Fri // Steel :: Example
Title: It doesn’t feel good Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b There are so many ways to set an example but as I write this note I remember a time early in my carrier that I was not a good […]
Thu // Warrior :: Battle
Title: Minds of men For the battle is not yours, but God’s – 2 Chronicles 20:15c The mind is one of the most common battle fields and the war is being waged in the minds of men. This means the conventional weapons we see in battles won’t work in the battle field of the mind. […]
Tue // Fuel :: Listen
Title: Don’t Miss it 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 “Be still”? That is not in my vocabulary. As men, with our crazy lives, trying to juggle work, family, friends, church and trying to […]
Mon // Surrender :: Pride
Title: The P word Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. – Proverbs 16:18 The “P” word. This word “pride” seems to be the root of all of our sinful nature and desires. We all have desires and desires in themselves are not necessarily bad. It is the prideful thought and the […]
Thu // Warrior :: Engage
Title: Preemptive strike 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 My wife is a warrior at praying and has proven to me time and again […]
Sat // Build :: Authentic
Title: Top of the list Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up. – Ephesians 4:29a In your marriage, your family, your workplace or with your friends is honor and respect at the top of the list? I know for me sometimes when […]
Tue // Fuel :: Word
Title: Change us For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart – Hebrew 4:12 I admit I am not a “reader”; I can count the number of books […]
Wed // Grit :: Committed
Title: Commit and Trust Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this… – Psalm 37:5 There is a lot in the passage to take in. To commit our way to the Lord means in all things we commit to should have a connection or reference point back to God’s […]
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 we could possibly do this. I’m not sure […]
Sat // Build :: Authentic
Title: Foot in the mouth Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up – Ephesians 4:29 Oh the old foot in the mouth disease; we have all been there right? I remember when I was kid, it seemed like we were always talking […]