Sun // Sacrifice :: Acknowledge
Title: Simple Request Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. – Matthew 10:32 I love the simplicity of this verse. Christ is not calling us to fight his battle for him. He’s not asking us to explain the meaning of life or defend the Scriptures from the atheist attack. His simple […]
Tue // Fuel :: Spirit
Title: Desires of the flesh So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. – Galatians 5:16 This verse is simple enough, right? This life can be such a battle sometimes, and what makes that battle harder, more times than not, is when we concede to the […]
Thu // Warrior :: Courage
Title: The LORD is your courage Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. – Ephesians 6:10 Have you heard of Desmond Doss? When I think of the word courage, this man exemplifies it. He was a Medal of Honor winner from World War II. In short, Doss and his battalion were getting attacked as […]
Fri // Steel :: Example
Title: Back pain Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b “Just Stop!” I screamed this as the therapist pushed and prodded on my back as I writhed in pain. She was trying to find the source of my pain to heal me […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: Clean my lips Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy. Psalm 99:5 When I read this verse, I can only think of one thing…Isaiah. In Isaiah 6, the Lord gifts Isaiah with a vision. In his view, Isaiah gives this fantastic picture of being in the presence of the Lord. He describes the temple setting and angels within the temple. Isaiah […]
Fri// Steel:: Strength
Title: Solid Wreckage “The Lordis the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one” Psalm 28:8 In one of the locations I go to for work, there lies a 5-foot chunk of mangled steel. This chunk of steel has seen its better days. In its heyday, this chunk of steel supported a […]
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: Serving is Foundational “But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15 In college, I worked for several summers as a framer. I’d like to say that I got to build many homes, but in reality, all I did was move piles of lumber and plywood from one location to […]
Fri // Steel :: Example
Title: Words and actions did not add up Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b “How do you think that impacts your son?” These are the words I spoke to a man convicted of abusing his wife. He had just finished bashing this woman, calling her nasty names while retelling the story of the events that led him to the seat across from me. Mind you, in that […]
Wed // Grit :: Perseverance
Title: I hate running Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us… – Hebrews 12:1c Here’s the thing: I hate running! When the good Lord designed me, he did not have distance running in mind. This had no bearing to my college soccer coach, who insisted we run countless miles a day in Southern […]