Devotions

Imagine you meet someone that has not tried chocolate.  It has such a distinct flavor unlike any other.  You really cannot compare it so another flavor.  You know when this person tastes it their life is about to change.  But before they taste it they have no idea...

So, I’ve been trying to turn my wife into a runner. For four years. And it’s still not working! Sometimes I feel I'm getting close, then she slowly gets out of the habit. She likes going to the gym, she likes spending the extra time with family (we try to make...

2 Timothy 1:9New Living Translation (NLT) 9 For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time—to show us his grace through Christ Jesus. Have you ever stepped...

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18New Living Translation (NLT) 16 Always be joyful. 17 Never stop praying. 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. This coming week is Thanksgiving week. It is a time set aside with family...

II Corinthians 4:8,9 (NKJV) We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed... This is becoming a common theme, for me, of late.  If it is getting repetitive, I...

I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.  He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.  He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and...