DEVOTIONALS

Spiritual Essential: Transformation Reading: James 1:2-4   “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”   Walk into any gym and you’ll see it — pain.  Not the kind that sends you to the ER, but the kind that signals effort, struggle, growth. Burning lungs, sore muscles,

Spiritual Skill: Self-Control (wk. 10/13) Reading: Matthew 4:1-11     Self-Control Doesn’t Just Happen – in Fitness or in Life   Fifteen...

Spiritual Skill: Patience (wk. 12/13) Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-18   It takes time. And friends. Three injuries in three months....

Spiritual Exercise: Solitude (wk. 8/13) Reading: Galatians 1:11-24   Solitude, Slow Breathing and Stamina “You are wired a bit like a...

Spiritual Exercise: Solitude (wk. 7/13) Reading: Genesis 32:22-32   As a 14-year-old kid I competed in middle school wrestling in the...

Spiritual Exercise: Solitude (wk. 6/13) Reading: 1 Kings 19:1-18   The great deception of fitness is that while we appear to be improving...