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345: Christopher Grainger and Growing Through Trials

Chris Grainger is the founder of The Lion Within Us and has a passion for serving others. He is building a community that provides Christian men encouragement to become the leaders God intends them to be. Chris connects with others by sharing personal stories of professional success, hurdles encountered and how every circumstance is an opportunity to build the Kingdom. Today, Chris shares how he found Christ as a young man, sensed the Lord’s presence during one of the most difficult moments in his life, and the questions he asked when tragedy struck his family. He also shares how suffering catapulted him to a place of service and led to creating the men’s community, The Lion Within Us. Chris’ story reminds us that even in our darkest moments, the Lord is with us.

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Stories Chris shared:

Creating a ministry for men
Growing up in Virginia in the countryside
Started going to church because his girlfriend went to church
Giving his life to Christ at 16
Going to college at Old Dominion University and spending a lot of time at the bar
Feeling resistant to God as he got into adulthood
Believing his life was good before his wife left him
The eerie silence that told him he needed people
Having his Bible at the custody hearing open to James 1 to help him
Beginning to serve others at his church
How courting his wife helped him grow
Wanting to have children
Having a stillborn child and how it challenged him to run to God
The additional tragedies that came in a short period
Feeling angry at God and how he handled it
The emotional intimacy found through struggling with grief
Starting a podcast for his company
Starting The Lion Within Us as a membership for men
Helping men go from lost and along to connected

Great quotes from Chris:

Anytime we say “I got this” is a moment we are about to be humbled.

Most men’s ministry sucks.

What you’re really craving in your relationship with your spouse is intimacy.

Resources we mentioned:

Chris’s website

Related episodes:

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