbed it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, what we do is say, \u201cYou\u2019re not a victim; you\u2019re a victor.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to teach and give you the skills that you already have inside of you\u2014just going to cultivate those and make you the lion that you really are so that you can dominate your domain.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You know, I\u2019m listening to you here; and I\u2019ve had this thought three times in the conversation.\u00a0 So, I\u2019m going to do something I\u2019ve never done here on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 Bob\u2019s going to look at me and go, \u201cWhat in the world is he getting ready to offer right now?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s what I want to do.\u00a0 How many young men do you have in The Gentlemen\u2019s Society right now in the Fort Worth area?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 In the Fort Worth area, we usually do about\u2014we usually do about two to three hundred a year.\u00a0 This year will be a little bit more.\u00a0 It\u2019ll just get over a thousand.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 A thousand.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 For this year, coming up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 Well, that\u2019s a little more than what I was thinking about; but you know what, we\u2019ll still do it.\u00a0 Alright.\u00a0 Here\u2019s what I want to do.\u00a0 I would like to supply a book I\u2019ve just finished for men, and for young men, and for boys called <em>Stepping Up: A Call to Courageous Manhood<\/em>.\u00a0 What I\u2019d like to do is\u2014I\u2019m going to offer you, if you want them\u2014now, you don\u2019t have to take them\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 The answer is, \u201cYes.\u201d\u00a0 (Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014if you don\u2019t want them.\u00a0 Well, you don\u2019t even know what\u2019s in there; so, you better make sure you read it first, okay?\u00a0 I\u2019d like to offer you all 1,000.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh, wow!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 No cost.\u00a0 <br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Now, here\u2019s the kicker.\u00a0 I could do that, okay?\u00a0 We could just make that available from FamilyLife, but I would be robbing people who would like to be a part of what you are doing\u2014who\u2019d like to help supply 1,000 books to The Gentlemen\u2019s Society in Fort Worth\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Wow!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014and so all day today, starting at the beginning of\u2014at sunrise, when our broadcast starts being heard in Detroit and Washington, D.C., on WABA, the phones will be open.\u00a0 You can call in and say how many books you\u2019d like to give.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Give the money to help pay for the books, and we make the books available to The Gentlemen\u2019s Society.\u00a0 We call some young men to step up because that\u2019s exactly what you are doing.\u00a0 I think you are going to see, as you read this book, how important it is that an older man supply a book like this to a younger man.\u00a0 We need to be doing this all across the country, frankly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s a bunch of boys and young men who don\u2019t have the foggiest idea of what a man is or what a man does. That\u2019s what you are talking about in The Gentlemen\u2019s Society.\u00a0 It\u2019s talking about finding your identity in Jesus Christ\u2014not below your belt and not with women\u2014but in a right relationship with God through Christ\u2014then, start stepping up, and being courageous, and making a difference, where God has you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 I think, if we\u2019re going to do this, though, we need to add a little stipulation.\u00a0 I think, that is, if you\u2019ll pass these books along to these young men, the only requirement\u2014the only thing we\u2019re asking back from them\u2014is when they\u2019re done, we want them to write a book report and mail it off to us.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 We\u2019re going to require that anyway.\u00a0 That\u2019s what I was just about to say.\u00a0 We have to\u2014it has to be a charge with that.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I like that.\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 I like that idea.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 I was just about to offer the same thing.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, I\u2019m looking forward to 1,000 book reports.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 There we go; me, too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I want to know\u2014here\u2019s the bottom line of the book report: \u201cWhat is your action point\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014\u201cfor stepping up as a young man?\u00a0 It\u2019s exactly like your charge you give them at the end of all 24 of those courses you teach.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Make it practical, apply it to your life, and let\u2019s see what happens.\u00a0 Then, you know what?\u00a0 When we get the book report, we\u2019ll have DeWayne back on here.\u00a0 We\u2019ll have you have a book report to our listening audience who helped fund this deal.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 You know what?\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m going to take it a step farther.\u00a0 Not only are we going to say that they need to supply us with a book report; but I need to know, \u201cWhat other young man you\u2019re going to supply this book with so that they will be able to help step up as well?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, pass it on.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>DeWayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, got to pass it on.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Pass it on.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Alright; so, if you\u2019re interested in helping us send some of these books to these young men at The Gentlemen\u2019s Society in Fort Worth, Texas\u20141,000 books\u2014go to FamilyLifeToday.com; click the button that says, \u201cI Care\u201d, and make an end-of-the-year donation.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe good news is\u2014when you make that donation, not only are you helping us send these books to Fort Worth, but that donation is going to be doubled because of the matching-gift opportunity that has been made available to us that has now gone past $3.5 million and is continuing to grow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, go to FamilyLifeToday.com, click the button that says, \u201cI Care\u201d, and make a donation.\u00a0 Again, not only will your donation be matched, but you\u2019ll be helping us get these books in the hands of these young men in Fort Worth, Texas.\u00a0 We\u2019ll report back to you when we get some of these book reports.\u00a0 We\u2019ll post them on the web and share with you what these young men have been learning.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you don\u2019t have a copy of Dennis\u2019 book for yourself, go to FamilyLifeToday.com and order a copy of the book, <em>Stepping Up: A Call to Courageous Manhood<\/em>.\u00a0 Again, our website is FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call us toll-free to request a copy of the book\u20141-800-FL-TODAY is our number.\u00a0 1-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800- \u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY\u201d.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOnce again, thanks to all of you who are helping us toward our year-end matching-gift goal.\u00a0 We do appreciate hearing from you\u2014got a ways to go before we\u2019re going to get near that $3.5 million mark.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s still a chance that number is going to grow here in the last week.\u00a0 So, if you can help with the year-end gift, we would love to hear from you.\u00a0 Go to FamilyLifeToday.com, make an online donation; or call us toll-free at 1-800- \u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY\u201d.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBe sure to join us back again tomorrow.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to talk more with DeWayne Washington about the good work that he is doing in the Dallas\/Ft. 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