Week 3: What You See In Others Scripture:"And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?" — Matthew 7:3 (NKJV)Reflection:One of my students often comes to tell me, “Mr. G, your hair is growing back!” I jokingly replied, “Okay, I’ll cut it then.”  But every time, he insists, “No, don’t cut it!” He sees something growing in me that I tend to o...  Read More

Week 2: When Nobody Notices Scripture Reading:"But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.!" — Matthew 6:3-4 (NKJV)Reflection:Growth often begins on the inside; discipline, prayer, self-control, and faith.  These internal factors shoul...  Read More

Week 1: Honoring God’s Servants Scripture Reading:"And now, friends, we ask you to honor those leaders who work so hard for you, who have been given the responsibility of urging and guiding you along in your obedience. Overwhelm them with appreciation and love!" — 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 (MSG)Reflection:October is Clergy Appreciation Month—a time to recognize, uplift, and thank the shepherds God h...  Read More

Week 4: Wake Up and Get Control Scripture: Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. — 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 (KJV)Devotional: In preparing for today...  Read More

Week 3: Live Intentional Scripture: Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. — Ephesians 5:15-17 (NIV)Devotional: Lately in my prayers I've been asking for the Holy Spirit to help me. I've been asking for Him to help me to read my bible, and re...  Read More

Week 2: Intentionally Peaceful Scripture: I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. — John 16:33 (NIV)Devotional: Oftentimes my mind works like a non-stop machine that doesn’t seem to turn off, produces masterpieces, and at the same time can break down like the broken ice cream machine at your fav...  Read More

Week 1: Enough Truly Is Enough Scripture: Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions,...  Read More

Week 4: Shining for His Glory Scripture: “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Fathers in heaven.” Matthew 5: 16 (NKJV)Reflection: Jesus calls us the “light of the world” just as he is the light. The light is meant to be seen, it pushes back darkness and provides direction. As believers our lives are not meant to be hidden. The way we live, speak, ...  Read More

Week 3: Steadfast in His Presence Scripture:  “I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.” — Psalm 16:8 (KJV)Reflection: David’s words in Psalm 16:8 reveal a deep confidence and security that flows from living with God’s presence at the center of life. To “set the Lord always before me” is not simply acknowledging God exists, but intentionally keepi...  Read More

Week 2: The God Who Rules, Guides, and Saves Scripture: “For the Lord is our judge, the lord is our lawgiver, the lord is our king, he will save us.” - Isaiah 33:22 (NKJV)Reflection: Isaiah 33:22 is a rare verse that brings together three powerful truths about who God is to His people. He is our judge one who sees all, knows all, and will make all things right. He is our lawgiver the one who sets ...  Read More

Week 1: True Wisdom Begins With God Scripture: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction - Proverbs 1:7 (NKJV)Life Application: Wisdom is knowing how to live rightly, how to choose what honors God, and how to walk in truth. And according to Proverbs 1:7, the starting point for that kind of wisdom isn’t books, degrees, or experience—it’s the fear o...  Read More

Week 5: Victory – Completion Leads to Triumph Scripture: But it came to pass on the seventh day that they rose early, about the dawning of the day, and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. On that day only they marched around the city seven times. And the seventh time it happened, when the priests blew the trumpets, that Joshua said to the people: “Shout, for the Lord has given ...  Read More