Tue // Fuel :: Wisdom
Title: Reflect and anticipate Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse. – Proverbs 2:12 We’re coming to the middle of the year and we can reflect on the past and anticipate the future. I imagine you’ll do both. As you reflect, can you say that you […]
Mon // Surrender :: Idols
Title: Busyness Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs. – Jonah 2:8 It’s odd to think an action can become an idol. It seems when I speak with people, it revolves around how busy they are and the list they have to get done. I don’t exclude myself because staying busy […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: Things you need to sacrifice Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy. – Psalm 99:5 We all have things that get in the way of our daily lives. Not all of these are necessarily things that are bad but can get in the way. Maybe its a TV show, a person we struggle […]
Sat // Build :: Encouragement
Title: Never stop the encouragement Encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” – Hebrews 3:13a It’s the season for many guys when we see our kids graduate from high school or college and start looking to build their future. Letting go of adult children even as Christian parents is challenging. It […]
Friday// Steel:: Example
Title: Do as I do. Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b What kind of man would you follow, one who tells you what to do or one who shows you? I come from a military family, and growing up, I […]
Thu // Warrior :: Battle
Title: The Battle is won For the battle is not yours, but God’s – 2 Chronicles 20:15c I like to watch wildlife documentaries, and they give great insight into how animals behave and why. I noticed that the cat family has similar tactics. They stock the prey, and then they attack, and it always ends […]
Wed // Grit :: Perseverance
Title: Finish Line Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us… – Hebrews 12:1c The Indy 500 came back around this year, and it was a great one. Not for wrecks or action. But for the paths the drivers took to compete and the strides they made to get the desired result. 2021 […]
Tue // Fuel :: Spirit
Title: Desires of the flesh So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. – Galatians 5:16 This verse is simple enough, right? This life can be such a battle sometimes, and what makes that battle harder more times than not is when we concede to the […]
Mon // Surrender :: Pride
Title: The Helper Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. – Proverbs 16:18 Sin is a state of being, a disease – and one of its nastiest symptoms is pride. Lucifer was cast down to the earth because of pride – self-sufficiency that placed his allegiance on himself rather than God. [Isaiah […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Worship
Title: Live for Him Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1 Sacrifice was common place in first century Jewish culture and it was done as an act of worship. […]