"You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!" --Isaiah 26:3 (NLT) Have you ever received a gift that was meant in fun, which also made you think? Well, that's just what happened to me on Christmas Eve. I unwrapped a new pair of soft slippers, [...]
Hello everyone! We just got back from a wonderful visit with family over Christmas, and we're still recovering from that fun-filled trip. So I'm re-posting one last devotion, which was originally published at the end of 2014. Enjoy reading, and have a very happy and blessed New Year!! "See, God saves me. I will trust [...]
"I gave you land you had not worked on, and I gave you towns you did not build—the towns where you are now living. I gave you vineyards and olive groves for food, though you did not plant them. So fear the Lord and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped [...]
"But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.” --Acts 10:15 (NLT) My wife likes to browse in the store for hours, while I am a five-minute shopper. Let me explain what I mean. One day, I needed some new pants, so the sales clerk showed me a [...]
He sat down, called the twelve disciples over to him, and said, “Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else.” --Mark 9:35 (NLT) We've all heard the saying, "It's lonely at the top." But because of what others may think, many of us are more comfortable with [...]
"And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven." --Matthew 16:19 (NLT) When I was in college, I lived for a short time with six other guys. While I saved on [...]