Devotionals
Devotionals
Establishing daily devotionals is a key to growing closer to God and experiencing more victory and peace in your life! Take a few minutes each day to be alone with God and prayerfully read one of these daily "devos".
Faithful to the End
His demise wasn’t pretty, but it was quick and relatively painless. And she was faithful.
I was fortunate to grow up in a two-parent home with both parents being my biological progenitors. Mom had aspirations of being a concert pianist and probably would have made...
Casting the Bread
As if things aren’t cheap enough at yard sales, my wife tends to lower them even more.
While participating in a spring fling sale at a local resale shop, a couple with a small child approached our table and poured over our Jell-O molds. My wife…noticing...
Lesson from a Firefly
Fireflies…commonly known as lightning bugs, are in the family of winged beetles and are known for their use of bioluminescence to attract mates or prey.
Since their lights are easily observed on dark nights, my friends and I as children spent many evenings running through the...
Cluttered by Clutter
As a preacher’s kid, I did it all my young life; as a pastor, I followed suit.
Moving has rarely been on my list of enjoyable things. The last major transition my wife and I made required placing most of our belongings in storage for several months. We realized in...
Those Dangerous Leftovers
I enjoy leftovers, but left over for too long they become dangerous…even deadly.
Leftover defines itself. Generally speaking, the word refers to food. In my opinion, some foods are tastier as leftovers than when originally cooked. But food left over for too long...
Treading on Problems
They had witnessed a miracle they didn’t understand; now they were about to observe another they wouldn’t comprehend.
What do you do with thousands of hungry people who come to hear your boss speak? Especially when you forgot to have a meal catered? And when you know some of...
God Out of the Ordinary
They normally arrive late afternoon or evening, but this one sauntered through at noon.
My brother, two children, and I were on the Appalachian Trail for an overnight hike. We intended to set up camp around noon and then hike farther, but an out-of-the-ordinary mid-day...
Lessons on Bathing
Clean. People define it differently and engage in various activities to achieve it.
Before running water and electricity, once a week baths with sponging off in between constituted clean. Even after these inventions, my grandparents didn’t bathe every day but still...
Waiting in Holiness
Tim told his story, and I listened enviously.
Fear of disappointing his godly mother kept Tim from succumbing to normal teenage temptations associated with peer pressure. He also knew if he did and got caught his parents would come for him and he wouldn’t like what they brought. I...
Stand Firm
His posture gave him a nickname still recorded in history books.
Thomas Jackson is one of the most well known Confederate generals of the American Civil War after Robert E. Lee. Though he excelled in many battles, the First Battle of Bull Run gave him the nickname...
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