Seven Day Challenge

Seven Day Challenge

Do This In Remembrance of Me For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you…       Throughout his letters in the New Testament, the Apostle Paul consistently encourages all followers of Christ to: Look up to God in total dependence and complete...
Thankful For The Giver

Thankful For The Giver

Our Father is the Giver of every good and perfect gift, James 1:17. And that means so much more than the earthly goods we may or may not possess. He cannot give us anything that is not good. Think about that. We should come before Him in a daily, discipline of...
Thanksgiving: All, Every, and Dirt

Thanksgiving: All, Every, and Dirt

What does All, Every, and Dirt have to do with a devotional thought on thanksgiving? And I’ll tell you up front that Dirt is the winner! But giving thanks comes first. After all, Paul conveyed three commands in I Thessalonians 5:16-18 that seem almost...
Everyone Needs to be Like a Leper?

Everyone Needs to be Like a Leper?

Thank You and leprosy in the same sentence? That’s an odd combination. Yes! Everyone needs to be joyously thankful, but not all will be. And, NO!, I don’t mean we all need a bad disease. But there is an incredible display of grace and insight behind two...

Joy In A Dark World

Is it difficult to find joy in today’s world? The evident evil in world events could easily be seen as an obstacle to joy. But is that true? Since there has always been evil in the world, how have previous generations of believers found joy? How do you find it?...