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Breaking Generational Cycles | Phil’s Restoration Story | EP. 246

“I battled this second life for awhile, trying to adhere to people, I was in a really dark place.” – Phil S.

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In this closing episode of The Restoration Series, Phil shares his powerful journey from a difficult family background toward healing and transformation through faith. Raised in a tough family marked by alcoholism, lies, and money laundering, Phil often felt out of place. His life took a pivotal turn when he met his future wife at 14, whose influence—and that of her family—led him to faith in Jesus.

“If I hadn’t met my wife and the Lord, I think I would have committed suicide.”

After decades of shoving stuff under the rug, the early years of marriage and fatherhood for Phil started to bring messy things to the surface. Forcing Phil and his wife to work through past wounds. It was through this season that Phil started to understand the heart of God and what it truly means to have a Father. God used those experiences to show Phil what it looks like to lead his family. With the support of mentors, he learned to lead his family from a place of humility and service rather than power and control. Walking closely with the Lord Phil is seeing God’s heart and the good plans He has for him and his family.

“He’s rescued me from crazy situations and using those for heart change.”

Phil’s heart for the Lord is evident in this conversation. He is actively pursuing the Lord and what God has for him. He has broken a generation cycle and wants to leave a legacy of a man who loved the Lord and ferociously pursued Him. A legacy of advancing the Kingdom.

Thanks for watching the Restoration Series! A 5-part series gives us a glimpse into the lives of 5 different men and their stories of restoration.

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SHOW NOTES:

Today we close out “The Restoration Series” with Phil as he shares his powerful story of restoration
This 5-part series gives us a glimpse into the lives of 5 different men and their stories of restoration
“I came from a tough family, a family history of lies, stealing, alcoholism, and money laundering
Phil saw a lot of crazy things as a kid and always had this feeling that he just didn’t quite belong
He met his future wife when he was 14 and years later they started dating in college
It was his wife and her family that were the catalyst to Phil coming to know Jesus
Slowly but surely God was working out all these things in Phil’s heart, there was a lot of purification that had to happen
Living a new life in Jesus and walking alongside friends and mentors in the faith were instrumental
“If I didn’t know Jesus I couldn’t imagine going through what I’m going through today.”
“What I learned when I came to the faith was so counter-culture to what I grew up seeing and what the world says.”
“If I hadn’t met my wife and the Lord, I think I would have committed suicide.”
Through these challenging seasons is when Phil has truly seen God’s love and the heart of God
“God’s heart is pure, and my lens of what its meant to have a father is much different than what I thought it was.”
“I battled this second life for awhile, trying to adhere to people, I was in a really dark place.”
Phil came from a family of shoving stuff under the rug to look pretty, it was through the early years of his marriage that he learned how to talk about stuff
Being a husband and being a dad started to pull those messy things to the surface
“God has used those mistakes from the past to help shape my life today.”
God has used those tough experiences to show Phil what it’s like to lead a family
To lead not from a position of power, but with a servant mindset
“God has been showing me how to serve in the little.”
Over the years God introduced mentors into Phil’s life with specific skillsets who have helped instill important principles in his life
“You can live a life where you are grinding to exhaustion and burnout or walk alongside people that care about you and love you.”
“There’s a lot of pressure for men to perform, this persona that we feel we have to carry.”
The enemy is out to kill, steal and destroy and when you put idols above the Lord he will capitalize on it
The same power that rose Jesus from the dead is the same power that lives in us, so we have authority over that
The last 3 years for Phil have been the closest he’s even been to Jesus
“Living a life without the Lord is just not worth it.”
Walking closely with the Lord Phil is seeing God’s heart and the good plans He has for him and his family
God is developing a leadership quality in Phil that he never thought I had
“He’s rescued me from crazy situations and using those for heart change.”
In a season of busyness Phil’s spiritual discipline is to just sit still with the Lord, actively trying to hear from the Lord
It’s a restful way to spend time with Lord in a season of busyness
“As men we thinking we have to grind it out but following the Lord is understanding we it looks like to let God fight the battle for you.”
It’s impossible to both worry and trust, so choose one.
I want to leave a legacy where my wife and kids know that I loved the Lord, that I ferociously pursued Him
“At the end of the day that advancing the Kingdom, that’s the legacy I want to leave.”
Remember guys, God is always working and God is always restoring
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