Mon // Surrender :: Idols
Title: created or the creator? Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 Have you ever had a person or a thing that was really important to you? You would do anything to meet this person, or if there was a fire, this is the one item […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: Real Men exalt God Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy. – Psalm 99:5 “Exalt” is not part of my conversational vocabulary. I looked at synonyms and got “elevate” and “glorify.” Not much help. How do we “exalt the Lord our God” in a way that feels natural […]
Sat // Build :: Encouragement
Title: Courage is something we receive Encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” – Hebrews 3:13a Courage is something we receive. Most likely your courage was a gift from someone else – possibly years or decades ago, a father, a teacher, a friend or a coach encouraged you. Enabling courage in […]
Fri // Grit :: Example
Title: It can be done Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b I recently presided at the funeral of my closest and dearest aunt, my mother’s only sister. While she was in no way “outspoken” about her faith in Christ in […]
Thu // Warrior :: Engage
Title: Spiritual Forces 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 As boys, how many of us were convinced at times of scary things lurking under […]
Wed // Grit :: Committed
Title: Headed towards… Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this… – Psalm 37:5 Where are you trying to go? Are you trying to get away from something? Are you trying to get to something? Every man is on his way to something while coming from something. We are […]
Tue // Fuel :: Listen
Title: Chaos He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; – Psalm 46:10a There’s some pretty powerful imagery in Psalm 46 . . . in the midst of cataclysmic natural disasters of summer blockbuster proportions, God’s dwelling place holds firm and is unshakeable. In the midst of ancient warfare, God shatters the bows […]
Mon // Surrender :: Pride
Title: Good Pride/Bad Pride “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall – Proverbs 16:18 We all have pride. Be sure to not label all pride as bad. There is good pride in good things (being proud of your kids for example). The warning of pride here is the empty kind. A haughty […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Worship
Title: Reflection of our devotion to God. Offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship. – Romans 12:1b Our bodies belong to God. Kind of a strange thought isn’t it. But that’s what Paul says in Romans. Our bodies are to be a “living […]
Sat // Build :: Kingdom
Title: Seek the King But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you – Matthew 6:33 Guys, have you noticed that if we want to accomplish something, we put our mind and effort into finding a way to get it done? Can you reflect back in your […]