DEVOTIONALS

Spiritual Essential: Obedience Reading: 1 Samuel 15:10-23 “To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.” (1 Samuel 15:22) In the gym, consistency beats intensity every time. You can have one incredible workout, go all out, leave it all on the floor — but if you disappear for the next two weeks, nothing changes. Growth doesn’t come from occasional effort. It comes from showing up, day after day, rep after rep. That’s the lesson King Saul

Spiritual Essential: Obedience Reading: Joshua 1:7-9 Doing What You Don’t Naturally Want To DoI had hip replacement surgery at a younger age than most people. The doctor said too many athletic endeavors combined with not enough stretching for many years meant I ended up in the operating room with decades of use expected for this “lifetime replacement” hip. And to make sure it had the best opportunity to become part of my body, physical therapy started almost immediately aft

Spiritual Essential: Obedience Reading: Deuteronomy 28:1-9 “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands… all these blessings will come on you and accompany you.” (Deuteronomy 28:1–2) In the gym, results don’t come from random effort. They come from following a process. A good program is built with intention — specific movements, specific loads, specific progressions. And the athletes who see the most growth aren’t the ones who freestyle every

Spiritual Essential: Obedience Reading: John 14:15-24 “If you love me, keep my commands.” (John 14:15) Everybody loves the idea of fitness. But not everybody loves the process. It’s easy to sign up for a gym membership, buy new shoes, or tell your friends you’re going to get in shape. It’s much harder to show up on a cold morning when your alarm goes off at 5:00 a.m. It’s one thing to say you want to train. It’s another thing entirely to actually train. In fitness, we

Spiritual Training Cycle: Foundation (wk. 12/13) Reading: Colossians 3:1-14 Our gym doesn’t have air conditioning. Every summer, I’m...

Spiritual Training Cycle: Foundation (wk. 4/13) Reading: John 5:36-47 I’m assuming you are reading this because you are on a spiritual...