Fri // Steel:: Passion
Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength – Deuteronomy 6:5 Today we use the word passion at the drop of the hat. We have say we have passion for our work, our hobbies our wants and needs. The passion in the verse is […]
Thu // Warrior :: Defend
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. – Psalm 82:3 Certainly you are all familiar with the game of Risk. If not, here’s a brief rundown. You start by selecting your countries and as the game moves on you fortify around your frontlines. One key strategy […]
Wed // Grit :: Resolve
As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD. – Joshua 24:15 One of the things good leaders do is figure out a plan and follow through on that plan. Most would call this determination or resolve. When we lack determination, we lack drive and we become lazy. Resolve gives us the ability […]
Tue // Fuel :: Spirit
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh – Galatians 5:16 To walk means to live. As men, are we living what we are saying? Walking means going somewhere, motion or progress. We shouldn’t become content with where we are at. We should be looking to […]
Mon // Surrender :: Idols
Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. – Jonah 2:8 I believe that to the degree you and I turn and cling to would-be substitutes for God’s loving provision, we experience its absence. Conversely, to the degree we turn and cling to God Himself in order to get our […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Exalt
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. These are all great and […]
Sat // Build :: Encouragement
Encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” – Hebrews 3:13a A consistent message from heaven is “don’t be afraid.” Angels spoke it, and Jesus spoke it. In the first chapter of Joshua, God told Joshua multiple times to “take courage.” It often takes courage to encourage someone. We have to step […]
Fri // Steel :: Example
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 says, “I’m not sure I want […]
Thu // Warrior :: Battle
For the battle is not yours, but God’s – 2 Chronicles 20:15c The mind is one of the most common battle fields and the war is being waged in the minds of men. This means the conventional weapons we see in battles won’t work in the battle field of the mind. Paul talks about the […]
Wed // Grit :: Perseverance
Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us… – Hebrews 12:1c How many times have you failed at something and you stopped at that failure? What if you stuck through that failure and kept fighting? We can often learn great things through failure. Failure happens, in fact for many people failure is […]