DEVOTIONALS

Unraveled

Spiritual Essential: Suffering Reading: 2 Corinthians 1:3-11 “For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.” (2 Corinthians 1:5) On an ordinary day in the gym warming up for a deadlift session, I felt something I never had before – a pop in my left low back. Immediately after, a wave of pain began radiating from where I felt the pop all the way down my left leg. It was intense pain. The kind that makes you want to

Suffering

Trey Steele

Aug 173 min read

Forged

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

Endurance

Trey Steele

Jul 62 min read

Pain Points

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,

Transformation

Trey Steele

Jan 122 min read