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S H: CHRISTIAN LIFE \ MEN \ LEADERSHIP

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 for  MEN

THE

R esolutioN

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

stephen & alex

kendrick with randy alcorn

edited by Lawrence Kimbrough

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Contents

I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part One: A Call to Men

. W W N M R. . . . . . . . .

2. A L V F. . . . . . . . . . 253. B C B . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Part Two: Committing to the Resolution

4. R B M R . . . . . . 55

5. R L Y F . . . . . . . . . . . . 76. R L Y W . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

7. R B Y C. . . . . . . . . . .0

8. R L H. . . . . . . . . . . . .5

9. R F J . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

0. R D L . . . . . . . . . . .45. R P Y F . . . . . . .57

2. R R Y P. . . . . . .69

3. R L I . . . . . . . . . .83

4. R B F F . . . . . . . . . . .97

5. R L L . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

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 Appendices

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3. T P Cq MW C A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

4. S S B Sx . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

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6. S M YC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

7. H P Y F . . . . . . . . . . . .24

8. A P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

9. F S Courageous. . . . . . . . . . . .248

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N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256

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Weak men will not be able to handle

the contents o this book.

 The Resolution is not or the aint

o heart, and those who commit to it

 will be more accountable in the uture.

 You will be challenged to get out

o your comort zone, work through

hidden issues rom your past, and make

strategic sacriices or the sake

o your amily and your aith.

But those who step up to the challenge will ind that living out the Resolution

 will radically impact their priorities

and assist them in becoming strong

men who are ound aithul.

It will take courage.But it will be worth it all.

 You’ve been warned.

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Introduction

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He will restore the hearts o the athers to their children,

and the hearts o the children to their athers,

so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse.M 4:6

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I the Arameans are too strong or me, then you shall help me,

but i the sons o Ammon are too strong or you, then I will come

to help you. Be strong, and let us show ourselves courageous or 

the sake o our people and or the cities o our God; and may 

the Lord do what is good in His sight. (2 Samuel 10:11–12)

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Courageous ChallengeWatch or read out loud the closing speech rom the

movie C (ound in the appendix, page 248).

Memory VerseBe strong, and let us show ourselves courageous or the

sake o our people and or the cities o our God; and may the

Lord do what is good in His sight. (2 Samuel 10:12)

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