Friday // 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 an empty […]
Thur // Warrior :: Courage
Title: Satan’s Schemes Finally, be strong in the Lord and the power of his mighty power. – Eph. 6:10 David stepped up to a giant with no hesitation, and with faith and trust in God, he let the round stone fly. Like David, we face our giants, but do we have the confidence and trust […]
Wed // Grit :: Character
Title: Surrounded By Who? Do not be misled: Bad company corrupts good character. – 1 Corinthians 15:33 “Bad company corrupts good character or behavior.” Did you hear this from your parents growing up? I know I did. Have you used it with your kids? It is used because surrounding ourselves with good friends is essential. Others, […]
Tue // Fuel :: Word
Title: Fuel Your Desire For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double- edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart – Hebrews 4:12 Think about the last time you cut yourself with a sharp knife. At […]
Mon // Surrender:: Confess
Title: Spiritual Healing Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. – James 5:16 Spiritual healing comes through the confession of sin! When we take the time to confess our sins to one another and […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Acknowledge
Title: God above all things Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. – Matthew 10:32 Acknowledging God means knowing you are faithful. I recognize your authority. You are the creator of all things, the heavens, the earth, and things within. There’s not much more to say. As Christians, we […]
Sat // Build :: Invest
Title: On the Fly Text: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters… – Colossians 3:23 My current employer once said in a meeting, “We are building this plane while in the air.” I have grown to loathe this statement as it conflicts with a deep need inside me…the need to plan. While I dislike this statement, I have to admit that I have “lived on the fly.” As […]
Fri // Steel :: Example
Title: God will fill the gap Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b In the movie Glory, an enlisted man is promoted to an officer’s position. As the Colonel pinned on his stripes, the enlisted man looks to the Colonel and […]
Thu // Warrior :: Battle
Title: Don’t Get Separated For the battle is not yours, but God’s. – 2 Chronicles 20:15c The most significant part of spiritual warfare is acknowledging that Satan’s goal is to separate us from God. Satan tries to get us to fight this battle alone; if we try to do this alone, we are at a […]
Wed // Grit :: Perseverance
Title: Finish Line Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us… – Hebrews 12:1c I attend the Indy 500 every year, and it is great. It’s not all about the wrecks or action. But for the paths, the drivers took to compete and their strides to get the desired result. I remember that […]