Coffee and the Cross: Faith, Family & Fitness
Coffee and the Cross is a podcast for everyday Christian men who are trying to live out their faith in everyday life, lead their family well, and be fit in marriage, at work, with their money, in their leadership, spiritual fitness, and mentally fit.
This isn’t a show for men who have it all figured out. It’s a down-to-earth, Jesus-centered conversations for salt-of-the-earth men who love God but and yet still wrestle with fear, exhaustion, responsibility, and doubt.
Each episode feels like sitting down over coffee and talking honestly about:
- faith when you’re tired but still showing up
- money anxiety and the pressure to provide
- marriage in the middle miles
- leadership without control
- prayer when you don’t feel spiritual
- trusting Jesus in everyday life
If you’re looking for real talk, biblical truth without hype, and faith that actually works Monday through Saturday not just on Sunday.. you’re in the right place.
Coffee and the Cross exists to help men bring the gospel into everyday life—without shame, without pretending, and without shallow answers.
Pull up a chair. Grab a cup of coffee. Let’s walk this out together.
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Coffee and the Cross: Faith, Family & Fitness
Praying for your Wife | Day 1: Your Heart and Leadership... Revisited
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In Day 1 – Praying to Be the Husband She Needs, Steve launches the 7-day journey by looking in the mirror. Before praying for your wife’s heart, God calls you to let Him shape yours. Through Scripture, humor, and raw honesty, Steve unpacks what it means to love like Christ, to see your wife as a divine gift — not a problem to solve — and to lead with humility and strength.
🔑 Key Scriptures
- Ephesians 5:25 – “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”
- Genesis 2:18 – “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make a helper suitable for him.”
- Psalm 139:23–24 – “Search me, O God, and know my heart…”
💥 What You’ll Learn
- Why prayer for your wife starts with surrender, not control
- The true Hebrew meaning of help mate (ezer) — a strong ally, not a subordinate
- How gratitude changes the way you see your spouse
- Simple daily habits that strengthen leadership, love, and prayer
💬 Quotable Lines
“Before you pray for God to change her, ask Him to change you.”
“Your wife isn’t your problem; she’s your gift.”
“Marriage doesn’t need perfection — it needs presence.”
🙏 Prayer Focus
“Lord, make me the husband she needs. Teach me to love her like You love me — sacrificially, patiently, and faithfully.”
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Steve is married to his High School sweetheart Becky and they have four amazing kids and 4 equally amazing grand-kids.
Steve's prayer is to encourage men in their everyday lives, give them hope and direction to be Godly men, better husbands and better fathers.
I remember hearing the devotional every morning on the radio before school. But… If we heard Robert Cook saying, "Walk with the king today and be a blessing." we knew it was time to run, not walk out the door to catch the bus
