Daily Devotionals

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…

Sanctification can be a big, intimidating word. In fact, it’s a lot easier to focus on the moment of salvation and look forward to the moment of full perfection when we are with Jesus in Heaven. But the real work is done in the middle, when we allow the Holy Spirit to challenge, grow, and equip us for every good work. While there is nothi…

Well, it is that time of year again when we say, “Happy Birthday to You!!” It may come as a birthday card, a phone call, a friend at work, a spouse rolling over in bed whispering it in your ear or it may come as a gift. Have you ever thought about the best birthday gift you have ever received? Maybe it was a gift you received in your youth….

When I was in high school, I had a teacher give us a test!  He handed out the papers to each student. On the very top of the page it said, “Read everything before starting the test”. Easy enough! So, I started taking the test. I read all the instructions for problem one, completed it, then problem two. After a few minutes I noticed a coupl…