Sat // Build :: Encouragement
Title:It takes courage to encourage Encourage one another daily, as long as it is called today. – Hebrews 3:13a Take out the middle part of the word encouragement and your will find the word courage. I remember my little league teammates playing their hearts out at every inning of the game, some of the games […]
Friday// Steel:: Truth
Title- Take heart Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. – John 8:32 As I sat down to write for the Man Card today, an overwhelming sense of unworthiness settled upon my spirit. It was so strong that I had to enlist the help of one of my best […]
Thu // Warrior :: Engage
Title: Spiritual Forces 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 As boys, how many of us were convinced at times of scary things lurking under […]
Wed // Grit :: Committed
Title: Lacking Commitment Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this – Psalm 37:5 Personally, one of the things I dislike about technology is how easy it is to be non-committal. If we don’t want to go to something, we can just text someone and tell them we can’t […]
Tue // Fuel :: Listen
Title: Don’t Miss it 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 God doesn’t need us. He WILL be exalted. As men, with our crazy lives, trying to juggle work, family, friends, church and have time […]
Mon // Surrender
Title: Place your pride aside Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. – Proverbs 16:18 NIV When I was a teenager and started getting “a little too big for my britches,” my mom used to remind me about the truth of Proverbs 16:18. “Pride come before the fall,” she would say. And […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Worship
Title: Live for Him 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 Sacrifice was common place in first century Jewish culture and it was done as an act of worship. […]
Sat // Build :: Kingdom
Title: Risk Management But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well. – Matthew 6:33 Leading up to this verse Jesus said, “Don’t worry about tomorrow.” Most guys I know worry about tomorrow. We worry about work, family, finances, temptation, etc. And in response we […]
Fri // Steel :: Integrity
Title: Do not deny your integrity Till I die, I will not deny my integrity. Job 27:5b I hope you aren’t having a day like Job. His story was crazy. If you didn’t know it, he lost everything; his wealth, his family, and even his health. He had a few friends left, but they accused […]
Thu // Warrior :: Weapons
Title: Souls at stake Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. – Ephesians 6:11 If God has called you into His family as an adopted son, then He has also enlisted you in His army. The good news is that we already know that […]