Sun // Sacrifice :: Rest
Title: Rest your soul Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. – Matthew 11:28 I hope you are able to find some rest today. I’m guessing that there’s been some tough work weeks, maybe even some difficult stuff going on at home. Rest your body. Recover […]
Thu // Warrior :: Battle
Title: Don’t Worry For the battle is not yours, but God’s. – 2 Chronicles 20:15c It’s like a scene out of a movie. A giant army is advancing and the people of Judah don’t have the manpower or the weapons to defend themselves. The king gathers the people to the temple to ask the Lord […]
Sat // Build :: Encouragement
Title: Your next opportunity 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 is […]
Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: Hurt my Pride Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; – Proverbs 3:5 I was in an unfamiliar grocery store looking for the coffee. Usually it’s somewhere close to the cereal and other breakfast stuff, but it just wasn’t there. I must have taken five or […]
Wed // Grit :: Influence
Title: Long List Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. – 1 Cor 11:1 Have you taken one of those quick ten question goofy personality tests on the internet? Based on our answers we are told that we are: an introvert, best suited for life in the Deep South, or of we […]
Wed // Grit : Character
Title: Influence or Influenced Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” – 1 Corinthians 15:33 We don’t like to admit, but the more time we spend with someone, the more we act like them. Sort of like spending a week in Canada and coming back with a new accent. Eh? We were made […]
Fri // Steel :: Example
Title: An opportunity to serve people Set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b Part of my job is sales. When I first started, I wasn’t very good. I thought I was a burden to the people I was selling to 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. […]
Fri // Steel :: Integrity
Title: The Test I will not deny my integrity. – Job 27:5b My son was looking over my shoulder and asked “What is integrity?” Have you ever tried explaining it? It took me a bit to line up my thoughts. I told him, “Something with integrity won’t break easily, so if we are talking about […]
Wed // Grit :: Influence
Title: Be an example Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. – 1 Corinthians 11:1 What are some ways you can be an example today? Better yet, what are some ways you can be a Christ like example? When I think about Jesus, I think about his humility. I think about his […]