Daily Devotionals

(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…

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 …

If you are visiting this page today to celebrate your birthday, allow me to wish you the happiest of birthdays! Amid our busy lives, a birthday, serves as an excellent opportunity to reflect on our accomplishments, our wins, and losses since our last birthday. It also gives us pause to consider what we can do to grow in our walk with God before…

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…

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     In my life, there have been multiple times when other people have talked negatively about me or have even tried to hurt me in some type of way. As a kid I had friends who I thought were very good friends of mine who went behind my back and told others personal information about me. I felt like I was being stabbed i…

Many times, during our birthdays, we tend to look backward to the times when life was simpler, we had more fun, or even when we were in better physical shape. Others look back to see how far they’ve come from to where they are now. While it is ok to take some time to reflect over the past, it is important to remember that we can’t go back there…