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".
God Calls
According to the Population Reference Bureau, world population has exceeded seven billion people. Of those about 33% classify themselves Christian meaning more than two billion claim a relationship with God.
I was taught God is big, but if all two billion Christians...
Not There Yet But Trying
I tried it for a week and that’s all I could endure.
All my teenage male peers were sloppy. I wasn’t, but I wanted to fit in, so I decided to try their lifestyle. It wasn’t easy. Piling dirty clothes on the floor, leaving food scraps on my bed, and...
Resolving Conflict
He worked as a highway patrolman and was a new believer, but conflict soon tainted his view of the church and other believers.
Our church was involved with an interdenominational men’s group meeting monthly for Bible studies and meals. The purpose was honorable-we...
Overwhelmed? Then Walk by Faith
I was reading through the Psalms last week and was struck by the list of His “things” I was seeing in Psalms 119: He has His ways (defined in 119:15), His will, His works (see 119:27), and His promises. So I started listing them in my journal. I added these to my list: His...
Sifted
I watched her turn the handle on the old sifter as I had many times before.
My wife is a young woman who cooks the old way. And yes, she still sifts flour. “Cake won’t turn out right if you don’t,” she says. Some cooks have given up sifting since...
Experiencing God Through Forgiveness
The hurt cut deep. After all it was his nephew.
Emmanuel* was on the wrong road. Though raised in a Christian family, he decided to take a detour down a dead end road. Drugs cost him a place to stay when his parents discovered he was using at home. His uncle seemed his...
Regret’s Poison
I should have listened, but it was too late.
College wasn’t in the plans. I wasn’t even fond of high school and proved it by quitting my senior year only to return a few months later when the grass on the other side turned tasteless. I eventually...
Created With Purpose
Why am I here? What's my purpose? Questions I've considered. And most everyone else too.
Adolescents contemplate them and the answers normally chart their life's course. Not considering them leads to roller coaster rides with little direction and accompanying...
The Power Of Forgiveness
Johnny* built a fence, but not for penning animals.
Johnny’s fence was straight and didn’t enclose anything. It had no corners but coursed a straight line between his and his brother’s house. Anger over a perceived wrong built it, and unforgiveness...
Simply Simplicity
My three favorite shows as a teenager were, The Andy Griffith Show, The Waltons, and Little House On The Prairie. Simplicity was their calling card.
Early frontier life and the Great Depression forced simple living on the Ingalls and Walton families. Andy however chose...
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