Fri // Steel :: Passion
Title: Respond Love the LORD your God with all you heart and with all your soul and with all your strength – Deuteronomy 6:5 When Adam and Eve were hiding in the Garden of Eden, do you remember what God said? He said “Where are you?” He was seeking them out and wanted to still […]
Thu // Warrior :: Courage
Title: The LORD is your courage Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. – Ephesians 6:10 Have you ever heard of Desmond Doss? When I think of the word courage, this man exemplifies it. He was a Medal of Honor winner from World War II. In short, Doss and his battalion […]
Wed // Grit :: Character
Title: The Crowd Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character”. – 1 Corinthians 15:33 There have been two things that I have consistently witness soften the character of a man: 1) the crowd and 2) the circumstances. For the purposes of today, lets focus on the crowd. Whether it is at work, in […]
Tue // Fuel :: Word
Title: God shares For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. – Hebrews 4:12 By definition “word” means to express one’s thoughts or emotion with text or speech. That […]
Mon // Surrender :: Confess
Title: Confess and repent Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. – James 5:16 I’ve learned much about confession over the years. Sadly, due more to personal experience than earnest study. I’ve learned that […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Acknowledge
Title: Worship is a way of life Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. – Matthew 10:32 Work stinks, the car breaks down and you’ve had a fight with your wife. You hear the whispers of the enemy and you begin to listen. You try everything you know […]
Sat // Build :: Invest
Title: Time Whatever you do, work at it with all your hearts, as working for the Lord, not for human masters. Colossians 3:23 When we hear the word invest, one of the first things that probably comes to mind is time. Investing in something is a commitment of time of some sort. Time is one […]
Fri// Steel:: Strength
Title: Quiet Strength “The Lord is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one” Psalm 28:8 As a man, it’s easy to think about our physical strength but so easily forget that our quiet strength matters more. Last year, two men I knew each battled and lost to cancer. But, […]
Th // Warrior:: Defend
Title: Give Fear the Finger “Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor” Psalm 82:3 I was never a huge fan of Dikembe Mutombo, but what I did appreciate was that he never backed down. From anyone! The memory I will always have of him is a guy who refused to […]
Wed // Grit:: Resolve
Title: Serving is Foundational “But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15 In college I worked several summers as a framer. I’d like to say that I got to build many homes, but in reality all I did was move piles of lumber and plywood from one location to […]