Teach My Hands to War

There is a moment in almost every man's testimony when he has to be told a sentence he cannot forget. Sometimes it comes from a judge. Sometimes from a father. Sometimes it comes from a pastor, late in the game, after years of drift.This week on Paths to Glory, we sit with a man whose whole life has been shaped by two of those sentences — spoken years apart, by two very different men. Born into a coastal California home broken open by gang violence. Nine years old when a mother's tears explained that his father was not coming home from prison. Eleven the first time he was sent to a juvenile detention center for a fight of his own. A cycle that seemed like it would never end — until a pregnant girlfriend, a brother's late-night text, and a jail cell facing fifteen years began to arrange the beginning of a very different story.But this testimony is not really about how he got out.It is about a sentence a pastor spoke to him years later — one line that reshaped how he prays, how he fathers, and what his own boys will inherit from a man they now watch every day at the altar.www.pathstoglory.com If you’re enjoying Paths to Glory, be sure to check out our two other podcasts!Paths to Glory Kenya shares powerful stories of faith and transformation from the heart of Africa — voices of hope, revival, and purpose.And for the young — and the young at heart — don’t miss The Jones Family Chronicles, a fun, faith-filled adventure series for the whole family.You can find Paths to Glory Kenya and The Jones Family ChroniclesThe song "Paths to Glory" created with Udio and written by Roy Allison IV.687DnYhOfZWHus5AEqMx