Tue // Fuel :: Spirit
Title: Listen for the Spirit So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. – Galatians 5:16 Each year in November, many other Michigan hunters and I sit in deer camp anxiously awaiting the opening day, like a child on Christmas Eve. Will this be the year I […]
Mon // Surrender :: Idols
Title: Have No Fear “Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 Fall and winter are approaching, and COVID – 19 seems to have consumed much of our everyday lives. Now we are faced with decisions on how we spend our holidays, should we hunker down again, and […]
Tue // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: Find a Reminder Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy. – Psalm 99:5 Every Sunday or maybe once a month, we all take communion. Jesus chose to use mealtime to set the stage for us to remember what He did for us. So when I think about this, […]
Sat // Build :: Kingdom
Title: Gods Kingdom But seek first His kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well – Matthew 3:13aAs men, we feel like kings of our domain; we are in control of our sphere. This is dangerous thinking. Man’s kingdom: The thought of giving all of our issues over to […]
Fri // Steel :: Truth
Title: Moving Target Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. – John 8:32 I love target shooting, but I also like skeet and sporting clays because, in skeet and sporting clays, the target is moving. In our current culture, the truth has become a moving target.Godly men know that […]
Thu // Warrior :: Engage
Title: Preemptive strike 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 heavenlyrealms. – Ephesians 6:12 My wife is a warrior at praying and has proven to me time, and again, the prayer […]
Wed // Grit :: Committed
Title: What next? Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this… – Psalm 37:5 Our verse for today has a promise attached to it. If we commit our way to the Lord, he’ll see that we are righteous (literally “in right relationship with God and others”) and have justice. These […]
Tue // Fuel :: Listen
Title: Light Salt 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 Ever fret over the economy? Worry about godlessness in the nation? Wonder how God can allow evil and oppression to continue?Even if you haven’t yet, […]
Mon // Surrender :: Pride
Title: CAUTION Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall – Proverbs 3:5 WARNING! WARNING! PROCEED WITH CAUTION!!! That is what I hear when I read this verse. Everyone has seen the guy trying to show off to his friends and fails miserably. It never fails when I begin to think that I am […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Worship
Title: Live for his glory Offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship. – Romans 12:1b I’ll admit it; I want glory. If I am honest, seeking glory for myself is the most significant motivating factor that influences my behaviors and decisions daily. I […]