Sat // Build :: Honor
Title: Honor Above Oneself Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. – Romans 12:10 As a male of Latin descent, I was brought up in a culture where the women served the men. I can remember my mom doing all the washing and cleaning, and at dinner time, she […]
Friday// Steel:: Truth
Title- Take heart Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. – John 8:32 As I sat down to write for the Man Card today, an overwhelming sense of unworthiness settled upon my spirit. It was so strong that I had to enlist the help of one of my best friends […]
Tuesday// Fuel::Listen
Title-Can you hear me? He says, “Be still, and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10a Be still and know I am God, is one of my favorite verses. I was talking about this verse with my wife, and the conversation came down to a simple question. She asked if I let my mind get […]
Saturday// Build:: Encouragement
Title: It’s Not About You Encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” – Hebrews 3:13a Is encouraging one another something you are actively doing? Did you notice that this verse was not a suggestion but a command? Think of a day when you could have used some encouraging words. I can […]
Tuesday// Fuel :: Prayer
Title Just pray …pray continually – 1 Thess 5:17 Have you ever run out of gas? I have. I wasn’t paying attention to my gas gauge, and the next thing you know, the engine just stopped. Continually watching to see how much gas you have is not something you do automatically. It’s probably […]
Wed // Grit :: Perseverance
Title: Grit under Tough Circumstances Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us… – Hebrews 12:1c Years ago, my youngest daughter had the opportunity to intern with an organization that runs orphanages in Haiti. She had to raise $2400 to go on this trip. She managed to save enough money to buy her […]
Sun // Sacrifice:: Exalt
Title: Humble before God Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy. – Psalm 99:5 To give yourself up so that others may benefit. That loosely defines sacrifice in the context of our lives as Christians. To accomplish this, we must first humble ourselves to God. Such a simple concept, yet it […]
Wed // Grit :: Committed
Title: Live Fully Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this… – Psalm 37:5 I love to garden, but I don’t look forward to the amount of prep time it takes. This year was particularly tricky because weeds had consumed the garden. I ignored it day after day, and […]
Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: Follow instructions Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; Prov 3:5 How many times have you done it? You buy something, and the most dreaded words to a man are on the packaging. “Some assembly required.” These words are enough to bring some of us to […]
Tuesday// Fuel:: Spirit
Title: Don’t Trust Yourself So I say, walk by the spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:16 In the summer of 2013, God called me to work with the Young Adult Ministry. Instead of obeying the call, I argued with God for eighteen months. I didn’t really care for this […]