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 […]
Sat // Build :: Invest
Title: Obedience to God Whatever you do, work at it with all your hearts, as working for the Lord, not for human masters. Colossians 3:23 Men, we can get caught up in the work cycle. We may get frustrated; we may lose our tempers. For the past year and a half, between work and trying […]
Fri // Steel :: Passion
Title: Stoke the fire Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. – Deuteronomy 6:5 We have all shown a passion for something. When I do an internal check, do I see that same passion in my walk with Jesus? Do I see it […]
Thu // Warrior :: Courage
Title: Stand up Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.Eph 6:10 Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor known for his outspoken feelings toward Hitler and Nazi Germany. Bonhoeffer had courage because he stood up for something he believed in, which, because of his thoughts and ideas, ultimately led him to his […]
Wed // Grit :: Character
Title: Bad Company Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” – 1 Corinthians 15:33 Corruption feels like something is rotting. What once had a noble purpose has turned inward for personal gain at the expense of others. And it doesn’t happen quickly. It can be a slow rot. You might even have some friends […]
Tue // Fuel :: Word
Title: Spiritual Hunger 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! – Hebrews 4:12 Real food is fuel, and God’s Word is fuel. Spiritual food or hunger was always a head-scratcher […]
Mon // Surrender :: Confess
Title: Fullest Potential Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. – James 5:16 Do you ever have that cloudy feeling inside from sin or old sin? 1 John 1:9 says, “If we confess our […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Acknowledge
Title: Simple Request Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. – Matthew 10:32 I love the simplicity of this verse. Christ is not calling us to fight his battle for him. He’s not asking us to explain the meaning of life or defend the Scriptures from the atheist attack. His simple […]