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Week 21 – May 17, 2026 through May 23, 2026
This Week:
Brothers
We all have calendars. We check our phones and see appointments stacked up weeks out, maybe even months. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: none of us actually know if we’ll make it to those dates. Psalm 90:12 reminds us to “number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom,” and that’s not just poetic language. It’s a call to live with honest awareness. Moses, who wrote this psalm, had watched an entire generation die in the wilderness because they forgot that their time was a gift, not a guarantee. The wisdom he’s talking about isn’t the kind you get from podcasts or business books. It’s the kind that comes when you realize your life is brief, and that reality reshapes everything. Your marriage. Your work. How you spend your evenings. What you’re chasing after. This week’s prayer and meditation push us to ask a question most of us avoid: if we had one month left to follow Christ, what would actually change today? Not someday. Today. Let that sink in, because the answer reveals what we truly believe about the time we’ve been given.
Prayer:
Lord, teach me to number my days that I may get a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:12)
Psalm 90:12 – So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom
Meditation:
Life is a vapor. If you knew you had one month left to “follow Christ,” what would change in your schedule today?
Quote:
Jonathan Edwards “While I do live, I should live with all my might… The brevity of our lives only seems to increase the urgency of living them purposefully. Our lives (though short) are deep, beautiful, and meaningful if we view them as means to glorify the eternal God.”
Events:
Thursday – May 21, 2026
- Morning Bible Study – 6am thru 7:15am
- At the Church in The Loft
- Continuing our new series “Everyday Wisdom: Walking with Christ & One Another through the Book of Proverbs”
- This weeks topic “The Way that Seems Right to a Man”- facilitated by Cleve Powell
Saturday – May 23, 2026
Morning Bible Study – 7am
- This week we are continue the study of Leviticus. We’re covering Chapters 13-14.
- Study Guide “Week 8” Skin Diseases and Clensing
Book Recommendation:
Redeeming Productivity: Getting More Done for the Glory of God by Reagan Rose
Why Men Should Read Redeeming Productivity
Men today face a destructive tension that makes Redeeming Productivity essential reading. Secular culture demands relentless hustling and defines masculinity by career achievement and material success, while many men simultaneously struggle with directionless ambition or outright laziness, uncertain of their purpose. Reagan Rose’s book cuts through both extremes by anchoring productivity in biblical manhood—the divine design that men exist not for self-fulfillment but to cultivate, guard, and steward what God has entrusted to them.
From Genesis 2:15 onward, God wired men for purposeful work and leadership. This calling to “cultivate and keep” predates the Fall, meaning productive stewardship is fundamental to masculine identity, not a punishment. Yet many men have absorbed worldly definitions of success that corrupt this noble calling into self-centered ambition, while others have abandoned ambition altogether, settling into passive consumption. Rose’s framework helps men diagnose whether their productivity serves God’s glory or their own ego.
The book’s five theological pillars directly address core questions of masculine purpose: Whose am I? What am I here for? What should I be producing? These aren’t abstract concepts—they’re identity anchors that transform how men approach careers, families, churches, and communities. When men understand they belong to God and will give an account for their stewardship, urgency replaces complacency.
Rose’s practical disciplines—especially giving God the firstfruits of each day—equip men to lead spiritually at home, work, and church. In an era when young men increasingly feel purposeless, Redeeming Productivity offers the antidote: a Christ-centered vision of masculine stewardship that channels ambition toward eternal fruit rather than temporal vanity.
New Blog Posts This Week:
- Men, It’s Time to Get Strategic: Applying Strategy and Planning to Bible Study and Prayer
- Why Men Should Read: A History, the Spiritual Stakes, and a Call to Action
- Walking in the Old Paths: Gleanings on Jeremiah 6:16
- Genesis 1:26 – Dominion Without Domination: Recovering Biblical Manhood in a Culture of Power
Coram Deo,
GraceMen
