When Wrong Looks Right

What do you do when you’re doing everything right and nothing seems to change? Faithfulness is still worth it, even when the reward hasn’t come yet. Daniel Burgos turns to Proverbs 14:14 and its promise that the faithless will be repaid and the good rewarded. The trouble is timing. It’s easy to do right when you see results or get recognized. It’s harder when you’re working hard, and nobody notices, staying faithful in a marriage that’s still difficult, watching someone else take the credit at work, or living for God without seeing anything come of it.Jesus spent His life serving, healing, teaching, forgiving, and doing the Father’s will, and in return He got rejection, betrayal, false accusations, and a cross. From the outside, His obedience could have looked like it led nowhere. But He kept going and trusted the Father, and three days later the resurrection proved the story wasn’t over. When you’re tempted to ask “What’s the point?”, remember that God sees what people don’t: the conversation nobody heard, the temptation you walked away from, the time you chose forgiveness over revenge, the day you showed up when you didn’t feel like it. This isn’t about earning applause. It’s about becoming the man God called you to be. As Paul writes in Galatians 6:9, the harvest comes at the proper time if we don’t give up. That means God’s timing, not ours. So keep serving, keep loving, keep forgiving, keep praying, keep following Jesus. Don’t let a delayed reward talk you out of doing what’s right.Verse of the Day“The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.”‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭14‬:‭14‬ ‭https://www.bible.com/bible/59/pro.14.ESVYour Daily Man-Up Challenge: Identify one area where you’ve been tempted to give up because you haven’t seen the results you hoped for. Ask God for strength to stay faithful, and take one step of faithfulness in that area today.Tap HERE to send us a text!Support the showNEW TO THE MEN’S MORNING DEVOTIONAL? Welcome!The Men's Morning Devotional is a podcast to help you man up in every way - in your faith, your family and your work - by spending a few minutes getting into the Word before you face the world. Every weekday, you'll get a challenge and encouragement from Scripture that speaks to the pressures you carry as a husband, a father, and a leader. You’ll get truth you can take straight into your day. And you’ll know you’re not standing alone, because men everywhere are waking up to fight the same battle.Your hosts are Steve Alessi, pastor of Metro Life Church of Miami, FL, along with his son, Chris Alessi, and his sons-in-law Christopher Muina, Christian Calatayud, and Dani Burgos. Join us every weekday to man up! MORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOYFind more podcasts about faith and family from Metro Life Studios, including:My Morning DevotionalThe Family Business with The AlessisThe Mary and Martha Show You can listen to all of these shows on our Metro Life Studios app here! Get The Metro Life Studios app 

Feeling sure about a path doesn’t mean God is leading you down it. What if the road that looks right is taking you somewhere you never meant to go?Proverbs 14:12 warns that some paths seem right, make sense, and feel good, yet end in death. For men who trust their own judgment and like to think they know what they’re doing, the verse lands hard. Confidence and correctness are not the same thing.Jesus didn’t live by what felt right in the moment. He lived by the Father’s will. The night before the cross, He knew the pain, rejection, and suffering ahead, and if anyone had reason to take the easier road, it was Him. Yet in Gethsemane He prayed, “Not my will, but yours be done.” He trusted the Father more than His feelings. You’ll face decisions where what feels right and what God is asking aren’t the same: walking away from something, forgiving someone, waiting instead of forcing it, having a hard conversation, owning a mistake, or making a change you’ve been putting off. The question isn’t “What do I want to do?” but “What does God want me to do?” That’s why we need His Word, prayer, and wise men who will tell us the truth. An open door isn’t automatically God’s direction. So don’t just ask Him to bless the path you’re already on. Ask Him whether you’re on the right path at all.Verse of the Day: Proverbs 14:12'There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. 