Fri // Steel :: Passion
Title: Totally sold out Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. – Deut 6:5 I was in the US Navy, but I have always admired my brothers in the Marine Corps. They understand what it means to be faithful to a cause. Semper […]
Thu // Warrior :: Defend
Title: Familiar with Risk? Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. – Psalm 82:3 Indeed, 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 progresses, you fortify around your frontlines. […]
Wed // Grit :: Resolve
Title: Our Island As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD. – Joshua 24:15 Do you remember the show Survivor? The show sends people to remote locations with very few supplies to get by. They get hungry and lonely, often wondering why they placed themselves in this game. John, one of Jesus’ […]
Tue // Fuel :: Spirit
Title: Spirit or Flesh So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. – Galatians 5:16 Oil and water. Similar poles of a magnet. Light and darkness. The natural laws in physics teach us that some things are not designed to “coexist.” They oppose. They resist. They […]
Mon // Surrender :: Idols
Title: It’s up to us. 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 to […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: Posture for Worship Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy. – Psalm 99:5 When I think of the word Exalt, I believe in whom we shall exalt. All living things owe their very existence to the eternal God of creation. In God’s image, he created man. He has made […]
Sat // Build :: Encouragement
Title: It’s called today Encourage one another daily, as long as it is called today. – Hebrews 3:13a God has promised us blessings, but we can not allow stubbornness, sin, or a lack of faith to rob us of that promise. Like the Israelites wandering the desert for forty years, we, too, can lose faith in […]
Fri // Steel :: Example
Title: It can be done Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b Years ago, I presided at the funeral of my closest and dearest aunt, my mother’s only sister. While she was in no way “outspoken” about her faith in Christ […]
Thu // Warrior :: Battle
Title: Battles that don’t matter For the battle is not yours, but God’s. – 2 Chronicles 20:15c Have you ever gotten into an argument and then, upon reflection, realized how dumb it was? Me too. Don’t waste your time and energy fighting battles that don’t matter. It sucks you dry spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and even physically. Focus on […]
Wed // Grit :: Perseverance
Title: Great Things 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, […]