Wed // Grit :: Committed
Title: Live Fully Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this… – Psalm 37:5 I love to garden, but I don’t look forward to the amount of prep time it takes. This year was particularly tricky because weeds had consumed the garden. I ignored it day after day, and […]
Tue // Fuel :: Listen
Title: Make a goal He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. – Romans 12:1b What keeps you from taking time to be still and listening to God? God is telling us, too, know Him; we need to take […]
Mon // Surrender :: Pride
Title: Don’t take the quick payoff Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. – Proverbs 16:18 I listen to a lot of sports talk radio. Probably too much. A discussion that comes up regularly starts with a question like this, “If you were a star athlete, would you take less money to […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Stand
Title: Sacrifice personal comfort 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 To stand up for anything is a sacrifice. Martin Luther King, Gandhi, and William Wilberforce […]
Sat // Build :: Authentic
Title: Purity from the mouth Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up. – Ephesians 4:29a I remember as a child; I got in serious trouble for telling my father to “shut up!” I learned these words from my older brothers and sisters; […]
Fri // Steel :: Integrity
Title: Own your integrity I will not deny my integrity. – Job 27:5b An interesting way to put it; in this sentence, you can see an extremely high level of resolve. There’s no question whether he has integrity. Job has integrity, and he owns it. He seems to take hold of it as if it […]
Thu// Warrior:: Weapons
Title: Personal Protection Ephesians 6:11 “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can stand against the devil’s schemes.” The next time you are facing an emergency, you need to know that the average time for police to respond is 10 minutes. That is a long time to wait for help when your […]
Wed // Grit :: Influence
Title: Be an example Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. – 1 Corinthians 11:1 What are some ways you can be an example today? Better yet, what is some ways you can be a Christ-like example?When I think about Jesus, I think about his humility. I think about his willingness to […]
Tue // Fueled :: Prayer
Title: Limited Resources Pray continually – 1 Thessalonians 5:17 If you have ever run out of gas, you might feel slightly embarrassed, sitting on the side of the road watching everyone else drive by. Like gas is for cars, prayer provides us fuel to continue to fight the daily battles. If there is no prayer, […]
Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: Look Up Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. – Proverbs 3:5 Too often, we find ourselves wondering where God is in our circumstances only to realize if we’re honest, that we never invited Him in the first place. Whether we are there because of bad advice […]