Morning Meditation For Men

Good morning, good morning, good morning to the Rise and Grind Crew!  Grab your cup of coffee, grab your device and let's get into this word! Taken out of context 1 Corinthians 14:40 says that we should be sure that the whole of our life and ministry is done in a place of order.  Organization and pride have kept me from a lot of blessings.  I wonder if I am the only one, I doubt it...

Today starts a new series for Morning Meditation for Men.  We will begin our first 21 Days of Prayer series.  Today we start off with Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.  Peace is not the absents of conflict.  It is the calm assurance that God is in the midsts of all that you are going through and he is in...

When life kicks you in the balls, we are talking to the fella here right, do not use it as an opportunity to talk bad about life, spouse, family, children!  Find the good in everything and repeat it for your life. Listen to this If you fail never give up because F.A.I.L is an acronym for FIRST ATTEMPT IN LEARNING.  End is not the end in fact E.N.D is an acronym for EFFORD NEVER DIES. If...

No matter what state (physically, emotionally, mentally) we find ourselves in, we still matter to God our King and his plan for The Kingdom. In the most broken point of our existence , we still have value, we still have worth and we still have purpose. Never discount what you are going through, because what you are going THROUGH will provide the you the wisdom to help you pull or push someone out...

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At the end of the day, it is about belief.  Do you believe that Jesus died to ransom your life?  Do you believe that he was the ultimate sacrifice ?  This is what the Apostle John teaches: Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate some of the loaves and were filled.   Do not work for the food that peri...

Join me for a time of prayer.  Lord you are good and your mercy endures forever!

Psalm 136 is an example of antiphonal praise to Jehovah!  Right there in the first few verses the psalmist writes that our God is the only God!  But what stands out to me in this is beautiful call and response is that the choir keeps saying THANK YOU!  Brothers thank you must become part of our daily vocabulary.  We must continue with thanks on our lips not just to God, but our...

In Job chapter 10, Job has a litany of questions that he said he will ask God when he gets a change. Job was challenged with the paradox of faith and doubt. In our search for truth and righteousness we must move beyond an outside second person relationship with God.  We must get acquainted with God one on one.  Because life promises to be challenging and if you do not know God doubt will...

Grace great grace! Thank you for being here for part two of our Classic Bible Study with Pastor Monts.  He digs deeper into Galatians and Grace vs The Law

Join us as we study the book of Galatians.  It's "Throw Back Thursday" and we are going back to a bible study that we did online with Kingdom Impact Church.    Come with us as we walk through the book of Galatians. Please excuse the puppy whining in the background she was a new to the family and wanted me to pick her up.  

God requires us to TURN from our wicked way, our sinful and sin filled lives.  He requires us to move from out past and move forward with him.  Sin is simply missing the mark.  If you have missed the mark with honesty, integrity, morality, belief and so on; if you have missed the mark you have sinned.  Here is the great news, if you are in Christ, if you have given your life to...

When we, the chosen, the elect, the ekkilsia, God's redeemed tap into the true power of prayer that is when we will see result!  I admonish you to tap into prayer.  Today we jump into 2 Chronicles and discover that God has chosen us to set up residence in, and He has laid out some conditions for our deliverance as a people and for the world.  I long to see the world, everyone, deliv...

PRAYER. #Period. It is time for us to get back to prayer.  Set your heart right.  Walk away from all of the foolishness and childish behaviors.  Get in front of God and ask him to provide you with instructions and solutions that you can implement in your life to become the Man that he has designed for you to be.  How do I set my heart right?  Prayer, pure simple communicat...

Depression and despair go hand in hand.  But the issue with despair is that it is a true sense of hopelessness.  When you have Christ in your life there is NEVER hopelessness.  The Son of Korah wrote in the Hebrew song book (Psalm 42) "Why are you in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will again praise Him, For the help of His presence, my God....

When we speak without thinking we can destroy a life, a future, a family and the list goes on.  It is imperative that we remember that our words have power, the Bible teaches us that.  Job found himself in a place where his emotions took over, and he did not think before he spoke.  The monologue in chapter nine sound like some of us at time a double faucet, two headed, two faced. &n...

Life is LOUD! People are LOUD!  One thing that I have learned in this LOUD life is that God speaks, He does not yell. Make sure you learn and know his voice through the maze of noise.  

As cruel and heinous as His death was he had to go through with it,  He had to endure it, because without this final sacrifice of an unblemished lamb we would not be able to experience Grace in its fullest. Under his own power, he walked up the HILL, he hung there, and he gave up his life so that we could have life.  My sprint cried every time I read this account, to think he would sacri...

Forgiveness forges a bond to yourself that says I will not allow external forces to dictate my internal peace. Forgivness Frees you from others and yourself Forgiveness give you focus,  Life is much bigger than you.  Let go of the hurt and the pain of your past and embrace God of today and who you are right now.  Because life is fluid we are every changing if we remain honest.  Unforgiveness is co...

In life we have choices.  Luke's narration of the Christ's passion opens a scene when 3 different entities have chosen to REMAIN in their position no matter what.  The Authority, The Crowd and The Lamb. As men we are called to REMAIN steadfast in our integrity, our self awareness, our passion our courage and so many other characteristics.  Keep your eyes on Christ as you walk out yo...

Sometimes we receive gifts that we are not to fond of.  For an example a sweater that may not be "my color".  Although you do not throw the sweater away, it is thrown in a place until it is needed, in the winter.  God will give us gifts that we may not penetrate our limited perception.  We wonder why he would give us suffering?  We have been chatting about Job for quite a...

You have been called to do something great!  Many times as we start we are on fire, we have a group of people around us and we start off RUNNING!  What often happens as we traverse our personal path people will begin to fall off, and we loose our drive.  Remember the assignment was given to you, not them.  No matter what happens, no matter who falls off Stay the Course!  

I just wish I could be left alone! I wish these kids would shut up, I wish my spouse would stop nagging, I really wish my boss would quit acting like a butt!  I just want to be left alone, in my sorrow, in my mess, by myself !  LEAVE ME ALONE.   I have been there before, but the issue with being left alone is that you are no good on your own. You need someone there to encourage...

Life is fleeting, it is a vapor. Use the time you have with purpose and on purpose.  You only get one chance to get it done.  The scriptures remind us that Man that is born of a woman is full of trouble and of a few days.  Brothers remember life is short, make it count.

Good morning, good morning, good morning It is time to rise and grind!  Today we are going to talk about integrity. As men we need to operate in a place that we have a strong moral compass, we must operated from a place of being whole.  God requires us to examine ourselves and see where we are found wanting.  That is when we need to apply principal of Integrity and Righteousness to...