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February 16, 2023
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”John 14:27 Do you really know what true Peace is? Generally speaking, we would say it’s a life absent of conflict, war, bad relationships, etc. Wh...
gods-timingFebruary 15, 2023
So, I’ve made a new friend the last couple of weeks who, starting today, will be undergoing the same cancer treatments I have the last couple of years. I got into a conversation with him about what God’s plans may and may not be for him, etc.For those of you who have been on this devotional for a...
humilityFebruary 14, 2023
You ever slowed down enough to take a look at how self obsessed our culture has become today? Man, I have. Everywhere you turn it’s another “be the better you” or whatever. We hardly notice anymore how self-obsessed we’re encouraged to be, how self-absorbed we really are. We’re so bent on improvi...
joyFebruary 10, 2023
“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”Psalm 16:11 There it is...when we recognize that we are in the presence of the Father, we are given a new purpose, and we are propelled into the joy of the Lord! You se...
faithFebruary 9, 2023
My whole life, when I became frustrated with my circumstances, my dad would quote to me, “oh ye of little faith”. It use to make me so mad because I wanted him to tell me what to do or fix it for me. But you see, he was really just telling me where to go for my answers to my problems. “But when h...
peaceFebruary 8, 2023
If you’ve been on this devotional list for a long time, you’ve heard me talk about peace and serenity. The peace and serenity I am referring to is the kind you only find through Jesus. The only kind you can find that can sustain you through pain. That is the peace that is sustaining me today...“P...
judgmentFebruary 7, 2023
I hate it when I find my self getting “judgey”...but I’m afraid we all do it to some degree. “Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.”Romans 2:1 ESVYou see, be...
forgivenessFebruary 6, 2023
Hope you had a great weekend!“Do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you” Luke 6:27-28 Wow, this is a tough one...We are called to forgive those that hurt us, unconditionally. Because if it’s with condition, it’s not forgiveness. We need to pray for...
hopeFebruary 1, 2023
So, we have been talking about being grateful and giving thanks for all our blessings. But a lot of times when we look to find those blessings we get tripped up by disappointments. These disappointments come from where we put our hope and expectations. You see, expectations is a basic belief some...
great-commissionJanuary 31, 2023
I want to pause today in talking about gratitude and shift for a moment and talk about our call to The Great Commission. You see, I had a great talk yesterday with a buddy and we discussed his current role and where he was and how it was affecting his witness. Well, here is what I think when it c...
gratitudeJanuary 30, 2023
I was thinking about the gratitude stuff over the weekend and I gotta say, it’s pretty hard when you’re getting you butt kicked by life to stop and give thanks to The Lord for His blessings. I get it, but it’s something we need to try and work on. “give thanks in all circumstances; for this is th...
gratitudeJanuary 27, 2023
Occasionally I talk about it, but I’m going to level with you, I love doing these, they’re not always great and they may not always be relevant to everyone but they are to someone. So, thank you, I am grateful for all of you. Which brings me to a great topic to take into the weekend. Gratitude!Yo...
anger-managementJanuary 26, 2023
23Ever find yourself getting frustrated with others? I’ve got to be honest with you, sometimes I find myself doing a little trash talk, both to myself and openly, about others who have frustrated me to no end. I could start the slow driver in the left lane selfishly texting and not caring about a...
heavenJanuary 25, 2023
Most of what we read in The Psalm if David is about the journey and how God (our Shepherd) protects us and leads us along the way. We are His sheep after all...Anyhow, for me it’s the promise that I love so much;“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with...
overcoming-fearJanuary 24, 2023
We all get scared. Some of us crave that sense of fear and go looking for it. But I think generally speaking we all get nervous and fear normal things too. I’m referring to physical breakdowns like illness (cancer comes to mind), injury, and death, but far worse is the danger of evil, of falling...
righteous-livingJanuary 23, 2023
Hope you had a great weekend! Let’s stay with the Psalm of David, shall we?“He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.”Psalm 23:3 I’ve said it and thought about forever. What makes us do the right thing? Who leads up to that decision? Well, God does. You can l...
restorationJanuary 20, 2023
Guess what? He restores you! “He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.”Psalm 23:2-3 Look, right now you might be underwater financially, in danger of losing your job, struggling with po...
provisionJanuary 19, 2023
So, I was listening to Made to Conquer podcast last week and Tiana referenced or mentioned the author Max Lucado. It occurred to me when she said his name that I may have one his books. I believe my dad gave it to me as a gift. The book is by Max Lucado, Traveling Light. It’s a book about the Psa...
anxietyJanuary 18, 2023
“When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.”Psalm 94:19 Have you ever been through one of those seasons in life where things just aren’t going right? Maybe you've been overtaken by anxiety, stress, and restlessness as a result of your own sin. Sometimes seasons of anxie...
faith-journeyJanuary 17, 2023
I had a great conversation with a young man yesterday about his faith in Jesus. You see, like all of us, our faith gets challenged daily by non believers, false profits and believers alike. If we are not careful, it can cause us to have questions about our faith and really lead to some internal c...
humilityJanuary 16, 2023
“When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.”Proverbs 11:2 The difference between pride and humility is all about perspective. One is oriented around self importance and being seen, while the other sees self importance as secondary to a bigger mission.Proverbs 11:2 says...
humilityJanuary 13, 2023
One of the shortest Psalms, Psalm 131 is like a status update from a humble person. In about the length of a tweet, it lets God know where David is at in relation to the Lord.“O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too...
humilityJanuary 12, 2023
Man, I got into something last night reading about Pride and Humility and I want to shift gears today and talk about it and share some of what I’m reading. “But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles Lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority...
accountabilityJanuary 11, 2023
So, I got to thinking about how we hold ourselves accountable for things and how we hold ourselves accountable to God. More specifically, how we can rationalize and minimize the things we know we shouldn’t be doing and try and convince ourselves that God doesn’t know...but, He knows! “Are not two...