Daily Devotionals

(Taken from Monday Morning Musings – St Stephen Reformed Church – New Holland PA) Our children were probably 6-8 years old at the time.  We were visiting friends and the kids were having a great time.  This family had a pond which was fun for our kids.  When it came time to leave my kids said with excitement in their voices, “…

We are not saved because we are good and we have done enough good works to qualify for salvation. We are saved by the mercy of God. This is God’s grace in action. It is God’s loving-kindness. God unconditionally loves you and me. Out of His unfathomable kindness, He sent His one and only Son to be our Savior because we cannot save ourselves….

The Hebrew word for Love here in this verse is translated “Chesed” which means a faithful bond based on a covenant. A covenant is a formal agreement between God and His people or an individual. So, this verse evokes loyalty and faithfulness to never leave you. This is a day-by-day action that we walk and live in being faithful to the Lord …

(The following was published in bulletin at St Charles Bible Church – November 5th, 2017, St Charles MN) On January 10, 2010, US NEWS released a news story claiming that coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ were inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided to the U.S. military by a Michigan company. The…

Happy Bday. Wouldn’t it be awesome if every day was as special as our birthday. We could open gifts daily and have cake every day. Loved ones would celebrate us. We could truly feel special every day of our lives.    OR after day 8 of celebrating our birthday again, would it start to feel ordinary? Mundane? Would the specialness of the day w…

Here are some verses for your day plus a cool video. Happy Birthday ! Romans 2: 29 “but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.” Joel 2: 29 “And also on the servants…

Jeremiah 2: 27 who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’     and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’ for they have turned their back to me,     and not their face;     but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us!’ 28 “But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves?     Let them arise, if they can save you in the …

Many of us have heard the story of idols in the Old Testament. These towering statues and personal deities that litter the homes of the ancients. Objects they would worship and abandon their previous God for, yet sometimes we find, especially with the Israelites, this divided heart between their idols and Yahweh.     And this …

Today’s devotion comes from Peter’s sermon in Acts 2:14-36. In Vs 25-28 he quotes Psalm 16:8-11 – 8 I have set Yahweh always before me.     Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices.     My body shall also dwell in safety. 10&nb…

(The following was published in bulletin at St Charles Bible Church – April 29th, 2018, St Charles MN) Yes, way back in 1965, high schools had wrestling programs.  I was part of one—-for three years at Adrian, Oregon High School.  I suppose my wrestling experience is what drew me to my nephew’s wrestling matches in Apple Valley, Minnesota, w…