I spent my youth doing one thing. Can you guess what it was? Well, besides sports of course. I spent it doing what most young boys do – trying to earn the approval of their dad. A few years ago I sat next to him in a hospital bed as he lingered in and out of conscientiousness.
I was an empty vessel that was never going to be filled by Leah, no matter how much she poured into me. She knew that too, and this is where the beauty of a spouse comes to life.
I still get uncomfortable when people do kind things for me just because. But I’m working to become a better receiver of blessings.
March Madness: Day 1 It’s March! That used to mean a mad dash to accomplish everything manly before my birthday on the […]
Procrastination is sometimes just the fear of taking the next step. You think you’re stuck until you realize you just haven’t made the decision to move.
KEY TO FOLLOWING JESUS
Pride is not always conscious arrogance. Mostly it’s subconscious self-sufficiency.
It’s when we cease walking in our own strength that we follow Christ.
Let Christ Hold The Pieces Of Your Life Together
Brothers, that doubt is from darkness. Look to the Light of Christ & those old alibis that keep you shackled will shatter to your feet!
Have you found yourself in a season where what was once good, has dried up,and you look around asking God what happened?
We naturally respond to situations through emotion and action. Often times, the outcomes aren’t what we expected or wanted. Yet, we find ourselves unable to apologize, afraid of the consequences or just ashamed of what we’ve done.
Sin Transference | Do You Do It? Do we take responsibility for our actions, or throw others under the bus like Adam did to Eve?
My oldest brother sent me an email. It broke my heart. He’s not far from 70 years old. He, like me and […]
ANXIETY?? QUICK WORD ABOUT STRESS RELIEF: There is a direct correlation between humility and stress relief. Only when we humbly surrender every […]
What did Bathsheba’s husband do to deserve being set up and murdered? Nothing. But King David’s sexual sin caused innocent blood to spill. Who are we hurting when we sin?
Let’s make the time to pray, and when we do, let’s not treat the time like a to do wish list. Slow down and spend time in the relationship with our Father.
Be intentional in your decisions. God gives us power to choose life, real real, so let’s make an intentional effort to choose wisely – choose life.
God has a blessing for us, but we waste more effort looking back than we do pressing forward. Eyes on the prize!!
Pursue out of love, not personal preference!
First become the vessel God needs you to be to receive His blessing.
Do you feel like Daniel in the lion’s den? If so, there is no fear of the beasts. God will protect you and bless you even in your darkest times.
God is going to bless you, but you must become the vessel to receive that blessing.
Patience – Purposeful – Intentional
But I understood that we do the same thing when we create our own golden calves. It might be our job, or hobby, or new girlfriend or even our kids.
What Is God Trying To Say To You This Year? Start the year out with purpose and intentionality in everything you do.
Two words God gave me for 2019 are Purposeful and Intentional. You may grow tired of hearing them, but I know they were meant for you too.
The frenzy to make resolutions is more about traditions than realistic expectation to uphold the silent pledge just before the stroke of midnight.
Many religions no longer feed the masculine soul of a man. Why? Because the shift toward single moms and grandparents raising their progeny has tilted the church’s focus toward our wonderful sisters.
It wasn’t their choice—it was our absence.
Who cares? Let’s only focus only on who God says we are.
Power to the People (God’s People) I often wonder how many men who finally drop their hard exterior to accept the free […]
Having to explain what you did, why you did it and how it is that you now have peace because of what you did placed the relationship in a bind, but friendship reset the balance.
“I stopped living the same year over and over again, and started taking control of my life by using the very truths I’m sharing with you.” Dr. Scott Silverii for Five Stones University.
Keeping our candle lit is the difference between cold extinguished and setting life ablaze. Like any candle, we first need a spark, and the oxygen to fuel the flame.
20 Days of 31: Lift His Name, Raise Your Game I don’t use this word lightly, and it’s possible that you’ve not […]
So many people want to wade into the muck and offer advice and opinions across the social streams. They become e-experts with safe responses and pre-calculated comments.
10 Days of 31 Days: Going Too Far We’ve been allowing the puppy the freedom to roam throughout the house of late. […]
And sometimes, if I’m lucky, I get to go a few hours without seeing the faces of the injured, the abused or the murdered. Though I don’t think I’d like them to completely go away as they remind me of why I’ve done what I’ve done on their behalf.
I never knew the depths of true brotherhood until connecting on a spiritual level that had nothing to do with your rank or how many arrests you made.
I think most men struggle with it because we are under the impression that forgiving someone lets them off the hook for what they did to hurt us. We amp up in the fantasy of getting even or an upper hand through revenge.
FIT@50: Forgot the Powder This week was what we like to refer to as Crazy Week. Not because life got out of […]
It’s time to stand watch, and become aware of what the wicked one is doing to God’s people. Ideology is much harder to defend against than an enemy of flesh and bone.
But, oh my soul, come the weekends, we transform into “Guardians of the Galaxy” protective about sharing time outside the circle of family.
If you ever want to experience the confidence shattering sensation of having every single thing you say and do examined under a critical microscope and launched back at you with a poo-poo shooter, then give law enforcement a try for a day.
It’s sort of a pain prison where the ones we refuse to forgive are our jailers.
God’s plan for sexual fulfillment works… God wants you to enjoy sex in marriage and to have that enjoyment for the rest of your married life.
Does it ignite an action, or calm an anxiety over an impending appointment? Maybe, and most probably, it’s just a habit or a method of marking our progress throughout a day.
It’s easy and comfortable to stay self-contained with fellow believers, but that’s not what God called us to do. It’s also not my fight to engage this woman’s vile comments.
So if we walk among those who stir strife and darkness, how do you think that affects you? I believe in this:
“Show me your friends, and I’ll show you your future.”
I spent the drive time listening to sermons and Christian music. Although my wife suspected it was a plot for ignoring her, I really needed the head time to refocus and recharge.
It’s easy and comfortable to force friendships from acquaintances, but God is calling His army together just as He assembled for King David’s rule.
It got me thinking about the lions in our life? We all have them. Daniel faced his without one scratch, and here, Benaiah actually puts the sword to his lion.
Having an open hand with a closed heart gets you nothing but an empty palm. God didn’t lead them into the wilderness to die. He led them there so they might have eternal life.