Zechariah 3:1-5; Matthew 3:10-12 “To Carthage I came burning. Oh Lord thou pluckest me out, oh Lord thou pluckest.” This is from one of...

John 10:1-17; 20:11-16 One of the most common questions that I have been asked in my 26 years of ministry is “when do I know God is...

Matthew 6:1-18 Lent is a period of 40 days in which we prepare our hearts for Easter. It is a commemoration of Jesus’ temptation in the...

Matthew 25:31-46 “To love another person is to see the face of God.” This is one of my favorite lines from Les Miserable. It appears at...

Luke 24:13-32 The two disciplines on the Emmaus Road are followers of Jesus, that if we are honest with ourselves, we can easily identify...

Matthew 6:5-15 The Lord’s Prayer is more than just a daily prayer. It is meant to be reflected upon as a daily reminder of how much we...

Job 13:15 One of my favorite lines from the movie The Sandlot is when Hamilton says to Scotty “You’re killing me Smalls!” Vickie and I...

Leviticus 1:3,4 I have been reading the book of Leviticus recently and I have to admit that it can be somewhat challenging. One reason is...

Psalms 16:11; Romans 8:1 Many Christians do not experience the fullness of joy and pleasure that comes along with walking the path of...

I John 1:5-7 On Groundhogs Day many people flock to Punxsutawney Pennsylvania to see if Phil the groundhog will see his shadow. Poor...

“God’s messenger called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, ‘Don’t be afraid.  God has heard the boy’s cries over there.”  Gen. 21:17...

“Do not be afraid, Abram.  I am your protector.”  Gen. 15-1 Who doesn’t want someone to protect them?  Protection against any number of...

“I have placed my bow in the clouds; it will be the symbol of the covenant between me and the earth.  When I bring clouds over the earth...

“But I will set up my covenant with you.  You will go into the ark together with your sons, your wife and your son’s wives.”  Gen. 6:18...

Back on October 19, I posted a devotion titled Do Not be Afraid. In this devotion, I mentioned there is said to be 366 do not fears in...

I remember being a newlywed and the fear I had at the thought of bringing a child into this world but I did it anyway, two times.  I...

I have to tell you that sometimes life just gets in the way.  We have our plans and schedules all laid out and BAM! Right in the middle,...

How big is God?  Yes, that is a question that I have been asked by children and even though your gut reaction would be to say, “He is the...

Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen,...

Have you ever skipped rocks on pond or thrown a baited hook into the water?  Did you notice what happened?  Concentric circles formed and...