Category: Warrior Training

Warrior Table Talk Crafted by … Kervin Raugust No Self-Condemnation “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways confess your dependence on Him and He will direct your steps.” Proverbs 3:5-6 Peak performers understand the power of positive self-talk as a motivating force. To be so is not easy for there is always a voice, sometimes whispering and sometimes shouting a negative word along the way. How one responds to the negative voice determines the height of achievement. Self-condemnation is an accusing voice and leads to a life of…

A devotional by Kervin Raugust Feeling Hunted … Psalm 18 It was a good day when David was anointed to be the second King of Israel but it was not long before bad days of adversity followed. Saul’s early failure as King quickly became jealousy after David killed Goliath in hand to hand combat. David soon became a hunted man. For at least 15 years King Saul sought to kill his loyal servant and much celebrated warrior. Life for David was not easy as he endured and dodged King Saul’s attacks. These were terrible times causing David to declare, “the…

A devotional by Kervin Raugust “Count it pure joy when you face trials of all kinds because you as a warrior KNOW the testing of your faithdevelops perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you will become mature, complete, not lackinganything.” James 1:2-4 Between stimulus and response, there is a space.In that space lies our freedom andpower to choose our response.In those choices lie our growth and our happiness. Dr. Viktor FranklHolocaust survivor Think about it, today between the time something is happening to you, and your response there will be a moment in which you have the power…

A devotional by Kervin Raugust “Do not throw away your confidence, it will be richly rewarded.” Hebrews 10:35 On a scale of 1 to 10 with ten being high, “How high is your confidence in God?”. This is an important question when warriors think of their current life challenges and of those that will come. Warriors whose confidence in God is high live a rewarding life. God’s guarantee! The word confidence has several meanings in the Scripture, one meaning is “exhibiting a demeanor of assurance”. This leads to wondering how such a way of being is formed? First, be encouraged…

Francis Chan, founder of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California, had a vision for this church that consisted of three goals. For the people to sing directly to God with reverence and emotion. For the people to really hear the Word of God, to dig deep into Scripture…even go to those verses that contradict our logic and desires.Finally, for the people to live holy lives. Cornerstone Church began in 1994 with 30 people and by the time Frances left in April of 2010, it had grown to over 6,000.  Why would anyone leave a mega church such as this?  To pastor…