Wed // Grit :: Perseverance
Title: Press On Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us – Hebrews 12:1c Here’s the thing: I hate running! When the good Lord designed me, he did not have distance running in mind. This had no bearing to my college soccer coach who insisted we run countless miles a day, in […]
Tue // Fuel :: Spirit
Title: How do you handle stress? So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. – Galatians 5:16 Steve Farrar, a noted men’s speaker, once described how his day had gone so bad that he contracted UMS. UMS or Ugly Man Syndrome is an affliction that causes […]
Mon // Surrender :: Idols
Title: Jealous God Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 An idol is an image or object that can take the place of God. Idols can be everyday things that we have and use that can take the place of God. What idols do you have […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Worship
Title: Worship involves sacrifice Offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship. – Romans 12:1b I was once a part of a training event that simply required my presence. I didn’t have to pass a test, participate in the conversation or engage in any […]
Sat // Build :: Kingdom
Title: Jump In But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. – Matthew 6:33 This takes guts, guts to jump all in and let God handle everything else. I remember when my kids were little, and I was teaching them to swim. The time […]
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 […]
Thu // Warrior :: Engage
Title: Our war 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 We may carry the metaphor of “the sword of the spirit” too far – envisioning […]
Wed // Grit :: Commit
Title: Proper Sight Alignment Increases Accuracy Commit your ways to the LORD; trust in Him and He will do this – Psalms 37:5 When using a handgun, in order to increase accuracy, the shooter must align the front and rear sights. Of the two, accuracy increases drastically when the shooter gives the most attention to […]
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 […]
Mon // Surrender:: Pride
Title: Have you done it? Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. – Proverbs 16:18 How many times have you done it? You buy something and on the packaging are the most dreaded words to a man. “Some assembly required.” These words are enough to bring some of us to our knees. […]