Posts with the category “daily-devotionals”

The author G.K. Chesterton once wrote: “If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments they shall be  governed by the ten thousand commandments.” What would life be like if we lived by the Ten  C...  Read More

 I remember watching the movie “Forest Gump” and the scenes that took place after he entered the U.S. Army.  One of the things he said was “There was always something to do!” But that can be our lives...  Read More

One of the things that I remember and loved doing with my Dad was to stay up late and listen to him tell me  stories about his life. There were all kinds of things that he experienced and was able to ...  Read More

I remember as a child that I had a small plaque that had this prayer on it…  Now I lay me down to sleep,  I pray the Lord my soul to keep.  If I die before I wake,  I pray thee Lord my soul to take.  ...  Read More

John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States. He was the son of Abigal and signer of the  Declaration of Independence John Adams. He was an adamant worker to abolish slavery in the U...  Read More

I heard a 911 operator describing a call that she got one night. It was from a man who was calling from a closed  auto shop. He said that he had come into the shop through a window and was rummaging a...  Read More

I went to the movies the other day and saw a pretty good one. But the thing that really excited me was one of  the previews before the film. The screen went dark and the foreboding music from 50 years...  Read More

I loved hearing the story of the first time I traveled back to Texas to see my Grandmother Pettit. I was the first  of her three grandchildren and on that trip, we arrived after dark and the porch lig...  Read More

Jesus told a story about a Jewish man who was traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. At that time that 20 mile  journey that dropped 3600 feet in elevation was called “the Bloody Way”. There were so man...  Read More

It was the summer of 1859 that Charles Blondin became famous. He was a tightrope walker who walked on a  rope stretched across the Niagara Falls. He was 160 feet above the falls and walked back and fo...  Read More

In 1945 New Hampshire voted on a motto for their state. For many years the license plates of New Hampshire  have carried the slogan, made famous by Revolutionary War general John Stark – "live free or...  Read More

Years ago electricity was being brought to rural areas for the first time. Never before had people seen tall poles  lining the roads and electrical wires running for miles. Amazingly, many rural famil...  Read More

If you’ve ever gone backpacking, you know what a wonderful adventure it can be. The first thing you need to  do is to choose everything you are going to need for your time in the wilderness. One perso...  Read More

On July 3, 1776, the day before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, George Washington wrote a  letter to his wife, anticipating the hardships which would soon occur. Here in part are his w...  Read More

On July 21, 1961 astronaut Gus Grissom piloted 15 minutes, 37 seconds on his suborbital flight, two months  after fellow NASA astronaut Alan Shepard Jr. was the first American to fly into space. Griss...  Read More

During World War II a young Marine got separated from his unit while moving through a particular Pacific  island. He saw enemy soldiers and took refuge in a cave alongside the trail he was on. The sol...  Read More

God loves to hear from you and invites you and me to ask for things from him. The Bible tells us that we don’t  have because we have not asked! And the good news is that God hears every prayer you eve...  Read More

When you take time to thoughtfully read the Bible all the way through, you end up seeing the tremendous effort  that Satan expends to capture the hearts and souls of humans and to keep them away from ...  Read More

Today is Father’s Day. It is a day to honor our Fathers. Some folks didn’t have a Father present in their lives.  Some had a Father that was a destructive force in their growing up. Some have a Father...  Read More

I went with a group of kids and parents on a short train trip to a nearby town that has a wonderful ice cream  shop. We get to ride for a bit on an Amtrak train, have ice cream and then catch the trai...  Read More

We just had our final day of our Vacation Bible School. My job, over three days, was to tell the story of three  superheroes in the Bible: David, Daniel and Jesus Christ. I have a puppet that I love t...  Read More

Serving in a Navy submarine can be hazardous duty but there is one way that those on board are kept safer than  others at sea. There is a story of a sub that had to go out for a short test run to chec...  Read More

Baseball is the all American sport, but it just wasn’t my game. I found other sports that I liked and could do  well in…but baseball just wasn’t one of them. I tried playing one year on a minor league...  Read More

It was 81 years ago that young men by the thousands landed in occupied France. They came by air and by sea.  Each one of them had left their homes and become warriors and on this day would invade a la...  Read More

I love the coming of summer! I went out to our doughboy pool last night and put in my queen-sized air mattress  and just stared at the beautiful night sky. The weather was just perfect for letting me ...  Read More

I was talking with a friend the other day and he had recently been to Hawaii for a high school graduation for a  family member. He said “You can’t believe how different the graduations are there. Duri...  Read More

I waited all through the Fall, the Winter and now finally it is hot enough for me to do this. I have my well-used  Doughboy pool in the backyard and keeping it up turns out to be kind of a hobby for m...  Read More

There is a story about a group of college students coming into their class and the professor announced that they  were going to have a surprise test. He walked by each desk and placed the test paper f...  Read More

I do my own laundry. Somewhere along the line, I decided that this wasn’t someone else’s job, because these  were my clothes and I got them dirty. I’m not sure when that started…but I like getting to ...  Read More

Did you ever wonder why it is sometimes so hard to just sit down and read the Bible? It is because of what it  will do to you. If you don’t read it or read it once a week…they say there is no differen...  Read More

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I get a lot of calls on my cell phone. It isn’t because I’m a popular guy, it's because my cell phone is connected  with anything we publish about our church. But the saving thing for me is that so of...  Read More

My Dad loved baseball. He loved to play as a kid and when he was older would play on city teams any chance  he could. He even went to try out with the St. Louis Cardinals in an open try out locally. H...  Read More

Two guys were talking and one of them said “I believe that every day is a good day!” The other guy looked at  him and said “That’s not true. You have to be crazy to believe that every day is a good da...  Read More

There will be no one with me…I will be alone. The whole family has headed off to the coast and I’m here  taking care of getting ready for Sunday…and I will be home all by myself. I’m pretty excited be...  Read More

I was at the store the other day and passed by the frozen poultry and there were a number of frozen turkeys there. I noticed them because I’m the turkey cooker in our family. Roasting a turkey is pret...  Read More

A lot of women say their husband never listens to them. I’m proud to say I have never heard that. Ok, someone  else said that and I liked it because it was pretty funny…but I think it did sound like m...  Read More

We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you again in the future. That was the text sent to me  by an outfit I had done business with. They did great work, and they were friendly. And I...  Read More

Years ago, I remember asking a pastor what the reason was for the book of Leviticus in the Bible. It is all about  specific ceremonies and rules on how to do things and I don’t think I’ve heard anyone...  Read More

I heard a quote by an atheist (someone who chooses to believe there is no God) that said “We create God just so  we can cope with the meaninglessness of life.” I certainly don’t agree with his choice ...  Read More