DEVOTIONALS

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

Spiritual Essential: Grace Reading: Titus 2:11-14 There’s something powerful about just being in the room. In the gym, you feel it the moment you walk in. The music’s up, the whiteboard’s full, people are moving, working, getting after it. And no matter your fitness level, there’s a quiet thought that hits — I get to be here . Not because you’ve mastered every movement or hit every PR, but because you showed up. There’s a sense of gratitude just for being present. That’s

Spiritual Essential: Discipline Reading: 1 Timothy 4:1-8 “Train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” (1 Timothy 4:7–8) Anyone who trains consistently understands this: you don’t get stronger by showing up once or twice a month. It doesn’t matter how hard the session is — if the reps are too few and too far between, your body won’t adapt. Growt

Spiritual Essential: Purpose Reading: Proverbs 19:20-23 Traveler Needs a Job Our gym is dog friendly. In fact, it’s more than dog-friendly; on any given day, there’s at least one member’s dog clipped between barbells and rowers, greeting people like they’re old friends. Truth be told, while our CrossFit gym has great coaches and an incredible community, I’m convinced a surprising percentage of members joined because they could bring their dogs. Odin, Echo, Lilly, Jack, Ap

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 Training Cycle: Foundation (wk. 8/13) Reading: Revelation 7:13-8:1 Back in my corporate days, I had a work trip which took me...