Sun // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: High above us Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy. – Psalm 99:5 Proportionately speaking, a footstool is a small accessory compared to a throne. Picture it: God is on the throne (big) and we are welcome to approach His footstool (small). While many Scriptures emphasize God’s imminence […]
Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: Our intuition Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. – Proverbs 3:5 Counterintuitive. I love writing this word on a whiteboard and asking a group what it means. After a lively discussion, it’s established . . . “to go against what comes naturally (our intuition).” We […]
Fri // Grit :: Example
Title: It can be done Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b I recently presided at the funeral of my closest and dearest aunt, my mother’s only sister. While she was in no way “outspoken” about her faith in Christ in […]
Wed // Grit :: Perseverance
Title: Call out Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us… Hebrews 12:1c Typically, I abstain from corporate motivational posters. The one exception: A majestic sunrise, underscored with, “PERSEVERANCE: Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising each time we fall.” Honestly, there are moments I am tempted to […]
Fri // Steel :: Passion
Title: Guarded hearts Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. – Deuteronomy 6:5 Funny. I just glanced this verse over and noticed the autocorrect had inserted “hurt” where I must have mis-typed “heart.” As I pondered the “mistake,” I realized that what prevents […]
Tue // Fuel :: Spirit
Title: Spirit or Flesh So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. – Galatians 5:16 Oil and water. Similar poles of a magnet. Light and darkness. The natural laws in physics teach us that some things are just not designed to “coexist.” They oppose. They resist. […]
Tue // Fuel :: Listen
Title: Light Salt He says, Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. – Psalm 46:10a Ever fret over the economy? Worry about godlessness in the nation? Wonder how God can allow evil and oppression to continue? Even if you haven’t […]
Tue // Fuel :: Spirit
Title: Repetition and practice So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. – Galatians 5:16 Play to win. Don’t play not to lose. For anyone who’s ever competed in sports or any other type of contest, you know the difference. Think about it too long, hesitate, […]
Thu // Warrior :: Engage
Title: Things Lurking For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. – Ephesians 6:12 As boys, how many of us were convinced at times of scary things lurking under […]
Thu // Warrior :: Defend
Title: God’s character “Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.” – Psalm 82:3 The saying, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” comes to mind upon studying the above verse, especially in its context. God is calling […]