Devotional Thoughts

Yesterday’s terrible tragedy at the Washington Navy Yard reminds us of the absolute horrors of the human condition.  During her Press Conference, Dr. Janis Orlowski, Chief Medical Officer at Washington, D.C.’s MedStar Washington Hospital Center said, “there’s something evil in our society that we as Americans have to work to try and eradicate.” After listening…

Over the weekend I learned a great deal about human nature.  For some reason my spiritual senses were particularly sensitive to the fact that people are too often complaining!  It seemed no matter where I was I heard people complaining to someone about their current state.  I was walking down the sidewalk of a Target…

The Summer months are filled with opportunity.  Perhaps you have already enjoyed some time of rest and relaxation with your family and friends. Here where I live we have been blessed by rain — lots of rain.  For people like me who enjoy playing golf this has been great because all of the area clubs…

Both last month and this I have tried to bring attention to the Persecuted Church around the world.  While I do not want to belabor the point, it is imperative that we are constantly aware of the constant battle against the children of God globally.  The church, those who truly know Jesus Christ as Lord…

This past week-end I celebrated my birthday!  June 2 marked my 55th one of these and I am thankful for my friends around globe who shared kind words with me.  I was glad to have my family and a few close friends over for a wonderful cook-out and time of celebration. I was most surprised…

I never cease to be awed by the wonderful ways God opens doors for ministry.  Often I am afraid that we fail to recognize the ways God is working around us.  We tend to think that all the bleakness of society is an indication that evil is triumphing over good — that Satan is winning…

Our just finished trip to Ghana was incredible!  God did so many wonderful things that space here is certainly insufficient to share it all.  However let me affirm that I know that our Heavenly Father is still in the business of drawing people unto Himself. On several days our team members, after completing our morning…

The Lord has given us a start to a New Year.  It is by His marvelous grace that we are able to walk through this door of possibility and opportunity.  Only the Lord knows all that He has in store for us in the coming days. As we begin this New Year we must make…

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. Wonderful not because of the holiday lights Christmas trees, or tinsel. Wonderful because it is perhaps the only time of the year that nearly all the peoples of the world give attention to the things of God –even if they do so ignorantly. They see stars,…