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, we have fast-paced lives, trying to juggle work, family, friends, church, and making time for […]
Mon // Surrender :: Pride
Title: Not the Center Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. – Proverbs 16:18 NIV When I was a teenager and started getting “a little too big for my britches,” my mom used to remind me about the truth of Proverbs 16:18. “Pride comes before the fall,” she would say. And those words […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Worship
Title: Biblical times are now Offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship. – Romans 12:1bPlagues and bad weather. A lot of unrest. We read this in scripture, and we believe and discuss it in small groups. Yet it’s happening in our lives today, […]
Sat // Build :: Authentic
Title: Honor and Respect Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up. – Ephesians 4:29a Recently our church staff revisited several core values that shape our work environment. To function as a unified team, the need for unanimous “buy-in” on several fundamental values […]
Fri // Steel :: Integrity
Title: The Test I will not deny my integrity. – Job 27:5b My son looked over my shoulder and asked: “What is integrity?” Have you ever tried explaining it?It took me a bit to line up my thoughts. I told my son, “Something with integrity won’t break easily, so if we are talking about a […]
Thu// Warrior:: Weapons
Title: Stand up “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take a stand against the devil’s schemes” Ephesians 6:11 God has called us as men to stand up. He’s given us everything we need. He has taught us what is right in His word. Previously in this letter to the Ephesians, Paul […]
Wed // Grit :: Influence
Title: Men of Example Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1 Most of us probably don’t see ourselves as men, of example, but we can’t think that way. We are examples that are visible every day, whether we accept it or not. I remember a sports news story that […]
Tue // Fuel :: Prayer
Title: Prayer is the connection Pray Continually. – 1 Thessalonians 5:17 What fuels you? Is it work? Sports? Family? Friends? Coffee? We all have things that fuel us to get up in the morning. I am guessing most of us struggle from time to time. We likely find ourselves finding false fuel to help us. What would it look […]
Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: Hurt my Pride Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; – Proverbs 3:5 I was in an unfamiliar grocery store looking for coffee. Usually, it’s somewhere close to the cereal and other breakfast stuff, but it just wasn’t there. I must have taken five or six […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Stand
Title: Work in progress 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 When I think of sacrifice, I think of what am I giving up for lent, or my New Year’s resolution. Well to tell you how I have done with that, my last resolution was to not make any resolutions, I finally achieved one. This is a work in progress […]