Do you find yourself in a season of waiting, wondering when your prayers will be answered?

In today's episode, Gabby invites us to reflect on the beauty of "Faithful Waiting." Together, we’ll explore how our faith can grow during times of delay, what it means to hope in the Lord as we wait, and how God uses these moments to prepare us for the blessings ahead. Let’s uncover the strength found in steadfast hope and the reassurance that a delay is never a denial from God.

Come join our community as we unite in prayer and devotion, trusting that God is at work in us while we wait for what’s next.

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Our podcast family is growing - introducing Men's Morning Devotional! 

Our dad, Steve Alessi, and all of our husbands are now hosting their own 5 minute devotionals every weekday - for men who want to become better husbands, fathers, and leaders! 

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Welcome! We're four sisters - Stephanie, Lauren, Gaby, and Richelle - and our family works together at Metro Life Church in Miami, FL. We're so blessed to produce this daily devotional podcast for you and continue the great work done by the show's founder, Alison Delamota.

We pray these devotions will help you to grow in your faith, and that you'll join us every weekday for a morning prayer and some time in God's Word!

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You've heard the sermons. You've read the verses. You can probably quote scripture on demand. So why doesn't your life always look like the truth you already know?

In this Man Up Moment, host Chris Muiña gets underneath one of the quiet traps that catches faithful men: the gap between knowing God's Word and living it. Drawing from Proverbs 3, he uncovers why God was never after a head full of Bible facts — He's after a heart that's been reshaped. And here's the uncomfortable part: the longer you've walked with God, the easier it becomes to lean on your own understanding instead of His.

Because real strength isn't found in knowing more — it's found in obeying what you already know. Every small decision to choose integrity over shortcuts, patience over anger, prayer over panic, and forgiveness over bitterness is you storing God's Word in your heart, where it slowly shapes the man you're becoming. Your family doesn't need a perfect man. They need one whose heart is anchored in God's truth — because when your heart is right, your life follows.

Verse of the Day: Proverbs 3:1–2

Your Daily Man-Up Challenge

Before your day ends, ask yourself one honest question: Is there one area of my life where I know what God says, but I haven't been living it? Don't overcomplicate it — pick one. Your attitude, your language, your marriage, your parenting, your work ethic, your integrity, or your time with God. Then take one concrete step of obedience, and ask God to move His Word from your head into your heart.

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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 sons and other leaders of our Goodfellas men's ministry.

Join us every weekday to man up! 

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My Morning Devotional

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The Mary and Martha Show 

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Do you ever find your feelings clashing with what you believe God has called you to do?

In today’s episode, we unpack the courage it takes to follow God’s direction even when our emotions are pulling us in another direction. Together, we’ll learn from the story of Joshua and the Israelites. How stepping into new seasons can feel daunting, but how God’s presence and command are greater than our doubts or discomforts. We’ll explore practical ways to choose strength and trust, no matter how uncertain the journey ahead may be.

Let’s come together as a community to pray for boldness and trust, committing our worries to God and leaning on His promises through every season of change.

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Our podcast family is growing - introducing Men's Morning Devotional! 

Our dad, Steve Alessi, and all of our husbands are now hosting their own 5 minute devotionals every weekday - for men who want to become better husbands, fathers, and leaders! 

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We pray our personal reflections and devotions will empower you to grow your faith in God, and that you'll join us every morning in prayer!

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The principled man isn't defined by what he says no to. He's defined by what he gets to keep.

Chris closes out his series on Proverbs chapter 2 with a promise instead of a warning: "For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it." After a whole week building the portrait of the principled man, Solomon lands the chapter on a single powerful word — remain. The principled man doesn't just avoid the wrong road; he inherits the right one.

Remain means to endure, to be left standing after everything else has been stripped away. It's the man whose marriage is still standing at the end of his life, still present with his grown kids, still trusted at work, still rooted in his faith when others have fallen off. And blameless doesn't mean perfect: it's the word used of Job, meaning whole, complete, undivided. His private life matched his public life. Here's the great irony: The shortcut man was chasing a full, flourishing life the whole time and never got it. The man who takes the long road ends up with the very thing the other man was after.

