Sat // Build :: Authentic
Title: Words Are Powerful Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up. – Ephesians 4:29a Your words have power—the power to build up or tear down. The most unwholesome talk doesn’t come in the form of “bad words” but in any […]
Mon // Surrender :: Idols
Title: Cling to the Lord Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give. – Tim […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Stand
Title: Stand for the right thing Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. – 1 Corinthians 15:58 What profound truths or convictions do you stand for? When […]
Fri // Steel :: Passion
Title: Something Fresh Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. – Deuteronomy 6:5 If you see passion in someone’s life, you’ll usually find something fresh, new, filled with mystery. And the inverse is true… When I find my walk with God getting stale, stagnate, or less than passionate, it’s usually because I’ve slipped into some routine that is divorced from trusting God with the […]
Wed // Grit :: Resolve
Title: More than a plaque As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD. – Joshua 24:15 I’ve been in countless homes that have this verse displayed somewhere. And for the most part, those were great homes with terrific people. But what does this mean? For Joshua, it means leading his family into […]
Title: A Different Path
When I was a kid, porn was something I had to go out and pursue. Now, pornography has to be avoided. When searching the most innocent of terms online, it can jump onto the screen. When my kids were young, I hesitated to let them look as the search results could flicker to life. It […]
Sat // Build :: Honor
Title: Honor to others Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. – Romans 12:10 Men who give honor to others often receive it back. They create an atmosphere of devotion, love, and respect. They are thermostats instead of thermometers. We need you to be like this. Your family needs […]
Fri // Steel :: Strength
Title: Strong Enough The LORD is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one. – Psalm 28:8 A few summers back, I broke my ankle while camping with the family. It required surgery, leaving me on crutches for two months, a cane for a few weeks, and physical therapy for […]
Fri // Steel :: Truth
Title: What is God wanting to free you from? Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. – John 8:32 You and I will undoubtedly navigate the seasons that upend us. They will shake loose pretense and any facade that has been constructed to “get us by.” Those moments offer the truth about who we are, what needs to […]
Thu // Warrior :: Weapons
Title: No Excuse Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. – Ephesians 6:11 God has available to you everything you need to experience victory over the devil’s schemes. Everything. You are without excuse. If you are ill-equipped, it isn’t because God has left you […]