Episodes

Is the money we earn really ours? Episode 36 opens Psalm 24:1 to show why God’s ownership changes how Christian men work, spend, save, provide, plan, enjoy, and give. Corey distinguishes stewardship from shame and prosperity formulas, then gives men an Open-Hand Review for one real financial decision this week. Chapters 00:00 Is My Money Really Mine? 03:34 Earning Without Self-Made Pride 05:44 What Money Reveals About Trust 07:43 Marriage and Family Stewardship 09:58 Plan, Enjoy, and Give...

Open Hands | Equipped in 5 We work hard for our money, make the payments, and carry the responsibility. But does earning it make it ours? In this week’s Equipped in 5, we look at Psalm 24:1 and what it means to live as stewards instead of owners. Our money, work, possessions, and opportunities ultimately belong to God. We’ve been trusted to manage them faithfully. This devotion challenges us to take an honest look at how we earn, spend, save, give, and make financial decisions, and ask one sim...

Why do dependable men keep carrying work pressure, family responsibility, ministry needs, and private battles alone? Episode 35 opens Nehemiah 4:6 to distinguish personal responsibility from self-sufficiency. Corey shows how trustworthy brotherhood, clear roles, concrete help, and wise boundaries equip Christian men to serve shoulder to shoulder without abandoning their own assignment. Chapters 00:00 Why Men Carry Everything Alone 01:31 Nehemiah 4:6: Biblical Teamwork 04:05 Responsibility v...

Share the Load Strength does not mean carrying everything alone. In this Equipped in 5 devotion, we look at Nehemiah 4:6 and what the rebuilding of the wall teaches us about responsibility, brotherhood, and humble dependence on others. Godly men carry their part, but they do not pretend they have to carry the whole wall. This week, we are challenged to identify one burden we have been carrying alone and invite a trustworthy brother to help us take the next faithful step.

What does Romans 12:10 mean when it tells Christians to outdo one another in showing honor? Episode 34 helps men distinguish biblical honor from flattery, comparison, silence, and unhealthy ‘honor culture.’ Corey gives practical examples for home, work, church, and brotherhood, plus one specific practice for strengthening a man this week. Chapters 00:00 Why Men Struggle to Encourage Each Other 01:26 Romans 12:10: What Biblical Honor Means 04:11 Why Comparison Makes Honor Feel Scarce 06:04 ...

In this week’s Equipped in 5, we look at Romans 12:10 and what it means to go first in honor. Biblical honor is not flattery or fake praise. It is learning to notice faithfulness, name it clearly, and encourage what God is doing in the people around us. This week’s challenge: Choose one man. Tell him one specific thing you see in his character, sacrifice, or faithfulness, and why it matters. Lead with strength. Serve with humility. Love like Christ. Visit equippedtoleadpodcast.com to buy the...

How can Christian men lead without controlling people or backing away from responsibility? Episode 33 walks through Jesus washing His disciples’ feet in John 13 and shows why authority and service belong together. Corey addresses domination, passivity, marriage, fatherhood, work, church, brotherhood, healthy boundaries, and one practical way to go first in service this week. Visit equippedtoleadpodcast.com to buy your copy of Built for Christ 30-Day Devotional Chapters 00:00 Servant Leadershi...

In this week’s Equipped in 5, we look at John 13:1-17 and what Jesus teaches us about servant leadership. Biblical leadership is not about recognition or control. It is about using our strength to serve others, carry responsibility, and take the lower place when love requires it. This week’s challenge: Ask, What burden can I carry before I am asked? Lead with strength. Serve with humility. Love like Christ. Visit equippedtoleadpodcast.com to buy the Built on Christ 30-Day Devotional

Can a Christian put God first and still keep Him out of most of his life? Episode 32 carefully examines the difference between treating God as the first item on a priority list and living with Christ at the center of every role, relationship, resource, and decision. Grounded in Colossians 1:16-18 and 3:17, Corey explains how Christ's supremacy reaches home, work, money, rest, and the hidden motives of the heart. The episode ends with a practical Center Check that turns the idea into one concrete...

Work Like It’s Worship Most of us spend a big part of life working, providing, solving problems, and carrying responsibility. But the real question isn’t only, “What do we do?” It’s, “Who are we doing it for?” In this week’s Equipped in 5, we look at Colossians 3:23 and what it means to work heartily as for the Lord. Our work matters to God, whether we’re leading a team, working with our hands, making sales calls, sitting behind a desk, serving at home, or doing a job nobody notices unless some...

When your marriage feels distant, taking the first step can feel awkward and risky. In part three of Loving Your Wife When You Feel Disconnected, Corey shows how James 1:19 and 1 Peter 3:7 call a husband to seek understanding, listen without defensiveness, own what is his, pray simply, and rebuild trust through steady faithfulness. This episode includes a practical 48-hour reconnect conversation and pastoral guidance for knowing when to seek help. Get your free 7 day Devotional at: www.equipped...

It’s possible for us to look faithful in public while being passive in private. We can work hard, serve at church, and help everybody else, then come home and give our family whatever patience, energy, and attention we have left. In this week’s Equipped in 5, we look at Joshua 24:15 and what it means to say, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Biblical leadership does not begin with a title, platform, or position. It begins with the people God has placed closest to us. Our homes ...