'https://www.bible.com/bible/59/PRO.14.12.ESVYour Daily Man-Up Challenge: Name one decision or area of your life where you’re unsure of your direction. Before you make your next move, stop and ask God to show you the way.Tap HERE to send us a text!Support the showNEW TO THE MEN’S MORNING DEVOTIONAL? Welcome!The Men's Morning Devotional is a podcast to help you man up in every way - in your faith, your family and your work - by spending a few minutes getting into the Word before you face the world. Every weekday, you'll get a challenge and encouragement from Scripture that speaks to the pressures you carry as a husband, a father, and a leader. You’ll get truth you can take straight into your day. And you’ll know you’re not standing alone, because men everywhere are waking up to fight the same battle.Your hosts are Steve Alessi, pastor of Metro Life Church of Miami, FL, along with his son, Chris Alessi, and his sons-in-law Christopher Muina, Christian Calatayud, and Dani Burgos. Join us every weekday to man up! MORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOYFind more podcasts about faith and family from Metro Life Studios, including:My Morning DevotionalThe Family Business with The AlessisThe Mary and Martha Show You can listen to all of these shows on our Metro Life Studios app here! Get The Metro Life Studios app 

Your closest friends are influencing your future more than you realize. Are they leading you toward God, or away from Him?Danny Burgos kicks off a new week in Proverbs 14 with a simple warning from Solomon: stay away from a fool. It’s a verse that’s easy to skim past, but it carries real weight. The people we spend time with, listen to, and let speak into our lives shape how we think, what we decide, and where we end up. And sometimes the people with the most access to us are there simply because we’ve known them the longest.Jesus loved everyone. He ate with sinners, welcomed tax collectors, and moved toward the broken and the rejected. But He was intentional about His inner circle: the Twelve, and within them, Peter, James, and John. In Matthew 12:49–50, He pointed to His disciples and called those who do the Father’s will His brother, sister, and mother. The test for your inner circle isn’t whether someone is perfect, goes to church, or calls himself a Christian. It’s whether he’s actually trying to follow God. You can love someone without letting him influence you. You can care about someone without taking his advice. History alone doesn’t earn someone a seat close to you. Wisdom asks: who is making me a better man, and who is pulling me away from the man God is calling me to be?Verse of the Day: Proverbs 14:7 https://www.bible.com/bible/111/PRO.14.7.NIVYour Daily Man-Up Challenge: Take an honest look at your inner circle and ask whether those closest to you are intentionally trying to do the Father’s will. Then pick one person who strengthens your walk with God and set aside time to connect with him this week.Tap HERE to send us a text!Support the showNEW TO THE MEN’S MORNING DEVOTIONAL? Welcome!The Men's Morning Devotional is a podcast to help you man up in every way - in your faith, your family and your work - by spending a few minutes getting into the Word before you face the world. Every weekday, you'll get a challenge and encouragement from Scripture that speaks to the pressures you carry as a husband, a father, and a leader. You’ll get truth you can take straight into your day. And you’ll know you’re not standing alone, because men everywhere are waking up to fight the same battle.Your hosts are Steve Alessi, pastor of Metro Life Church of Miami, FL, along with his son, Chris Alessi, and his sons-in-law Christopher Muina, Christian Calatayud, and Dani Burgos. Join us every weekday to man up! MORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOYFind more podcasts about faith and family from Metro Life Studios, including:My Morning DevotionalThe Family Business with The AlessisThe Mary and Martha Show You can listen to all of these shows on our Metro Life Studios app here! Get The Metro Life Studios app 

It’s easy to love your kids when they’re behaving, but what does love look like when they need correction? Real discipline is an act of love, not a release of anger. Chris Muiña concludes his study of Proverbs 13 week with a topic every dad has an opinion on: disciplining their children. Proverbs 13:24 says the father who spares the rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is careful to discipline him. Speaking as a father of three, Chris explains that refusing to correct a child isn’t kindness. It withholds the boundaries, wisdom, and direction that a child needs. But he also draws a hard line between discipline born of love and punishment born of frustration.Discipline says, “I love you too much to let you keep going down this path.” Anger says, “You made me mad, so you’re going to pay for it.” Every father has to learn the difference. The goal is never to make our kids afraid of us. It’s to help them become who God created them to be. They need a dad who will say no, set boundaries and enforce consequences, and then hug them, explain why, forgive them, and remind them they’re loved. Our children are learning whether authority means fear or security, and we can’t