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".
Conquering The Past-Focusing Forward
I noticed her trudging through the parking lot, hopping up and down over the grassy medians as she tried to avoid the deluge of cars meandering alongside her.
We don’t live in a large town, so the sight of a young woman carrying a backpack half her weight and three...
Conquering The Past-Conquering Guilt
My journey back to God began with a pack of cigarettes and an offer to teach a Sunday School class.
For ten years, I had experimented in forbidden but enticing areas. Forget what God wanted. I wanted what I wanted. And I fervently ran after it. By the time the offer...
Principles Worth Pursuing-Living For The Future
I muttered it under my breath hundreds of times and occasionally even aloud: “I can’t wait until I’m eighteen so I can do what I want.”
My parents and I didn’t have the healthiest relationship during my teen years. I was to blame. Rebellious...
Principles Worth Pursuing-Using Our Gifts
Eddie* was a talented young man I met shortly after high school when I became employed by the same industry he worked for. He soon became my idol and good friend.
Eddie seemed to know how to do everything. If it was something unfamiliar, he mastered it quickly. He farmed...
Principles Worth Pursuing-Discovering God’s Truth
“Attention.” With my heels tucked tightly and my sword dangling by my side, I awaited the commander’s next order. “Draw swords.” I raised my sword to waist level, hands resting on either side of my weapon, while I awaited further instructions. Then I heard the...
Taking Responsibility
He was in again. ISS or In School Suspension. While in middle school, my son seemed strangely attracted to this place. He got in less trouble here. After all, he owned his own cubicle. No one could bother him nor could he annoy anyone else.
Questioning why he was there...
Trusting God’s Promises
Sheriff Andy Taylor from the Andy Griffith Show was quickly in a bind after his son rambled up to the porch and introduced his new friend. George-or Tex as he preferred, was a runaway from a neighboring town, and Opie didn’t want his Pa to report him. Though he initially promised not to...
Overcoming A Complaining Spirit-Praying Through Problems
I knew the story before she arrived. “She stepped on my foot. I don’t think she meant to, but it hurt.” “Are you okay,” I asked. She was and trotted off.
No sooner had she ambled away than another wobbled up, pointed with a crooked finger...
Failure Permitted Try Again
I immediately had reservations I was cut out for such a “preppy” high school, but I had no choice. I was a minor, and my parents made important decisions for me.
Fourteen is a challenging time for a young boy. I was coming of age, and within a few years would...
Paid In Full
I wasn’t old enough to drive, but Dad said, “If you want it, you’ll have to buy it.”
I was fourteen when Dad brought home a new Chevrolet Vega. As he backed out of our driveway on his first day of ownership, his prize stopped in its tracks....
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