Verse of the Day: Proverbs 2:21

Your Daily Man-Up Challenge

Write down your answer to this question: What does it look like for me to remain — in my marriage, my family, my faith, and my integrity? Five years from now, if I stay on the road I'm building today, what does it mean to remain? Let that picture pull you forward.

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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 sons and other leaders of our Goodfellas men's ministry.

Join us every weekday to man up! 

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My Morning Devotional

The Family Business with The Alessis

The Mary and Martha Show 

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When was the last time you let yourself laugh, truly, deeply, despite the heaviness of life?

On today’s special 1,600th episode, Lauren Burgos invites us to step into a season of joy as we explore "A Time to Laugh." Reflecting on Psalm 126, we’ll learn together what it looks like to reclaim dreams and find laughter, even in the midst of life’s hardest moments. Through honest stories and gentle encouragement, our community will uncover how joy can be an act of faith and how laughter helps us release fear and move forward with hope.

Let’s come together in prayer and devotion, remembering that God calls us not only to endure but to delight, finding fresh joy for the journey ahead.

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Our podcast family is growing - introducing Men's Morning Devotional! 

Our dad, Steve Alessi, and all of our husbands are now hosting their own 5 minute devotionals every weekday - for men who want to become better husbands, fathers, and leaders! 

Listen, follow and subscribe here - MensMorningDevotional.com

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NEW VIDEO EPISODES! 

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We're so glad you're here! We're the Alessis, a ministry family working together in a church in Miami, FL, and we're so blessed to partner with the My Morning Devotional community and continue the great work done by the show's creator and our friend, Alison Delamota.

We pray our personal reflections and devotions will empower you to grow your faith in God, and that you'll join us every morning in prayer!

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Some doors only swing one way. You tell yourself you'll make it up later — later, when the deal is closed, when the busy season ends, when the kids are older. But some windows close for good.

Chris works through Proverbs 2:19 and one of the most sobering phrases in the chapter: "None who go to her return." Not most. Not few. None. The adulterous woman here is a symbol: she represents every path that promises pleasure and ease without the cost of doing things the right way. She's the embodiment of the shortcut. And Solomon's warning is stark: every shortcut has a point of no return, and the time to turn around is before you reach it.

God can redeem anything, but some consequences we live with permanently, even after we're forgiven. The father who keeps telling himself he'll make it up to his kids eventually finds the window has closed and they're grown. The husband who erodes trust through small deceptions finds the foundation quietly crumbled. An oak tree takes decades to grow and a few hours to cut down. You don't get to choose the consequences of your choices — only the choices themselves.

Verse of the Day: Proverbs 2:19

Your Daily Man-Up Challenge

Ask yourself honestly — is there a path I'm on right now that I know is heading somewhere I don't want to end up? Name it. Then turn around today, before the point of no return. Don't wait for the weekend. Make the U-turn right here, right now.

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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 sons and other leaders of our Goodfellas men's ministry.

Join us every weekday to man up! 

MORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOY

Find more podcasts about faith and family from Metro Life Studios, including:

My Morning Devotional

The Family Business with The Alessis

The Mary and Martha Show 

You can listen to all of these shows on our Metro Life Studios app here! 

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Do you ever find yourself looking at the changes in your life and wondering: is this really how things were meant to be?

In today’s episode, Lauren Burgos invites us to explore what it means to trust God in seasons that look different than we imagined. Together, we’ll step into the story of Haggai, reflect on honest moments of disappointment or uncertainty, and learn how God’s gentle response invites us to be strong, to work, and to trust that His Spirit remains with us. No matter what season we’re in.

Let’s gather in community to pray for renewed trust and confidence, embracing God’s faithful presence as we journey together through life’s changes.

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Our podcast family is growing - introducing Men's Morning Devotional! 

Our dad, Steve Alessi, and all of our husbands are now hosting their own 5 minute devotionals every weekday - for men who want to become better husbands, fathers, and leaders! 

Listen, follow and subscribe here - MensMorningDevotional.com

Support the show

NEW VIDEO EPISODES! 

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Watch Our Video Devotionals

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We're so glad you're here! We're the Alessis, a ministry family working together in a church in Miami, FL, and we're so blessed to partner with the My Morning Devotional community and continue the great work done by the show's creator and our friend, Alison Delamota.

We pray our personal reflections and devotions will empower you to grow your faith in God, and that you'll join us every morning in prayer!

