Thu // Warrior :: Battle
Title: Shield of faith For the battle is not yours, but God’s – 2 Chronicles 20:15c In the ancient time soldiers had huge shields that they carried into battle for there protection, they could even band together and interlock them for even greater protection. The “shield of faith” is our most important defense weapon that […]
Wed // Grit :: Perseverance
Title: Great Things Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us… – Hebrews 12:1c How many times have you failed at something and you stopped at that failure? What if you stuck through that failure and kept fighting? We can often learn great things through failure. Failure happens, in fact for many […]
Tue // Fuel :: Spirit
Title: Advancing in the walk So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh – Galatians 5:16 To walk means to advance,going somewhere, motion or progress. We shouldn’t become content with where we are at. We should be looking to get better. Most of the time men […]
Mon // Surrender :: Idols
Title: What’s your idol? Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 Every man should take a few minutes to read through the entire chapter from Isaiah 44. Here’s a sample, “All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Who shapes a […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: Step Back For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. Matthew 23:12 Did you notice? Jesus is prophesying here. In this passage, Jesus is talking about the teachers and Pharisees. How they like to be important and have respect. Jesus reminds people to listen to him […]
Sat // Build :: Encouragement
Title: Go for it Encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” – Hebrews 3:13a A consistent message from heaven is “don’t be afraid.” Angels spoke it, and Jesus spoke it. In the first chapter of Joshua, God told Joshua multiple times to “take courage.” It often takes courage to encourage someone. […]
Fri // Steel :: Truth
Title: Intimacy with Jesus Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. – John 8:32 Are you looking for freedom? Freedom from addiction? Maybe a sin in your life that you can’t make any sense out of? It’s crazy the things that we can get hooked on. They damage our […]
Thu // Warrior :: Engage
Title: Who’s the enemy? 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 I see the word engage and my mind goes to movies that have battle […]
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 like the amount of prep time it takes. This year was particularly difficult because weeds had consumed the garden. I ignored it day after day and the weeds […]
Tue // Fuel :: Listen
Title: All that noise He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; Psalm 46:10a I am amazed at how many people don’t seem to like quiet. They always have something going on. Ear buds in, iPod on, smart phone, computer, TV, always something. Is that you? With all that noise, are you able […]