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 […]
Fri // Steel :: Example
Title: Back pain Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b “Just Stop!” I screamed this as the therapist pushed and prodded on my back as I writhed in pain. She was trying to find the source of my pain in order […]
Thu // Warrior :: Engage
Title: Our war 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 We may carry the metaphor of “the sword of the spirit” too far – envisioning […]
Wed // Grit :: Committed
Title: What’s next Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this… – Psalm 37:5 The “C” word! Why do we fear this? Probably because when we make a real commitment, there will be times that the action it requires may run contrary to our current desires. Making a commitment […]
Tue // Fuel :: Listen
Title: Be Silent He says, Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. – Psalm 46:10a One of my favorite authors is Henri Nouwen. Consider the challenge to just listen that he shares: When we honestly ask ourselves which person in […]
Mon // Surrender :: Pride
Text: Safeties On Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. – Proverbs 16:18 In the movie “Hunt for Red October” there is a Russian sub commander that turned the safeties off of the torpedoes he was firing at a Russian sub that was trying to defect to the United States. In his […]
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: Did you catch all that? But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. – Matthew 6:33 We talk about the kingdom in church like we know it well. But do we? I find it hard to grasp the kingdom of God or the […]
Fri // Steel :: Truth
Title: Moving Target Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. – John 8:32 I love target shooting but I also like skeet and sporting clays because in skeet and sporting clays the target is moving. In our current culture, truth has become a moving target. Godly men know that […]