Sun // Sacrifice :: Exalt
Title: Turn it off Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy. – Psalm 99:5 On the edge of my seat, the game had my full attention. My team was down by 2 pts, and there were only .9 seconds left on the clock. The ball was inbounded, a quick 3pt. […]
Wed // Grit :: Character
Title: Friends Shape You Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” – 1 Corinthians 15:33 The Oxford Dictionary defines character as “the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.” Who are your buddies? Are they men with holy mental and moral qualities? Your friends will shape and define your future. Their advice, counsel, […]
Sat // Build :: Encouragement
Title: Be deliberate Encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today” – Hebrews 3:13a Today is all we have with those that we love. And the frequency of it can facilitate a mundane response. Do your wife, kids, and co-workers see you as someone who encourages them? Can they point to a moment […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Worship
Title: Just an Act Offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship. – Romans 12:1b Men act in all sorts of ways. We can act tough, strong, dependable, profitable…even spiritual. As men, it is easy to “act” spiritually. We might define it differently, but […]
Mon // Surrender :: Control
Title: Uncertain Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding – Proverbs 3:5 Most of the frustration in my life comes from a place of feeling out of control. By being in control, I can lean heavily on what I have learned through experience and advice. Not leaning […]
Sun // Sacrifice :: Acknowledge
Title: Higher Expectations Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. – Matthew 10:32 When I was a kid, this verse was used to explain why we prayed for our food in public. It was the baseline standard for letting others know about your faith. It initially felt more like […]
Sat // Build :: Honor
Title: Have you felt the nudge? Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. – Romans 12:10 You can’t honor the people around you if you are preoccupied with a screen. There have been countless times I have felt the nudge of the Holy Spirit prompting me to put my […]
Sat // Build :: Encouragement
Title: Called to influence Encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” – Hebrews 3:13a “The last time we talked, I was yelling at him.” She told me that at 2:35a while, her brother was in the operating room. One of his stints had collapsed, and the doctors were working feverishly to […]
Wed // Grit :: Character
Title: The Crowd Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character”. – 1 Corinthians 15:33 There have been two things that I have witnessed in the character of a man: 1) the crowd and 2) the circumstances. For today, let’s focus on the crowd. Whether at work, in our neighborhood, or even the church, […]
Wed // Grit :: Committed
Title: What Next? Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this… – Psalm 37:5 Our verse for today has a promise attached to it. If we commit our way to the Lord, he’ll see that we are righteous (literally “in right relationship with God and others”) and have justice. These […]