Sun // Sacrifice :: Acknowledge
Title: Be Ready! “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. Matthew 10:32 Have you ever walked up to a stranger and asked, “Can I take a moment of your time to tell you about Jesus?” I have, and it’s a bit awkward. People respond in different ways. Some […]
Wed // Grit :: Influence
Title: Long List Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. – 1 Cor 11:1 Have you taken one of those quick ten-question goofy personality tests online? Based on our answers, we are told that we are introverted and best suited for life in the Deep South, or if we were living in […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Worship
Title: Live for Him Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1 Sacrifice was commonplace in first-century Jewish culture, and it was done as an act of worship. God invited […]
Wed // Grit :: Influence
Title: Be an example Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. – 1 Corinthians 11:1 What are some ways you can be an example today? Better yet, what are some ways you can be a Christ-like example? When I think about Jesus, I think about his humility and willingness to love all […]
Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: Hurt My Pride Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; – Proverbs 3:5 I was in an unfamiliar grocery store looking for coffee. Usually, it’s somewhere close to the cereal and other breakfast stuff, but it just wasn’t there. I must have taken five or six […]
Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: God is trustworthy Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. – Proverbs 3:5 How do you trust God? What types of things do you trust Him with? Your job? Your health? Your marriage? I have known too many people who have lost jobs, their marriages dissolved, or their […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Acknowledge
Title: Acknowledge and Share Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. – Matthew 10:32 This verse is an excerpt from Jesus’s sobering instructions to his disciples as he sends them out for ministry. He paints a picture of a world where some will accept Him, and others will […]
Fri // Steel :: Example
Title: Not task work 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 being bothersome. We […]
Fri // 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 talking about […]
Thu // 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? […]