Devotions

Romans 15:13 (NKJV)  Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Paul is reiterating the words proclaimed by David so many times over and over.  How precious, yet powerful at the...

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  Genesis 1:1 What creates a sense of wonder in your life now?  Do you ever ponder what was before what is now, and how we all got to where we are here?  Do you ever wonder how God created everything and what that...

Christmas is full of emotions for everyone.  There is mistletoe and eggnog.  There can be new people at the Christmas table that come in small packages. There are gifts and lots of food. At the same time this day can be full of lots of different emotions.  There are...

Christmas at my house has a shelf life of about two days. Christmas day is full of excitement, as our children are often out of bed and bubbling over with excitement around 4:30am (new rule: no waking up mom and dad before 6am, or there will be no presents until after...

Luke 2:19 New International Version (NIV) 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. It is the final days of Christmas week. It comes to us before Halloween and it passes right after December 25. This on the 26th, it is a mad rush to...

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I'm offering up two messages today to make up for my failure to post last Friday.     Game of Chess On November 21st, I received the gift of life by way of a kidney donation from a great and selfless friend.  I've had a fair amount of down time convalescing.  One...