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".
Blessings Poured Out
I stood at the front of the church waiting for parishioners to respond to the invitation. Suddenly my wife—with tear-filled eyes, stepped out and made her way toward the front, motioning for the pastor to pray with us.
You’d think we’d be accustomed to...
Preserving the Temple
Since I’ve been a young child, I’ve periodically neglected mine. Fortunately, it has held up amazingly well so far.
The human body is an awesome creation. While I’ve never allowed anyone to puncture it with needles and ink, I’ve abused it in other...
Holding God’s Hand
The first time was like a warm rush I’d never experienced before.
Holding hands normally accompanies the first date or even the puppy love stage before dating is allowed. The object of affection is all that runs through one’s mind. I remember mine. She haunted me during the...
Stones of Remembrance
As I approached 40 years of age, I immediately noticed the change.
One disadvantage of aging is memory impairment. Things that once came easily to me don’t anymore. The first thing to go was my ability to remember people’s names. Then other episodes of memory...
Who Are You?
“Where do you work?” “How many children do you have?” “Are you married?” “Where do you go to church?” All questions others will use to gauge my identity.
If I tell them I’m a teacher and preacher, they’ll consider me a...
Inner Power
A rush of it causes people to do things they’re normally incapable of or wouldn’t otherwise do.
Part of the body’s flight or fight process, adrenaline is a hormone produced by the body’s adrenal glands during periods of high stress or anxiety....
What’s Stifling You?
She tended to run on about unimportant things, and when she did his favorite expression was, “Stifle yourself.”
All in the Family was a 1970’s American sitcom featuring Archie and Edith Bunker, their daughter Gloria, and son-in-law Mike. Archie was a...
The Right Path
The path meandered between my aunt and grandmother’s houses. I walked it often because I had a direction in mind, and because it was the shortest distance between those two points. Had it not led where I intended to go, I would have ignored it.
Andy Stanley says,...
Angels All Around
She came when we least expected it, and only a few bags of items and a quiet knock revealed her presence.
My wife and I were enjoying a leisurely evening when a thump caught our attention. Thinking a picture had fallen or the cat had knocked something over, I reluctantly...
Smelling Good for God
We were deep in the mountains of northern Georgia, and it was the middle of the night when I heard my brother whisper, “I’ve got to go.”
Books have been written on the difficulty of answering the call of nature while in the woods. With several years of...
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