Mon // Surrender :: Confess
Title: Pride Hinders 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 My pride gets in the way too much. I’d rather have people think I am “doing good” than know my faults […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Rest
Title: Rest is promised Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. – Matthew 11:28 Has it been a long year? Maybe a difficult one? As you look toward 2018 try and reflect back on last year or even previous years and identify times when you could […]
Sat // Build :: Honor
Title: Squandered opportunity Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. – Romans 12:10 A good friend of mine (and a fantastic leader) is fond of saying, “Great leaders establish other leaders.” The most influential people I know have used their platform as a way to encourage, celebrate and give […]
Fri // Steel :: Strength
Title: A pine tree The LORD is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one. – Psalm 28:8 My family lived on a couple of acres growing up. In our back yard were a load of trees, one of those being a pine tree. It was one of those trees […]
Thu // Warrior :: Battle
Title: Battles that don’t matter For the battle is not yours, but God’s. – 2 Chronicles 20:15c Have you ever gotten into an argument and then, upon reflection, realized how dumb it was? Me too. Don’t waste your time and energy fighting battles that don’t matter. It sucks you dry spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and even […]
Wed // Grit :: Perseverance
Title: Call out Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us… Hebrews 12:1c Typically, I abstain from corporate motivational posters. The one exception: A majestic sunrise, underscored with, “PERSEVERANCE: Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising each time we fall.” Honestly, there are moments I am tempted to […]
Tue // Fuel :: Spirit
Title: Fuel Up So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. – Galatians 5:16 We all have our own personal Spiritual fuel tanks and we pick and choose what goes in the fuel tank. We all know what happens if fuel (petrol) gets contaminated. It effects […]
Mon // Surrender :: Idols
Title: Precious Gift Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 Christmas day is finally here and the excitement it brings to children, families and friends is wonderful. We have prepared food and we have bought gifts for one another but maybe it has consumed us a […]
Sun // Sacrifice:: Exalt
Title: The big gift Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy. – Psalm 99:5 Christmas eve is here and what an opportunity to Exalt and worship our Lord. Traditionally tommorow is the day the millions celebrate the birth of Christ, we all know the story. The one tradition that […]
Sat // Build :: Encouragement
Title: People keep it hidden But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” – Heb 3:13a Most of the people you come into contact with on a daily basis are dealing with discouragement on one level or another. Discouragement feels like a weakness, so people keep it hidden. But the truth […]