Thu // Warrior:: Defend
Title: Be a Sheepdog “Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor” Psalm 82:3 At a recent marriage retreat, the speaker, addressing the roles of men in their households, physically stood before his wife and shouted: “if you want to get to my wife or my family, you must go through me”!While […]
Wed // Grit :: Resolve
Title: Defeated once and for all As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD. – Joshua 24:15A A synonym for the word resolve is to settle. What we reflect on this week is a plan to settle or resolve the issue of sin and death. Sin started in the Garden of Eden, […]
Tue // Fuel :: Spirit
Title: Advancing in the walk So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh – Galatians 5:16 To walk means to advance, go somewhere, motion, or progress. We shouldn’t become content with where we are at. We should be looking to get better. Most of the time, men don’t […]
Mon // Surrender :: Idols
Title: First Commandment Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 I am a true American and have often shown positive interest and respect for our founding fathers. In today’s crazed world, we need Faith and God more than ever. What is God thinking of America? Next […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: Christ in the center For those who exalt they will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. – Matthew 23:12 Whom do we praise? That is a loaded question. Our praise and focus are often on what is at our lives center. It could be our jobs, kids, family, or even ourselves. […]
Sat // Build :: Encouragement
Title: Courage to encourage Encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” – Hebrews 3:13a A consistent message from heaven is, “don’t be afraid.” Angels spoke it, and Jesus spoke it. In the first chapter of Joshua, God told Joshua multiple times to “take courage.” It often takes courage to encourage someone. […]
Friday // Steel :: Example
Title: Do as I say, not as I do Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b Do as I say, not as I do. Is that a phrase you uttered in your life? Why? Do you act differently at church than you […]
Thu // Warrior :: Battle
Title: Minds of men For the battle is not yours, but God’s – 2 Chronicles 20:15c The mind is a battlefield, and the war is waging on in the minds of men. This means the conventional weapons with Satan and his schemes won’t work on this battlefield. In Ephesians 6, Paul talks about the armor […]
Wed // Grit :: Perseverance
Title: Ultimate reward Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us… – Hebrews 12:1c Persevere, We all have had to do this in our life, or have witnessed in others, a tasking project at work, maybe facing a medical issue, for me some very long grueling military training. For all the perseverance the […]
Tue // Fuel :: Listen
Title: God is with me He says, “Be still, and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10a I love disaster movies. I think it’s all the special effects. There’s almost always that one part in the film when a group of people hear about some impending doom or maybe even see it coming. The crowd […]