Mon // 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 […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: Valuable lesson For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. – Matthew 23:12 This verse reminds me of a little league all-star game I saw back in the ’80s. A good friend of mine was having a pretty good at-bat against a tough pitcher. The count was in […]
Fri // Steel :: Example
Title: God will fill the gap Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b In the movie Glory, an enlisted man is promoted to an officer’s position. As the Colonel pinned on his stripes, the enlisted man looks to the Colonel and […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Rest
Title: Rest your soul Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. – Matthew 11:28 I hope you can find some rest today. I’m guessing that there have been some tough work weeks, maybe even some problematic stuff going on at home.Rest your body. Recover from yesterday’s workout […]
Thu // Warrior :: Battle
Title: Don’t Worry For the battle is not yours, but God’s. – 2 Chronicles 20:15c It’s like a scene out of a movie. A giant army is advancing, and the people of Judah don’t have the manpower or the weapons to defend themselves. The king gathers the people to the temple to ask the Lord […]
Fri // Steel :: Truth
Title: Intimacy with Jesus Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. – John 8:32 Are you looking for freedom? Freedom from addiction? Maybe a sin in your life that you can’t make any sense of it? It’s crazy the things that we can get hooked on. They damage our […]
Sat // 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 discouragement on one level or another. Discouragement feels like a weakness, so people keep it hidden. But the truth is all of us could use […]
Sat // Build :: Authentic
Title: The real thing Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up. – Ephesians 4:29a What do you think it means to build someone up in an authentic way?Authentic means the real thing, not a cheap copy or knock-off. Probably worth a lot […]
Fri // Steel :: Integrity
Title: The Test I will not deny my integrity. – Job 27:5b My son was looking 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 talking about […]
Sat // Build :: Encouragement
Title: Your next opportunity But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today” – Hebrews 3:13a You have an opportunity to encourage someone today. Please don’t waste it. It’s so easy to put off an encouraging phone call and wait till we see them. We think, “I’ll see them soon…right?”Maybe someone is coming […]