expect self-control from them if we don’t model it ourselves. Before we correct our kids, we need to let God correct us. And if you’ve disciplined out of anger before, you haven’t ruined your child’s future. Go to them, own it, and show them that Dad is strong enough to lead and humble enough to apologize.Verse of the Day: Proverbs 13:24 Your Daily Man-Up ChallengeLook for one opportunity today to lead your child intentionally. When correction is needed, pause first and ask yourself, “Am I correcting my child because I love them or because I’m angry?” Then correct with calmness, consistency, and clarity. Explain what was wrong, set the consequence, and finish with “I love you too much not to correct you.” If you lose your temper, man up and apologize.Tap HERE to send us a text!Support the showNEW TO THE MEN’S MORNING DEVOTIONAL? Welcome!The Men's Morning Devotional is a podcast to help you man up in every way - in your faith, your family and your work - by spending a few minutes getting into the Word before you face the world. Every weekday, you'll get a challenge and encouragement from Scripture that speaks to the pressures you carry as a husband, a father, and a leader. You’ll get truth you can take straight into your day. And you’ll know you’re not standing alone, because men everywhere are waking up to fight the same battle.Your hosts are Steve Alessi, pastor of Metro Life Church of Miami, FL, along with his son, Chris Alessi, and his sons-in-law Christopher Muina, Christian Calatayud, and Dani Burgos. Join us every weekday to man up! MORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOYFind more podcasts about faith and family from Metro Life Studios, including:My Morning DevotionalThe Family Business with The AlessisThe Mary and Martha Show You can listen to all of these shows on our Metro Life Studios app here! Get The Metro Life Studios app 

If your kids inherited only your character, what would they actually be getting? The greatest inheritance you can leave isn’t what you put in your children’s hands, it’s what you put in their hearts. Proverbs 13:22 says a good man leaves an inheritance for his children’s children. Most of us hear “inheritance” and think of money, property, or investments. Building wealth and providing for your family matter, but Chris argues that inheritance runs deeper than a bank account. Whether you realize it or not, your children are already receiving one from you. They see your faith, your work ethic, how you treat your wife, how you handle money, and how you respond when life gets hard. You don’t need to be in a certain tax bracket to leave a legacy. The only question is what kind.A man can leave his children a million dollars and no wisdom to manage it. He can leave them property but no relationship with God, possessions but no example of integrity. When your kids learn from you to work hard, honor God, keep their word, give generously, save wisely and never quit, that inheritance shapes generations. The verse looks past your children to their children. It pictures a man asking what he can build today that will bless people he may never meet. That’s legacy. So build, save, give, teach, lead, and pray. Most of all, build your life on Jesus, because the greatest legacy isn’t that your family remembers your name. It’s that they remember the God you served.Verse of the Day: Proverbs 13:22Your Daily Man-Up ChallengeAsk yourself one question: “What am I building today that will still matter 30 years from now?” Then take one practical step toward your family’s future. You could put money into savings, pay down debt, teach your child something you’ve learned, pray with your kids at bedtime or the dinner table, or recommit to consistency in your walk with God. Do one thing today your future family will thank you for. Don’t just leave them possessions. Leave them a foundation.Tap HERE to send us a text!Support the showNEW TO THE MEN’S MORNING DEVOTIONAL? Welcome!The Men's Morning Devotional is a podcast to help you man up in every way - in your faith, your family and your work - by spending a few minutes getting into the Word before you face the world. Every weekday, you'll get a challenge and encouragement from Scripture that speaks to the pressures you carry as a husband, a father, and a leader. You’ll get truth you can take straight into your day. And you’ll know you’re not standing alone, because men everywhere are waking up to fight the same battle.Your hosts are Steve Alessi, pastor of Metro Life Church of Miami, FL, along with his son, Chris Alessi, and his sons-in-law Christopher Muina, Christian Calatayud, and Dani Burgos. Join us every weekday to man up! MORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOYFind more podcasts about faith and family from Metro Life Studios, including:My Morning DevotionalThe Family Business with The AlessisThe Mary and Martha Show You can listen to all of these shows on our Metro Life Studios app here! Get The Metro Life Studios app 

