Sat // Build :: Honor
Title: Honor Above Oneself Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. – Romans 12:10 As a male of Latin descent, I was brought up in a culture where the women served the men. I can remember my mom doing all the washing and cleaning, and at dinner time, she […]
Fri // Steel :: Strength
Title: Not a Failure The LORD is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one. – Psalm 28:8 Asking for help is hard. Sometimes I avoid asking for help because I feel it is admitting failure. I think I got this, or I need to push through, which is not […]
Thu // Warrior :: Battle
Title: Don’t Worry For the battle is not yours, but God’s. – 2 Chronicles 20:15c It’s like a scene out of a movie. A giant army is advancing, and the people of Judah don’t have the manpower or the weapons to defend themselves. The king gathers the people to the temple to ask the Lord […]
Wed // Grit :: Perseverance
Title: My Faith Walk Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us… – Hebrews 12:1c Raised in the Catholic Church, left the church, returned to Methodist church, and then returned to Catholic Church a short time, now attending CapeVineyard Church. My faith walks, sometimes confused by the different focus of a specific church. […]
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, and the brain takes in information, whether its from Satan or our fleshly desires. To walk by the […]
Mon // Surrender :: Idols
Title: Cling to the Lord Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 What is an idol?It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give. – Tim […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: He Is Holy Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy. – Psalm 99:5 There are passages in the Bible that confound me. When I read them, I am left struggling to find the proper meaning. This is not one of those passages. The picture painted by this verse is […]
Sat // Build :: Encouragement
Title: Encouragement takes courage to give Encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” – Hebrews 3:13a Encouragement takes courage to give. For some people, it comes more naturally than others, but it always requires that you offer something to someone else – and you have to risk that your words will be shunned or ignored. This week, […]
Fri // Steel :: Example
Title: Be Strong but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b I think about a couple of scripture verses, Philippians 4:8 – Titus 2:7. In everything, set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching, show integrity and seriousness. Like most men, I start each year, day, week, the month with every intention to do good in the eyes […]
Thu // Warrior :: Engage
Title: Anticipation, not expectation 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 In our lives, there are times of deep distress. As destruction piles up around us and […]