Sun // Sacrifice :: Acknowledge
Title: Good Courage Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. – Matthew 10:32 Knowing how to do this is sometimes tricky. The definition of acknowledging, “accept or admit the existence or truth of” tells us all we need to know. Jesus died on the cross for you. Do […]
Wed // Grit:: Resolve
Title Choose Him “But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15 Joshua is drawing a line in the sand here. He reminds his people of all the ways that God has protected them and telling them that they must make a conscious choice to serve the Lord or serve other […]
Thu // Warrior :: Engage
Title: Anticipation, not expectation For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. – Ephesians 6:12 In our lives, there are times of deep distress. As destruction piles up around us and […]
Tue // Fuel :: Spirit
Title: Fight with God So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. – Gal.5:16 Every day we battle our flesh. A battle that rages daily without ceasing will wear you down. Often, we correlate this battle with sexual sin and rightly so. Sexual immorality steals like no other sin can. However, we can “flesh out” in many ways. Excessive eating and drinking, idleness, anger, discouragement, greed, […]
Tue // Fuel :: Listen
Title: Listen UP He says, Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. – Psalm 46:10a My wife was recently talking to me, and after my third attempt to enter into the conversation, I heard the Spirit say to me, “just […]
Wed // Grit :: Character
Title: Are You Bad Company Do not be misled: “Bad Company corrupts good character.” – 1 Corinthians 15:33 My son and I have this ongoing battle about keeping his room clean and having a place for things. The theory being that if you put things in their place, you will be able to find them. Good stewardship is part of […]
Thu // Warrior – Engage
Title: Power of Character For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. – Ephesians 6:12 A famous quote states…“the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that […]
Wed // Grit :: Perseverance
Title: Cast it down Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us… – Hebrews 12:1c Some men enjoy running while others of us are likely to run only when being chased. One thing is for sure in our spiritual race; we are pursued aggressively when running the race He has marked out […]
Fri // Steel:: Truth
Title: The Good News John 8:32 “Then you will know truth and the truth will set you free.” What is the truth, and from what can it free us? The bondage of sin is inescapable without Jesus. A simple concept but a hard truth.We don’t have to go looking for sin; it seeks us out. […]
Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: Look Up Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. – Proverbs 3:5 Too often, we find ourselves wondering where God is in our circumstances only to realize if we’re honest, that we never invited Him in the first place. Whether we are there because of bad advice […]