What do you do when you’ve prayed, worked and waited, and nothing seems to change? God is still at work while you wait, so don’t let delayed hope turn into defeated hope. Proverbs 13:12 says hope deferred makes the heart sick. It might be the promotion that never comes, the business that won’t take off, the marriage that isn’t changing, or the prayer that seems to go unanswered. Disappointment rarely knocks a man down all at once. It drains him slowly, from excitement to impatience to discouragement to cynicism, until he’s still showing up, but his heart has checked out.Waiting doesn’t mean God is absent. Like a seed in the ground, much of what God does happens below the surface where we can’t see it. We want the harvest while He’s growing the roots, and we want the breakthrough while He’s building our character. Sometimes we simply aren’t ready yet, and sometimes His answer looks different than we expected, but He is faithful even when our timeline isn’t. And while you wait, don’t go blind to what He’s already given you. Someone else is praying for the job, the family, or the children you already have. Don’t miss today’s blessings because you’re fixated on tomorrow’s promise. A man of God doesn’t quit because the answer hasn’t arrived. He trusts the One who holds it and stewards what’s already in his hand.Verse of the Day: Proverbs 13:12 Your Daily Man-Up ChallengeWrite down one thing you’ve been waiting for that’s been discouraging you, and underneath it write: “God, I trust you with the timing.” Spend five minutes thanking God for three things He has already given you. Then take one faithful step toward what you’re waiting for, whether that’s planning the date, making the budget, sending the application, or continuing to pray and show up for your family. You can’t control the timeline, but you can control your faithfulness.Tap HERE to send us a text!Support the showNEW TO THE MEN’S MORNING DEVOTIONAL? Welcome!The Men's Morning Devotional is a podcast to help you man up in every way - in your faith, your family and your work - by spending a few minutes getting into the Word before you face the world. Every weekday, you'll get a challenge and encouragement from Scripture that speaks to the pressures you carry as a husband, a father, and a leader. You’ll get truth you can take straight into your day. And you’ll know you’re not standing alone, because men everywhere are waking up to fight the same battle.Your hosts are Steve Alessi, pastor of Metro Life Church of Miami, FL, along with his son, Chris Alessi, and his sons-in-law Christopher Muina, Christian Calatayud, and Dani Burgos. Join us every weekday to man up! MORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOYFind more podcasts about faith and family from Metro Life Studios, including:My Morning DevotionalThe Family Business with The AlessisThe Mary and Martha Show You can listen to all of these shows on our Metro Life Studios app here! Get The Metro Life Studios app 

When the argument won’t go away, have you thought about whether the problem might be you? Your pride keeps conflicts alive, but humility ends them. Proverbs 13:10 says that where there is strife, there is pride. Our first instinct in any conflict, with our wife, our kids, a coworker, or a friend, is to decide the other person is the unreasonable one. Solomon won’t let us stop there. Chris explains how pride turns small disagreements into deep divisions, and why three simple words, “Maybe I’m wrong,” can be both the hardest and the most powerful thing a man says.Scripture doesn’t say wisdom belongs to the man who gives advice. It says wisdom is found in the man willing to receive it. A strong man doesn’t think he knows everything; he knows he doesn’t. His wife, his pastor, and the brothers who’ve walked the road before him can all see things he can’t. If nobody in your life has permission to correct you, you’ll end up surrounded by people who only tell you what you want to hear. Pride wants to win the argument, while wisdom wants to find the truth. Pride asks, “How do I prove I’m right?” Wisdom asks, “What can I learn from this?” Sometimes the person God most wants to change isn’t the one you’re in conflict with. It’s you.Verse of the Day: Proverbs 13:10 Your Daily Man-Up ChallengeIdentify one person you trust to tell you the truth and ask them: “Is there anything you see in my life that I need to work on?” Then don’t defend, explain or argue. Just listen, say “Thank you, I’ll pray about that,” and take it to God. If something needs to change, change it. And if pride has kept you from making the first move in a conflict, make the call, send the text, and take responsibility for your part.Tap HERE to send us a text!Support the showNEW TO THE MEN’S