Coffee and the Cross: Love, Life & Money
Coffee and the Cross is a podcast for everyday Christian men who are trying to live out their faith in the real world—marriage, work, money, leadership, and the quiet pressures no one talks about.
This isn’t a show for pastors, theologians, or men who have it all figured out. It’s a down-to-earth, Jesus-centered conversation for blue-collar, salt-of-the-earth men who love God but 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, you’re in the right place.
Coffee and the Cross exists to help men bring the gospel into real 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: Love, Life & Money
Praying for your Wife | Day 7 - Marriage & Future - Revisited
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In the final episode of the Praying for Your Wife series, Steve wraps it all up with laughter, real talk, and powerful prayer for your marriage and the road ahead.
Learn how to pray for your future together, protect your covenant, and build a lasting legacy of faith—even when life gets messy.
Key Scriptures:
Hebrews 10:23 · Jeremiah 29:11 · Proverbs 5:18 · Psalm 78:6-7 · Proverbs 17:22 · 1 Corinthians 16:14
What You’ll Learn:
- How to pray for your marriage’s future and purpose
- The difference between covenant and contract love
- How laughter, prayer, and humility keep unity alive
- Why your marriage is the gospel your kids read first
- How to stand back up when you fall
Quotable Lines:
“A good marriage is built on forgiveness, caffeine, and faith.”
“You can’t build the future if you’re living like spiritual roommates.”
“Marriage is a covenant, not a contract.”
“When you fall—and you will—your knees are a good place to stop on the way back up.”
Prayer Focus:
“Lord, bless our marriage and future. Teach us to forgive quickly, love deeply, and keep our hearts anchored in You.”
Takeaway & Challenge:
Keep the rhythm of daily prayer alive.
When you fall, pray together before you get up—because every comeback starts on your knees.
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
