Daily Devotionals

Have you noticed, the closer a holiday approaches, the larger the crowds in the greeting card section.  I get a kick out of watching folks as they select cards. First, they select a card based on what the card looks like on the outside.  Then they open the card.  Whether they keep the card or whether it goes back on the shelf depends on wh…

One of the worst sounds I could hear in my former role as a car salesman was the “dud” of a dead car battery. No matter how hard or how many times I would turn that key, that car was not going to start. That’s an accurate picture of our attempts to love without God. No matter how hard we try, we cannot love without God’s intervention. We …

Happy, Happy Birthday!  We are so thankful you have found our website and looked up your birthday devotional.      The Apostle Paul had lived a life full of service to his Lord Jesus Christ. Today’s verse is one of his last written recorded thoughts. He was in prison and ready to suffer for his Savior.     Yet, lo…

(The following was published in the bulletin at St Charles Bible Church – October 14th, 2018, St Charles MN) Her sorrow ran down her cheeks and made muddy puddles on the dusty ground.  Her brother, Lazarus, had been in the tomb four days already; the mourners moved slowly to the tomb to pay their respects and comfort the sisters.  Then Jesus ca…

The truth is that you were born on this day and that is the truth, Happy Birthday. There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.-Soren Kierkegaard A famous quote from John F Kennedy when he was giving a commencement speech at Yale: For the great enemy of truth is very o…

Many people love to plan.  They plan for the next vacation or plan for the next life event.  Planning is a part of life and helps a person to be more organized.  It also helps those in leadership positions to track the many events, duties, and responsibilities that come with their job.  You might say that planning is essenti…

Today is your day, that day when God decided that it was time for you to be born. So, celebrate this day, it is your birthday. Be as excited about it as God was when He made you in your mother’s womb, and then when He gave you your first breath on April 14! Never forget that you are one of a kind. No one else looks exactly like you, no one i…

(The following was published in the bulletin at St Charles Bible Church – August 19th, 2018, St Charles MN)      The devil made me do it!  (A phrase popularized by television comedian, Flip Wilson.)  The reality is that just isn’t true.  The devil, Satan, cannot “make” us do anything.    &…

In today’s times some people say that the Bible was written so long ago; how can it apply to us today? The things we are dealing with today are very similar to life situations when God’s words were written long ago. This is a testament that his Word is living because his Words live inside of us with the Holy Spirit. His words are active when we…