MORNING DEVOTIONAL? Welcome!The Men's Morning Devotional is a podcast to help you man up in every way - in your faith, your family and your work - by spending a few minutes getting into the Word before you face the world. Every weekday, you'll get a challenge and encouragement from Scripture that speaks to the pressures you carry as a husband, a father, and a leader. You’ll get truth you can take straight into your day. And you’ll know you’re not standing alone, because men everywhere are waking up to fight the same battle.Your hosts are Steve Alessi, pastor of Metro Life Church of Miami, FL, along with his son, Chris Alessi, and his sons-in-law Christopher Muina, Christian Calatayud, and Dani Burgos. Join us every weekday to man up! MORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOYFind more podcasts about faith and family from Metro Life Studios, including:My Morning DevotionalThe Family Business with The AlessisThe Mary and Martha Show You can listen to all of these shows on our Metro Life Studios app here! Get The Metro Life Studios app 

You can keep your cool at work all day, so why does it fall apart the minute you walk through your own front door? Your words can build the people you love or tear them down, so guard them before you need to apologize for them. Chris Muiña opens the Proverbs 13 week with a hard look at the hardest thing for a man to control. It’s not his schedule, his money, or even his temper. It’s his mouth. Proverbs 13:3 puts it plainly: guard your lips and you protect your life, but speak rashly and you invite ruin. Chris explains why rash words are what come out before wisdom has caught up with emotion, and why “I’m sorry” doesn’t always undo the damage they leave behind in a marriage, with a child, or between friends.To guard something means you recognize it’s valuable. Your words are worth guarding because of who is on the other side of them. Self-control over your tongue isn’t weakness. Anybody can yell, insult, or fire back. It takes strength to stop, listen, walk away, and come back calm, and say, “I was wrong.” A godly man still speaks the truth and still has hard conversations, but he doesn’t have to win every argument or get the last word. James 1:19 gives the order: quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. Sometimes the strongest man in the room is the one who knows when to close his mouth and open his ears.Verse of the Day: Proverbs 13:3Your Daily Man-Up ChallengeBefore you respond today, especially when you’re angry, frustrated, or offended, pause and ask three questions: Is it true? Is it necessary? Will it build up or tear down? Then go one full day without a negative or insulting word about anyone. That means no complaining about your wife, no criticizing coworkers, no gossip, no needless sarcasm. When you feel the heat rising, stop, breathe, and pray. If something slips out anyway, own it and apologize without blaming anyone else.Tap HERE to send us a text!Support the showNEW TO THE MEN’S MORNING DEVOTIONAL? Welcome!The Men's Morning Devotional is a podcast to help you man up in every way - in your faith, your family and your work - by spending a few minutes getting into the Word before you face the world. Every weekday, you'll get a challenge and encouragement from Scripture that speaks to the pressures you carry as a husband, a father, and a leader. You’ll get truth you can take straight into your day. And you’ll know you’re not standing alone, because men everywhere are waking up to fight the same battle.Your hosts are Steve Alessi, pastor of Metro Life Church of Miami, FL, along with his son, Chris Alessi, and his sons-in-law Christopher Muina, Christian Calatayud, and Dani Burgos. Join us every weekday to man up! MORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOYFind more podcasts about faith and family from Metro Life Studios, including:My Morning DevotionalThe Family Business with The AlessisThe Mary and Martha Show You can listen to all of these shows on our Metro Life Studios app here! Get The Metro Life Studios app 

Who in your life needs your words right now? One genuine word from another man can lift what anxiety has been pressing down.Chris closes out our week in Proverbs 12 with a verse every man understands from the inside. Solomon describes anxiety as a weight, and the Hebrew carries the idea of being pressed low or bent under something heavy. Most men know what it’s like to feel like a shrunken version of themselves while acting as if everything is fine. Chris names the “I’m fine” lie. The funniest guy in the group may be the one lying awake at 2 a.m., and the guy killing it at work may be avoiding going home. But Solomon says the cure doesn’t have to be a counseling session or a solution to every problem. It can be a good word.Somewhere in your world right now, a man is weighed down and waiting for a word