Wed // Grit :: Perseverance
Title: Don’t Lose Heart Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. – Hebrews 12:1c Life throws us curveballs at times. The road to success is filled with speedbumps. It is like an obstacle course when all you want to do is get from point A to point B as smoothly and […]
Tue // Fueled :: Spirit
Title: A Deal with the Eyes So I say, walk by the spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:16 Spiritual warfare takes place in the mind. The mind is the battleground; the brain takes in information from Satan’s schemes or our fleshly desires. To walk by the spirit is […]
Mon // Surrender :: Idols
Title: Money the Master Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 People check on their money all of the time, myself included. We check our bank accounts, our stock and 401k’s. Why? Because money is important to us. Our time and energy follow our finances. When […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: High above us Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy. – Psalm 99:5 Proportionately speaking, a footstool is a small accessory compared to a throne. Picture it: God is on the throne (big), and we are welcome to approach His footstool (small). While many Scriptures emphasize God’s immanence […]
Sat // Sacrifice :: Kingdom
Title: God’s Temple Offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship. – Romans 12:1b Our bodies are God’s temple. Think about that for a minute. In the Old Testament, the place where God lived was in the temple. The tabernacle was considered the Holiest […]
Fri // Steel :: Truth
Title: Freedom Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free – John 8:32 Col. Nathan R. Jesse, the character Jack Nicholson played in the movie “A Few Good Men,” shouts out the famous line “You can’t handle the truth!” Could he be right? It could mean we may not like […]
Thu // Warrior :: Engage
Title: Spiritual Forces 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 heavenlyrealms. – Ephesians 6:12 As boys, many of us were convinced of scary things lurking under the bed, in a closet, or even in the bathroom plumbing? As we aged, we learned how “irrational” these suspicions were, taught to ignore fear and taught us only what is perceived with our five senses. “Nonsense,” we concluded. […]
Wed // Grit :: Committed
Title: Commit the Day to God Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this – Psalm 37:5 Guys, every day, we are committed to something. It could be work, meetings, schedules, church, family, and so on. The things listed are not wrong, but are we making God our first […]
Tue // Fuel :: Listen
Title: Discerning the Truth He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. – Romans 12:1b The world around us constantly bombards us with counsel. People (including friends and relatives), television, magazines, web ads, emails, billboards, and even our own […]
Mon // Surrender :: Pride
Title: Safeties On Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. – Proverbs 16:18 In the movie “Hunt for Red October,” a Russian sub commander turns the safeties off the torpedoes he was firing at a Russian sub trying to defect to the United States out of pride. He shoots a torpedo […]