Thur // Warrior :: Courage
Title: A Big God Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. – Ephesians 6:10 The world is frightening, not knowing what the immediate future holds, and that can be very scary. But courage is leadership. We must have the direction to face the future and the unknowns. Showing courage in this difficult time is not easy, but we have a big God. We […]
Mon // Surrender :: Obey
Title: God knows best This has been my practice: I obey your precepts – Psalm 119.56 To obey is to submit. The idea of obeying or submitting to someone more significant than ourselves is lost. When something inside, say’s “Nobody tells me what to do!” we might have a bit of a pride issue. A precept is a commandment, often a moral or conduct-related directive. You have to consider […]
Thu // Warrior :: Battle
Title: The Battle is won For the battle is not yours, but God’s – 2 Chronicles 20:15c I like watching wildlife documentaries, which give great insight into how animals behave and why. I noticed that the cat family has similar tactics. They stock the prey, and then they attack, and it always ends up with […]
Sat // Build :: Kingdom
Title: Jump In But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. – Matthew 6:33 This takes guts, guts to jump all in and let God handle everything else. I remember when my kids were little and I was teaching them to swim. The time […]
Fri // Steel :: Truth
Title: Kick the Can Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. – John 8:32 Have you heard the term “kick the can down the road”? What if guilt, anger, pridefulness, and addictions, are that can? We don’t want to deal with those things right now, so we put it off […]
Thu // Warrior :: Engage
Title: Enemy- occupied territory 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 “Enemy- occupied territory – that is what this world is. Christianity is the story of […]
Mon // Surrender :: Pride
Title: Extinguish a prideful fall Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall – Deuteronomy 6:5 Pride can be a big issue for guys. Why is that? It is one of the tools that Satan goes to the most in battle, and we fall for it. Pride can get us into trouble so […]
Sat // Build :: Authentic
Title: Areal Relationship with God Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up. – Ephesians 4:29a The story of Jonah has much insight into authenticity. I kept thinking about what an authentic relationship Jonah had with God. First, he ran from God and […]
Thur // Warrior :: Weapons
Title: Stand Firm in the Word Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. – Ephesians 6:11 When we think of weapons, we feel BIGGER, BADDER and more POWERFUL is the recipe for sure victory, not so. Look at the text again; see the word “stand”? One […]
Tue // Fuel :: Prayer
Title: Can it be done? Pray Continually. – 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Paul desired for believers to pray frequently and often when he wrote this. Paul was saying that no occasion is too small, no decision too insignificant, not to be covered with prayer. Often we think, “How I can do this? I’m not sure I […]