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 […]
Saturday // 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?” Someone may be […]
Saturday // Build :: Invest
Title: Jesus Invested Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters – Colossians 3:23 Finger wagging “God is watching you…” type of approach to this passage, but let’s take a different angle. Have you ever had a boss at work for whom you would […]
Friday // Steel :: Passion
Title: Let Him In Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. – Deuteronomy 6:5 You can’t love someone without first letting them in — all the way. Too often, we keep people at arm’s length as a way to protect ourselves from pain and […]
Friday // 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 :: 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 counterfeit or imitation. It’s worth a lot, […]
Friday // Steel :: Integrity
Title: Do not deny your integrity Till I die, I will not deny my integrity. Job 27:5b I hope you aren’t having a day like Job. His story was crazy. If you didn’t know it, he lost everything: his wealth, his family, and even his health. He had a few friends left, but they accused […]
Wednesday // Grit: Character
Title: Influence or Influenced Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” – 1 Corinthians 15:33 We don’t like to admit it, but the more time we spend with someone, the more we act like them. It’s sort of like spending a week in Canada and coming back with a new accent. Eh? We were […]