What do we do when we know we’re supposed to love our wife, but we don’t feel close to her? In Part 2 of our series, Loving Your Wife When You Feel Disconnected, we look at what covenant love requires when feelings are weak. Biblical love is not fake affection or pretending everything is fine. It is faithful obedience shaped by the cross and empowered by the Holy Spirit. Using Ephesians 5:25 as our foundation, we talk about the difference between emotional love and obedient love, why scorekeep...

Biblical strength isn’t pretending we’re never weak. It’s learning to bring our weakness honestly before Christ. In this Equipped in 5 Monday devotion, Corey walks through 2 Corinthians 12:9 and reminds us that God’s grace is sufficient, and His power is made perfect in weakness. A lot of men stay busy, stay quiet, isolate, or keep saying “I’m fine” while carrying burdens they were never meant to carry alone. But real strength starts when we stop hiding and depend on the Lord. This week’s chal...

Why do I feel disconnected from my wife? A lot of marriages do not fall apart in one dramatic moment. The distance usually builds slowly through busyness, unresolved anger, distraction, bitterness, exhaustion, silence, and neglect. In this episode of the Equipped to Lead Podcast, we begin a three-part series called Loving Your Wife When You Feel Disconnected. Part one is about naming the drift. Using Ephesians 5:25-33 as the foundation, we look at what happens when a husband stops moving towa...

Pressure is coming. Stress at work, tension at home, temptation, fear, or discouragement. The question is not if pressure will hit. The question is what we’re standing on when it does. This week on Equipped in 5, we’re talking about standing firm on Christ and His Word. One verse. Every morning. Before your phone. Get your free 7-day biblical manhood devotion at: www.equippedtoleadpodcast.com

In this episode of the Equipped to Lead Podcast, Corey Couture continues the conversation on an honest question many Christian men face: How do I rebuild trust after failure? Confession matters. Apology matters. Forgiveness matters. But trust is not rebuilt overnight, and it should never be demanded through pressure, guilt, or spiritual language. Trust is rebuilt over time through truth, humility, repentance, patient faithfulness, and the grace of Jesus Christ working deeply in a man. This epi...

New Weekly devotion: Equipped in 5 starts today. Five minutes. One Scripture. One challenge. This week’s devotion is Start the Week Watchful. Most men don’t wreck their lives all at once. We drift one small decision at a time. 1 Corinthians 16:13 says, “Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.” This week, identify one area where you’ve been spiritually careless. Pray over it, then take one real step of obedience. Let’s start the week watchful. Lead with strength. ...

In this episode of the Equipped to Lead Podcast, we begin a two-part conversation on the question: How do I rebuild trust after failure? Part One is called Bring It Into the Light. When a man fails, his first instinct is often to hide, soften the truth, explain it away, or try to control the damage. But Scripture gives us a better way. Real restoration does not begin with excuses, image repair, or a big speech about how much we mean it this time. It begins with truth before God. In this episo...

In this episode of the Equipped to Lead Podcast, we’re answering a question a lot of Christian men are carrying quietly: How do I balance work, family, and church? Work needs more from us. Our family needs us present. The church needs our faithfulness. And somewhere in the middle, many men are trying to walk with God without feeling stretched thin, guilty, and worn out. But Scripture gives us a better framework than just “balance.” In Ephesians 5:15–17, Paul tells us to look carefully how ...

Have you ever been tired in a way sleep does not fix? Not just worn out from a long day but worn down in your soul. Still showing up. Still working. Still providing. Still leading. Still serving. But inside, you feel empty. In this episode of the Equipped to Lead Podcast, we talk honestly about burnout, weariness, limits, rest, and learning to depend on God instead of trying to carry everything in our own strength. We look at what Scripture teaches through Moses, Elijah, David, the disciples,...

Episode 24: How Do I Honor Christ in a Difficult Workplace? Work can test our character. A difficult boss, negative coworkers, demanding customers, gossip, pressure, unfair treatment, and a toxic culture can bring out frustration, bitterness, and anger in us fast. But as Christian men, we are not called to honor Christ only when work is easy. We are called to work heartily as for the Lord, walk in integrity, respond with self-control, refuse gossip and complaint, and let our conduct point other...

How do we keep work from becoming an idol? Work is a good gift from God, but it was never meant to take God’s place. In this episode, we talk about how men can work hard, provide well, and pursue excellence without finding their identity, security, or worth in their work. We’ll look at what Scripture says about ambition, success, rest, family, and seeking first the kingdom of God. Work hard. Provide well. Lead strong. But don’t bow down. Be strong. Lead well. We would love to hear from you o...

Is my work meaningful to God? In this episode, Corey answers that question from Colossians 3:23–24 and shows how ordinary work can become worship when it is done for the Lord. Work is not just a paycheck or a title — it is a place where our faith is tested, our character is shaped, and Christ is honored. Men, Monday matters. The hidden things matter. Because it is the Lord Christ whom we serve. We would love to hear from you on how this episode has helped or challenged you. You can email us at...