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".
Spiritual Cultivation
My garden is plowed but nothing grows. And with good reason. Nothing is planted.
I grew up around gardens and have always intermittently gardened myself. My grandparents had them, and most parishioners in my father’s churches did as well.
Trusting In The Storms
Lightning peeled and thunder rolled. All protecting us was a tent.
My brother and I were camping in the Smokies. The day was beautiful, but darkness brought dramatic changes. Storms rolled in bringing deafening thunder, keen lightning and torrential rain. Our tents...
Trusting God In The Desert
She agreed to follow the Chief Shepherd to the High Places. Instead he led her into the desert. Now she was confused.
Hannah Hurnard was born to a well-to-do English family, but shyness and a speech impediment made life miserable. It wasn’t until she turned...
God’s Cover
Even if it only covered a small portion of my chest, I had to have it.
My maternal grandmother lived in an old farm house void of central air and heat. By the time I arrived in the world, the fireplaces were covered and replaced with gas heaters. No air conditioner...
Unity In Diversity
With cliffs reaching more than one thousand feet and breathtaking vistas in front and behind, Royal Gorge in Canon City, Colorado, is a tourist’s paradise.
We were on a 24 mile round trip train ride through the middle of the Gorge enjoying the peaceful repose of a...
Living With Uncertainty
“Are you going to heaven when you die?” I asked. “I hope so,” she replied. It wasn’t the answer I was looking for but it would have to do.
My grandmother and I were taking an afternoon walk when I asked the question. I’m not sure what...
God’s Son, Our Savior
She was condemned by the judges in her town. Death was certain.
Jesus was teaching at the Temple and the normal crowd gathered. He was quickly interrupted by religious leaders dragging a haggard looking woman. Shoving her in front of the crowd, they said, Teacher, this...
Empty And Betrayed
She was empty, betrayed and thirsty. Usually three strikes and you’re out. She had five.
Jesus met her in a region respectable people avoided. But then again, he wasn’t into traditions. Tired from walking, he stops at a well for rest and a drink of water. She...
Simply Loved
“I love you if…” “I love you because…” “But if you don’t…I won’t.”
Most wedding vows incorporate a promise to love in sickness and health, in sorrow and gladness, through good times and bad times and...
Sin List
We called him the “grocery list” professor. And with good reason.
He was my most lenient college professor but also the one whose tests were terribly difficult. The reason? Lists. Pop tests were passed only by studying every list I encountered while...
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