DEVOTIONALS

Spiritual Essential: Discipline Reading: 1 Corinthians 9:19-27   As this year opened, I did something I once thought was beyond my ability.   I ran my first half marathon.   If I’m honest, my ego told me I could wake up one morning, lace up my shoes, and just run 13.1 miles without serious preparation because I do CrossFit. That confidence didn’t last long. I quickly learned how wrong I was.   Training was everything.   You spend nearly fifteen weeks preparing for a race that

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: Transformation Reading: Philippians 3:12-21   “But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.”  (Philippians 3:20)   In the gym, it’s easy to get tunnel vision . You start chasing numbers, comparing times, obsessing over aesthetics. Abs, PRs, and leaderboard spots are all good goals — but if that’s all you’re training for, it won’t last. There’s always someone stronger. Always another race. Always anothe

Spiritual Essential: Transformation Reading: Hebrews 10:19-25   And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together… but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.””   Transformation doesn’t happen in isolation. In the gym, your biggest breakthroughs rarely come when you’re training alone. They happen when someone’s watching your lift and says, “Go heavier.” When a partner next to you push

Spiritual Essential: Transformation Reading: Romans 12:1-8   Renewal is a physical concept. It’s also a spiritual one. I’ve been doing CrossFit for more than five years. I have a local gym where I’ve done much of my training over these 60+ months. I also travel a great deal for work and have visited to at least 40 other CrossFit boxes since my CrossFit journey began. As a result, I have some good insights into what is quality coaching and what isn’t.   The good news for me: t

Spiritual Training Cycle: Foundation (wk. 7/13) Reading: Psalm 46:1-11   In 2014, Kansas City Chiefs fans at Arrowhead stadium set a...