by Mark Blankespoor | Mar 10, 2026 | VITAL Men Devotions
The tension Jesus experienced in the Garden of Gethsemane is UNBELIEVABLE to me. The Gethsemane passages (Matthew 26; Mark 14; Luke 22) have been surreal to me these past couple weeks because of several sermons I have heard recently and I’m also remembering the...
by Mark Blankespoor | Mar 3, 2026 | VITAL Men Devotions
Our Pella Vital Men group just wrapped up Season 2 of The Chosen. We noticed these past couple weeks the increasing intensity that was building with Episodes 7 and 8 of Season 2. We’re already looking forward to Episode 1 of Season 3 where Jesus shares His...
by Mark Blankespoor | Feb 24, 2026 | VITAL Men Devotions
Luke 11:1 NIV One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” This scene of Jesus sharing the Lord’s Prayer was shown in Episode 7 of...
by Mark Blankespoor | Feb 17, 2026 | VITAL Men Devotions
What I am sharing today is a message of Justin Camp. I read this and believed it was worthwhile for us as men. Matthew 16:26 NIV What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? “Life’s not all about success.” Those...
by Mark Blankespoor | Feb 10, 2026 | VITAL Men Devotions
Matthew 12:34b NIV For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. What is overflowing from our hearts? Love? Tenderness? Compassion? Or is it more often frustration? Anger? Criticism? Or perhaps jealousy? Jesus was talking to the Pharisees when he spoke this...
