DEVOTIONALS

Spiritual Essential: Endurance Reading: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 “Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” (Ecclesiastes 4:12) After over 30 years of fitness training, I can say this with confidence: some workouts are easier with a partner. Heavy carries, sled pushes, long runs, and grueling chipper workouts have a way of exposing our limits. There comes a point when motivation fades, energy drops, and your mind

Spiritual Essential: Endurance Reading: Romans 5:1-5 “We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” (Romans 5:3–4) If you’ve ever watched a blacksmith work, you’ve seen a fascinating process. A piece of metal is placed into intense heat until it becomes soft and malleable. Then it is hammered, shaped, and refined. The heat isn’t destroying the metal. The heat is preparing it. Without t

Spiritual Essential: Endurance Reading: Hebrews 12:1-3 “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.” (Hebrews 12:1–2) Anyone who has ever trained for a long-distance event knows the importance of mile markers. When you’re running a marathon, you don’t focus on all 26.2 miles at once. If you do, the finish line feels impossibly far away. Instead, you focus on the next marker. Mile 3. Mile 8. Mile 15