you haven’t said to him yet. Solomon is telling you that you have more power over another man’s inner life than you think, and most of us are badly underusing it. One intentional, well-placed, sincere word can begin to lift what’s been pressing a man down. This is where the whole week comes together: a rooted man, working his land, sowing healing words, and planning peace becomes a man who can lift others. Chris then practices what he preaches and speaks a good word over every man listening. Your hidden root work is seen by heaven. You are not behind, not too late, and not too far gone. You are a man God is building.Verse of the Day: Proverbs 12:25 (ESV)Your Daily Man-Up ChallengeAsk God to show you one man in your life who is quietly carrying more than he’s letting on. It could be your dad, your best friend, your son, or a coworker. Speak a true, intentional, life-giving word to him today. Then share this episode with another man who needs to hear it.Tap HERE to send us a text!Support the showNEW TO THE MEN’S MORNING DEVOTIONAL? Welcome!The Men's Morning Devotional is a podcast to help you man up in every way - in your faith, your family and your work - by spending a few minutes getting into the Word before you face the world. Every weekday, you'll get a challenge and encouragement from Scripture that speaks to the pressures you carry as a husband, a father, and a leader. You’ll get truth you can take straight into your day. And you’ll know you’re not standing alone, because men everywhere are waking up to fight the same battle.Your hosts are Steve Alessi, pastor of Metro Life Church of Miami, FL, along with his son, Chris Alessi, and his sons-in-law Christopher Muina, Christian Calatayud, and Dani Burgos. Join us every weekday to man up! MORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOYFind more podcasts about faith and family from Metro Life Studios, including:My Morning DevotionalThe Family Business with The AlessisThe Mary and Martha Show You can listen to all of these shows on our Metro Life Studios app here! Get The Metro Life Studios app 

Are you a man of peace or conflict?Today’s verse looks at the theme of integrity from a new angle: the difference between a man whose heart is whole and a man whose heart is divided. Our culture loves conflict and admires the man who confronts. Sometimes confronting what’s wrong is the most righteous thing a man can do. But Chris argues that we enjoy it a little too much, and that Scripture keeps calling men to bring peace. In Proverbs 12:20, Solomon sets the deceitful heart that devises evil against the man who plans peace, and he promises that man something better than applause.The man who promotes peace isn’t soft. He’s the strongest man in the room. Planning peace isn’t avoiding conflict or keeping your head down. It’s active. This man walks into a room asking how he can build a bridge, fix what’s broken, and bring people together. Sometimes that means a hard conversation. Either way, the goal is never “look what I did,” but “look at the peace we brought here.” Solomon says this man has joy, the deep satisfaction of living in line with who he really is. But you can’t plan peace if you don’t have it yourself. A man who performs in every room, whose inside doesn’t match his outside, has nothing to give. The man of peace doesn’t need to manipulate or strong-arm anyone. He is simply himself, and that is the fruit of a deeply rooted man.Verse of the Day: Proverbs 12:20 (ESV)Your Daily Man-Up ChallengeAsk yourself one hard question today: where in my life do I need to plan for peace? Identify one room, relationship, or situation that needs it. Before you walk in, decide how you’ll use your words to bring healing instead of adding to the tension.Tap HERE to send us a text!Support the showNEW TO THE MEN’S MORNING DEVOTIONAL? Welcome!The Men's Morning Devotional is a podcast to help you man up in every way - in your faith, your family and your work - by spending a few minutes getting into the Word before you face the world. Every weekday, you'll get a challenge and encouragement from Scripture that speaks to the pressures you carry as a husband, a father, and a leader. You’ll get truth you can take straight into your day. And you’ll know you’re not standing alone, because men everywhere are waking up to fight the same battle.Your hosts are Steve Alessi, pastor of Metro Life Church of Miami, FL, along with his son, Chris Alessi, and his sons-in-law Christopher Muina, Christian Calatayud, and Dani Burgos. Join us every weekday to man up! MORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOYFind more podcasts about faith and family from Metro Life Studios, including:My Morning DevotionalThe Family Business with The AlessisThe Mary and Martha Show You can listen to all of these shows on our Metro Life Studios app here! Get The Metro Life Studios app