Christmas // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: Christmas Celebration “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.” Matthew 1:23 Christmas is a wonderful time—the colors, lights, packages, and all of the decorations, but Christmas is the celebration of what Jesus did for us. He humbled […]
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. […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: Christ in the center For those who exalt they will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. – Matthew 23:12 Who do we praise? That is a loaded question. Often times, our praise and focus is on what is at the center of our lives. It could be our jobs, our […]
Sat // Build :: Encouragement
Title: Your next opportunity But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today” – Hebrews 3:13a You have an opportunity to encourage someone today. Don’t waste it. It’s so easy to put off an encouraging phone call and wait till we see them. We think, “I’ll see them soon…right?” Maybe someone is […]
Fri // Steel :: Truth
Title: Live Free Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free – John 8:32 Freedom is fought for, it is talked about and we are wired to want it. We want to live free from so many things, but the kind of freedom Jesus is talking about is the freedom […]
Thu // Warrior :: Engage
Title: Prep Work Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Eph 6:10 When I get ready to go hunting, there is a great deal of prep work that needs to be done ahead of the hunt. I need to gather my weapons, make sure they work right and I need to […]
Wed // Grit :: Commited
Title: When you jump off a diving board Commit your ways to the LORD; trust in Him and He will do this – Psalms 37:5 When you jump off a diving board there is no turning back! YOU ARE COMMITED! You trust that when you jump, you will land in the water. You made the […]
Tue // Fuel :: Listen
Title: Rest 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 To actively listen, we have to stop talking, and usually stop what we are doing. God tells us to “be still” because he knows that’s usually […]
Mon // Surrender :: Pride
Title: Extinguish a prideful fall Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall – Deuteronomy 6:5 Pride can be a big issue for guys. Why is that? It is one of the tools that Satan goes to the most in battle and we fall for it. Pride can get us into trouble so […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Worship
Title: Respond Offer your bodies as the living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God- this is your spiritual act of worship – Romans 12:1b First, note that worship is a verb or an action word; it’s something you do. Worship is a response to God. God initiated the relationship and we are to respond. We […]