Devotions

This week while driving I realized that when I press the gas pedal my truck moves when it is in gear.  I do not know how the truck knows how to change gears or how the gas pedal makes it go. I have a general idea but very limited.  I also preach from an ipad. I type...

There are good and bad aspects of thinking about the past. On the positive side, taking a look at our past can give us direction for the future. We can look at our past successes and apply those lessons to new situations we face. We can benefit from remembering the...

2 Kings 1:3 New International Version (NIV) 3 But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of...

Is there anything you have said is beneath you?  Something you feel you are either overqualified or just not able to stomach doing?  The other day, I found myself digging through a bag of garbage looking for something that I had accidentally tossed the day before,...

26 Jesus also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like...  I am sure people listening to Jesus were expecting something profound and amazing.  If it was 2019, I am sure we would expect to hear the Kingdom of God is like Wakanda (home of the Black Panther) or...

I came to the conclusion some time ago that I will almost certainly meet my demise in a fiery wreck of some sort. I can't tell you the number of near-catastrophic crashes I've experienced in my car, on my bike, or on foot. These have ranged from rabid dogs, to...