Sun // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: Exalt Him every day For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. – Matthew 23:12 To exalt is to praise and lift up. On Sunday, many of us attend church to worship and praise Him. We sing, we pray, we listen to sermons, and we serve. […]
Sat // Build :: Encouragement
Title: Anyone come to mind But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today” – Hebrews 3:13a You have an opportunity to encourage someone today. Don’t waste it. It’s so easy to put off an encouraging phone call and wait till we see them. We think, “I’ll see them soon…right?” Maybe someone […]
Fri // Steel :: Example
Title: Pursue Christ Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in faith and purity – 1 Timothy 4:12b Paul saw that with young Timothy that they could be an example to both the older people and the younger people. As men we look up to someone that is older and wiser, behind […]
Thu // Warrior :: Battle
Title: Win every time For the battle is not yours, but God’s – 2 Chronicles 20:15c Doesn’t it seem like when we are doing our best to do God’s will, that’s when Satan attacks the hardest? When this happens Satan is counting on one of his favorite tools to kick in. “Pride.” When pride sets […]
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: Listen UP 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 Recently, my wife was talking to me and after my third attempt to enter into the conversation, I heard the Spirit say to me “just […]
Mon // Surrender :: Pride
Title: The Helper Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. – Proverbs 16:18 Sin is a state of being, a disease – and one of its nastiest symptoms is pride. Lucifer was cast down to the earth because of pride – a self-sufficiency that placed his allegiance on himself rather than God. […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Worship
Title: I trust You Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1 “Come on son, let’s go for a walk”. “Where we going pop?” I can only imagine the conversation […]
Sat // Build :: Kingdom
Title: A plan for us But seek first His kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well – Matthew 3:13a As men, we feel like kings of our domain; we are in control of our sphere. This is dangerous thinking and we should step back and concentrate on […]
Fri // Steel :: Truth
Title: His truth our freedom Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. – John 8:32 It is certain that you and I will navigate seasons that upend us. They will shake loose pretense and any facade that has been constructed to “get us by.” Those moments offer a truth […]