Sun // Sacrifice :: Stand
Title: Seek to please God Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. – 1 Corinthians 15:58 Wavering is something that can happen to the best of us. […]
Sat // Build :: Authentic
Title: The authentic struggle Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up. Ephesians 4:29 Authenticity is something that is extremely difficult for us today. Most people are wanting to be something they are not, or doing and saying things that isn’t who they […]
Fri // Steel :: Integrity
Title: Own your integrity I will not deny my integrity. – Job 27:5b An interesting way to put it, don’t you think? In this sentence, you can see an extremely high level of resolve. There’s no question whether he has integrity. Job has integrity and he owns it. He seems to take hold of it […]
Thur // Warrior :: Courage
Title: Take courage Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power – Ephesians 6:10 The way some of the disciples were persecuted is very graphic, some were beheaded, Peter was crucified upside down, James was stabbed and the list goes on. One of the things they all shared was the courage to […]
Wed // Grit :: Character
Title: Friends make a difference Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” – 1 Corinthians 15:33 The Oxford dictionary defines character as, “the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.” Who are your buddies? Are they men with holy mental and moral qualities? Your friends will shape and define your future. Their […]
Tue // Fuel :: Word
Title: Drink in the word For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing the soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. – Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is alive. It might be ignored, disregarded, […]
Mon // Surrender :: Confess
Title: Fullest Potential 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 Do you ever have that cloudy feeling inside from sin or old sin? 1 John 1:9 says “If we confess our […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Acknowledge
Title: Sacrificing dreams Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. – Matthew 10:32 In 1990 I dropped out of college to help raise our first born. It was a difficult decision as I was the first to go to college. I knew it would be the first of […]
Sat // Build :: Invest
Title: Invest for eternity Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters. – Colossians 3:23 Investing conveys the idea that we are giving our time or money into something valuable or dearly loved. Investing in the right things can be hard to navigate but […]
Fri // Steel :: Passion
Title: Lighten the weight of life Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. – Deuteronomy 6:5 Maybe you’ve been here? I can still picture it vividly in my mind…the day I decided that I could get just one more. Here I was in […]