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Ever wondered why some seasons of life seem to be all about waiting?

In today’s episode, Lauren Burgos invites us to explore the beauty and challenge of waiting on God. Together, we’ll reflect on what it means to pause, trust, and seek hope even when change doesn’t come as quickly as we’d like. Using wisdom from Lamentations 3, we’ll uncover how shifting our perspective can transform a restless wait into a time of growth and peace.

Let’s gather as a community to pray, encourage one another, and embrace the goodness found in quietly waiting for the Lord’s direction.

Tap HERE to send us a text!

Our podcast family is growing - introducing Men's Morning Devotional! 

Our dad, Steve Alessi, and all of our husbands are now hosting their own 5 minute devotionals every weekday - for men who want to become better husbands, fathers, and leaders! 

Listen, follow and subscribe here - MensMorningDevotional.com

Support the show

NEW VIDEO EPISODES! 

You can watch our new video episodes on YouTube! 

Watch Our Video Devotionals

NEW TO MY MORNING DEVOTIONAL?

We're so glad you're here! We're the Alessis, a ministry family working together in a church in Miami, FL, and we're so blessed to partner with the My Morning Devotional community and continue the great work done by the show's creator and our friend, Alison Delamota.

We pray our personal reflections and devotions will empower you to grow your faith in God, and that you'll join us every morning in prayer!

JOIN THE MMD COMMUNITY

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The shortcut always looks faster. The workaround always looks smarter. And almost every time a man walks off the straight path, it doesn't feel like walking into sin — it feels like being clever.

In today’s episode, Chris works through Proverbs 2:15 and the picture of the man whose paths are crooked and devious. In Hebrew, crooked means something twisted out of its original shape: a path that should be straight but got bent and rerouted. And devious means to turn aside. Here's the catch: Solomon says these men left the straight path. It was a choice. There are no shortcuts to the life God has for you. The crooked path feels faster until it isn't.

The temptation toward the crooked path almost never shows up as wickedness. It shows up as a shortcut. Stretch the truth to close the deal faster. Avoid the hard conversation to dodge the conflict. Look the part without doing the work. But we've watched lives play out over and over, and the shortcut always costs more than the long road. Always. The man who cuts the corner isn't ahead of you — he's already lost.

Verse of the Day: Proverbs 2:15

Your Daily Man-Up Challenge

Where are you tempted to take a shortcut right now? Be specific — marriage, work, spiritual life, health, or finances. Name the shortcut. Then name what the straight road actually looks like in that area, and commit to it. And if you want to take it seriously, tell somebody about it.

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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 sons and other leaders of our Goodfellas men's ministry.

Join us every weekday to man up! 

MORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOY

Find more podcasts about faith and family from Metro Life Studios, including:

My Morning Devotional

The Family Business with The Alessis

The Mary and Martha Show 

You can listen to all of these shows on our Metro Life Studios app here! 

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If you take God out of the equation, where does right and wrong actually come from? Culture is pushing that question hard right now — and a lot of men don't have an answer.

In today’s episode, Chris continues through Proverbs chapter 2, landing on verse 6: "For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding." Wisdom doesn't originate in experience, education, or the school of hard knocks — though God uses all of those. It originates in Him. And that leads to a truth our culture is fighting hard against: you can't separate morality from God, because morality doesn't exist without Him.

God isn't moral because He follows some standard above Him: God is the standard. Goodness isn't a rule He obeys; it's an expression of who He is. Asking whether God can be immoral is like asking whether water can be dry. The question is broken. He is the source. And a man untethered from that source has no compass and no fixed north — his standard just shifts with the culture around him.

Verse of the Day: Proverbs 2:6

Your Daily Man-Up Challenge

Identify one area of your life where you've let culture, convenience, popular opinion, or how you were raised shape your moral decisions instead of going back to God as the source. Name it honestly. Then take it to Scripture — what does God actually say about that area? A principled man doesn't outsource his ethics. He goes to the source.

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NEW 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 sons and other leaders of our Goodfellas men's ministry.

Join us every weekday to man up! 

MORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOY

Find more podcasts about faith and family from Metro Life Studios, including:

My Morning Devotional

The Family Business with The Alessis

The Mary and Martha Show 

You can listen to all of these shows on our Metro Life Studios app here! 

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