Fri // Steel :: Truth
Title: Seek, Speak and live truth Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. – John 8:32 “You can’t handle the truth!” The classic line uttered by Jack Nicholson as he sat on the witness stand in the movie A Few Good Men. The truth can hurt. Truth can be used […]
Thu // Warrior :: Engage
Title: Who’s the enemy? 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 I see the word engage, and my mind goes to movies that have battle scenes […]
Wed // Grit :: Committed
Title: Headed towards… Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this… – Psalm 37:5 Where are you trying to go? Are you trying to get away from something? Are you trying to get to something? Every man is on his way to something while coming from something. We are coming […]
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 […]