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".
The Power of Testimony
Mine’s not astounding. After all, how much dirt could a nine-year-old boy have accumulated?
I was reared by conservative religious parents. Activities and attitudes violating God’s commands were forbidden. Sure I had the terrible two tantrums and occasionally...
Inconvenienced for Jesus
Inconvenienced? Yes, but worth enduring because of the pleasure it brought.
Camping in the backcountry carries many inconveniences, among them acquiring water. Securing water is not actually the major hassle; making it safe to drink is. Most water sources are...
Why Worship God
He was a slow learner; she was his fourth-grade teacher. Little did she know how patience would impact her life and his.
She wasn’t as patient with Teddy as she should’ve been. Learning was difficult for him, and being shunned by his classmates only...
Why Worship God Part II
Some worship only one while others honor hundreds. Some propose theirs is spirit while others fashion representations. Some even unearth theirs in nature.
A perusal of world history reveals people groups have traditionally worshipped higher beings. Expressions of worship...
Why Worship God
I’ve been doing it since before I was born, but occasionally I stop and wonder why.
Going to church was never an option while I lived with my parents. Other than my paternal grandparents, my first babysitters were the ladies in the church nursery. When I attended...
God on Time
The gas needle teetered too close to E for my comfort. Calculating our bank balance and the miles we had to drive before payday increased my anxiety.
When there’s only one income, things get stretched. And they were. We prayed. My next paycheck was almost two weeks...
The Prayer Closet
They can be organized or unorganized…neat or cluttered.
My wife and I once lived in a one-hundred-year-old home with two diminutive unlit closets. Then we moved to a 2500 square foot home with closets galore. Presently we’re enjoying inadequate closet space...
The Jesus Perspective
A negative occurrence or a positive event; it depends on how I interpret it.
Perspective. Defined, it’s my point of view about particular experiences. But I’ve come to realize it can be flawed…or completely erroneous. I once considered being...
Loving in Spite of…
She had a sordid past, but he offered an irresistible future.
He was traveling through her hometown but not because it was geographically necessary. Most of his peers avoided the region. She and her kind were half-breeds…an impure blood line.
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Patience Please
Friday afternoon had finally arrived. I was eagerly anticipating the weekend but had a number of things to accomplish if I was to enjoy it- most of which required internet access. When I clicked on my browser, that dreaded message appeared: “Internet Explorer cannot display this page....
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