Saturday // Build :: Authentic
Title: Walls Are One Thing Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up. – Ephesians 4:29 When I was 12, we remodeled our house. Before the contractor came, my dad and I moved a bunch of furniture and tore down a wall. My dad gave […]
Friday // Steel :: Integrity
Title: The Test I will not deny my integrity. – Job 27:5b My son looked over my shoulder and asked, “What is integrity?” Have you ever tried explaining it? It took me a bit to line up my thoughts. I told my son, “Something with integrity won’t break easily, so if we are […]
Thursday // Warrior :: Defend
Title: Helping others Defend the cause of the weak and the fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. – Psalm 82:3 Ask yourself this tough question: “As a Christian, who or what do you spend most of your time defending God? Jesus? The Bible?” Sometimes, I wonder if we get too caught up in debates and issues. What about the people who need help? What about those who don’t have their parents? […]
Friday // Steel :: Example
Title: An opportunity to serve people Set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b Part of my job is sales. When I first started, I wasn’t perfect. I thought I was a burden to the people I was selling to and was being bothersome. We have […]
Tuesday // Fueled :: Word
Title: Make Time For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. – Hebrews 4:12 High octane jet fuel. We aren’t talking about the cheap stuff. The Word of God fuels […]
Sunday // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: Step Back For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. Matthew 23:12 Did you notice? Jesus is prophesying here. In this passage, Jesus is talking about how the teachers and Pharisees like to be important and to be respected. Jesus reminds people to listen to him […]
Friday // Steel :: Integrity
Title: Own Your Integrity I will not deny my integrity. – Job 27:5b This is an interesting way to put it. You can see an extremely high level of resolve in this sentence. There’s no question whether he has integrity. Job has integrity, and he owns it. He seems to take hold of it as […]
Saturday // Build :: Encouragement
Title: People Keep It Hidden But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” – Heb 3:13a Most of the people you come into contact with daily are dealing with some level of discouragement. Discouragement often feels like a weakness, so people tend to keep it hidden. However, we could all use […]
Monday // Surrender :: Control
Title: Headfirst right into a light pole! Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. – Proverbs 3:5 As seniors in high school, a few friends and I walked briskly down a busy street. We were on our way to see a movie and cutting our time close. […]
Monday // Surrender :: Confess
Title: Pride Hinders Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. – James 5:16 My pride gets in the way too much. I’d rather have people think I am “doing good” than know my faults […]