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 Richest Poorest Christmas
While I don’t remember my first few Christmases, the pictures tell stories of abundance.
For four years, I reveled in the privilege of being the first grandchild on my father’s side. This meant spoiling to the hilt, and my grandmother and parents did a...
The Power of Encouragement
“God isn’t through with you yet,” he calmly muttered. “He has something else in store.”
My friend’s statement was mounted on top of three years of discouragement and disappointment that were quickly converting into depression. I knew...
Work for Peace
Caressing a plate of freshly baked cinnamon rolls, I plopped into my favorite recliner and turned on the local news channel. Story after story unfolded, each illustrating that peace was absent.
Story one. Israel and Hamas are fighting. Again. Both sides are injecting...
Uniquely Constructed Treasure
Alfred ambled along the beaches of Curacao Island and was distressed by the numerous bottles littering the beach and the meager living conditions of the island’s lower class. With no economic means to return them from whence they came, the island’s inhabitants allowed the bottles...
Peace in Life’s Storms
I lay in my tent caressed by darkness’ fingers, listening and shivering as the rain pelted my canvas covering. Thunder pounded against the darkened mountains and rolled through the valley while lightning and wind raged against the sky. Sleep escaped me, and fear crept through my tent...
Comfort Through Praise
The changing seasons sickened my wife-literally. Her journey started with the normal symptoms-sneezing, coughing and a scratchy throat, but had quickly developed into swollen glands, a severe sore throat, fever, and coughing. She needed to see a doctor, but we had no health insurance and...
Praising God for Salvation
Engulfed by three feet of water, there was absolutely nothing I could do except wait for my final breath.
Coming from a family of nonswimmers, I suppose it’s natural to fear water. So when my friends decided to take the intertube we were floating on to the deep end...
Praising God’s Power
My brother and I were perched on the precipice of Tray Mountain-a 4,430 foot mountain snuggled in Georgia’s Appalachian Mountains. What we witnessed evoked praise of God’s power.
Reaching Tray Mountain is no small feat even on a good day, and ours wasn’...
The Power of Praise-Praising God Continuously
Praising God is easy when life runs smoothly; it’s a challenge when life repeatedly takes us down bumpy roads. Doing it continually is even more demanding.
Praising God is effortless when the kids get along but strenuous when they’re cantankerous. Having many...
Fixed And Dilated
Blinders and dilation may appear to have little if anything in common, but when it comes to focus they’re quite similar.
Blinders are placed on horses’ eyes so they are focused in one direction thereby keeping them from being distracted or frightened by...
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