How Are We Doing

This episode will be a little different. I know you’re used to me having a guest with me all the time. But every once in a while it’s good to talk about this program and update you on where we are, what we are doing and why. You can visit our Patreon page to support this program and find updates and content that you won't see anywhere else. https://www.patreon.com/c/TheFatherhoodChallengeSpecial thanks to Smile Online Course & Books for sponsoring this episode. To learn more visit: https://thefatherhoodchallenge--smileteenskills.thrivecart.com/social-career-skills-accelerator/Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastrhttps://zencastr.com/?via=thefatherhoodchallengeJonathan GuerreroGreetings, everyone. Thank you for joining me in this episode. Thank you for joining me in this episode called How Are We Doing? This episode may be a little bit different, and I know you're used to have to me having a guest on all the time, but every once in a while, it's good to talk about this program and update you on where we are.00:29.56Jonathan GuerreroFirst, let's start with a history of the Fatherhood Challenge and how it got its start.00:36.66Jonathan GuerreroMany years ago, i went through a crisis of faith that comes for each of us at least once in our life, often twice. Some refer to it as the dark night of the soul.00:47.17Jonathan GuerreroMany run from it. I ran straight into it. it was triggered by the It was triggered by the death of my mom. my dad had been missing out My dad had been missing out of my life for many, many years.01:01.91Jonathan GuerreroAnd by then it carried so many wounds. When you add that to the trauma I carried from growing up in an abusive home, the death of my mom was the turning point that sent me spiraling down into a crisis of faith, beating at the door of heaven, demanding answers in anger and in bitterness.01:22.45Jonathan GuerreroI threatened to go somewhere else for my answers if I did not receive a timely answer. And I didn't bluff. I went to the dark side. That journey nearly cost me and my family and my life a few times.01:38.16Jonathan GuerreroBut due to a strong praying wife who understood the spiritual warfare that was happening, God intervened and I had a direct encounter and intervention by God where he restored me.01:49.43Jonathan GuerreroAs I was ready, he answered my hard questions.01:57.07Jonathan GuerreroNot long after that, my wife and I were driving and we were talking about When I made a comment that I thought was that I wasn't a good father, she was quiet and she didn't say anything.02:11.47Jonathan Guerrerothe next day we The next day, out of the blue, she said that I should start a podcast. I thought it was very strange and out of character for her to suggest something like that.02:24.54Jonathan GuerreroSo just to see where she was coming from, I said, well, suppose I were to start a podcast. What is it you think that I would have to talk about?02:36.90Jonathan GuerreroI was really, really curious why she would even bring that that but why she would even bring that up. Because there was just something very, very odd about yeah the fact that she would say that. There was something odd about the way she was saying it. The timing of it was off. Everything was off. It just...02:58.75Jonathan GuerreroIt just wasn't something that she would typically say.03:03.94Jonathan GuerreroHer answer was fatherhood. Her answer took me took the wind out of me, and I spent the next few days processing that conversation.03:17.34Jonathan GuerreroSo over those days, as I would drive, I would just ponder and ponder and ponder, trying to figure out why, why, why, why why would she say something like that?03:31.57Jonathan GuerreroWhat would possess her to say something so out of character like that? I just could not figure it out.03:41.51Jonathan GuerreroOne day, I just let myself open up to the possibility that maybe... Just maybe it wasn't my wife speaking, but instead it was the Holy Spirit speaking through her.03:55.18Jonathan GuerreroThe minute I let that thought enter my head, I felt the shift. Maybe I was being called by God to start a podcast on fatherhood.04:07.04Jonathan GuerreroAnd maybe my wife was simply the mouthpiece to deliver that message.04:23.02Jonathan GuerreroSo as I mentioned before, as soon as I allowed that thought to enter my head, I felt a shift. I felt a physical physical shift in the van. And what I was experiencing was the physical presence of God in my van.04:38.32Jonathan GuerreroThat's what that shift was. Right away when I recognized it, I went into prayer. I started praying immediately. And God and I had a very, very blunt conversation to say the very least.04:53.84Jonathan GuerreroI told God that I knew he was trying to call me, but that I had absolutely no desire and absolutely no interest in doing this.05:07.63Jonathan GuerreroI love podcasts. I've always listened to them ever since podcasts started coming out. I've enjoyed the programs. I ...