| A band of brothers is a group of men
who were tired of life as usual. Men who were tired of feeling weak and
ashamed and addicted to whatever brings a temporary escape from the pain,
emptiness...or boredom. Men who wanted to come through for their
wives, their children, their friends and their God, but whose lives were
marked by frustration, depression, insecurity, and failure.
A band of brothers is a group of men who were tired of pretending. And
so they stopped. They found a few other men with whom they could be completely
transparent, guys with whom they could unload about all their shame and
failures, all their fears, and all their weaknesses...men who, when they
were done spilling their guts, would still be standing there saying, "What
else you got?"
A band of brothers is a group of men who have traded their weakness for
Christ's strength and their self-obsession for Christ's selflessness.
Men who daily fight for one another, trading the enemy's lies with God's
truth. They've joined arms with one another and joined ranks with eternity's
Freedom Fighter, Jesus Christ. In Him they fight for the freedom of their
wives, children and friends. It has become their life's passion, mission
and purpose. Unified in Christ, these bands of brothers move with humility
and courage towards total surrender, total trust and total commitment
to the One who gives LIFE and who has overcome death.
A band of brothers is a group of men who've tasted the abundant life Christ
came to bring. They've begun to realize their place in God's story. And
now they want more...for themselves, for their families and friends, all
for the glory of God.
The term 'band of brothers' was coined by Shakespeare in Henry V
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition.
And gentlemen in England, now a-bed,
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here;
And hold their manhoods cheap, whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."
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