Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: Look Up Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. – Proverbs 3:5 Too often we find ourselves wondering where God is in our circumstances only to realize, if we’re honest, that we never invited Him in the first place. Whether we are there because of bad […]
Fri// Steel:: Strength
Title: Quiet Strength “The Lord is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one” Psalm 28:8 As a man, it’s easy to think about our physical strength but so easily forget that our quiet strength matters more. Last year, two men I knew each battled and lost to cancer. But, […]
Wed // Grit :: Perseverance
Title: Cast it down Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us… – Hebrews 12:1c Some men enjoy running while others of us are likely to run only when being chased. One thing is for certain in our spiritual race, we will be pursued most aggressively when running the race He has […]
Fr // Steel:: Truth
Title: The Good News John 8:32 “Then you will know truth and the truth will set you free.” What is the truth and what can it free us from? The bondage of sin is inescapable without Jesus. A simple concept but a hard truth. We don’t have to go looking for sin, it seeks us […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Stand
Title: Follow His Agenda Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. – 1 Corinthians 15:58 Nothing is more frustrating than to feel that our efforts are in […]
Wed // Grit:: Resolve
Title Choose Him “But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15 Joshua is drawing a line in the sand here. He is reminding his people of all the ways that God has protected them and, telling them that they must make a conscious choice to serve the Lord or […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Rest
Title: Deep Comfort Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. – Mat 11:28 The promise in Matthew 11:28 is meant to provide deep comfort. God tells us that He will give us rest. Who is this promise for? It states quite clearly it is for ALL […]
Su // Sacrifice:: Worship
Title:Be Useful “Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship” Romans 12:1b Paul reminds us that our physical bodies have a holy purpose. Our bodies are neither meant to be ignored or idolized. God wants us to maintain this body He has given us and […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Acknowledge
Title: Will He Know You Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. – Matthew 10:32 The thought of standing in front of our Father and having Jesus say “I do not know him” literally makes me panic a little. And, I think it is supposed to. God asks […]
Wed // Grit :: Character
Title: Are You Bad Company Do not be misled: “Bad Company corrupts good character.” – 1 Corinthians 15:33 My son and I have this ongoing battle about keeping his room clean and having a place for things. The theory being that if you put things in their place you will be able to find them. […]