WE’VE MOVED! Dear friend, Just a quick note tucked in between weekly devotionals … Paul and Joan Walterman have moved. And with them the mailing address for Fresh Heart […]
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Bending Down To Lift Up
“You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake.” II Corinthians 4:5 New Living Translation You can enslave someone, but you cannot give that person a servant’s heart. Jesus wasn’t a slave by background or family history. He […]
New Every Morning
Where there is sin, God must punish. But where there is repentance, God must forgive! Reading straight through the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Lamentations takes us on a tumultuous ride through much of Israel and Judah’s sad history. Their story, spread out over decades of poor living and lousy choices, is staggering. But seeing […]
Scissors and the Word
What a difference a leader makes! Little Josiah was only eight years old when he became king of Judah. Both his father and grandfather had failed miserably as godly kings before him. But in his eighteenth year as ruler, this twenty-six year old monarch was given a copy of God’s covenant with Israel. As […]
The Number “1”
In the annual National Prayer Breakfast in 1984, then President Reagan told the following story. In the fourth century, Telemarchus, an obscure monk from modern day Turkey felt an inner impulse to leave the quiet, monastic life of prayer and gardening and journey to Rome. Upon his arrival some weeks later he found himself […]
When God Arrives
A Fresh Heart ‘Classical’ devotional from September 25, 2016… we need to be reminded! When God arrives … Light bursts in – darkness takes a hike. When God arrives … Hope springs up – despondency gets its pink slip. When God arrives … Joy returns – sadness leaves town. When God arrives … Peace […]
Enlarging the Circle
Throughout history there has been a pitched battle between believers and unbelievers. Between those who ‘get it’ and those who don’t. And it’s far more complex than a division between those who believe in God and those who don’t. For even among ‘believers’ there are differences of opinion, doctrine and preferences that pit segment […]
The Other Shoe
It’s like sitting in your living room in a poorly-built apartment building when the neighbor upstairs drops his heavy work boot on the floor, scaring you half to death. And you hold your breath … waiting for the other shoe to fall. Some people live their entire lives in that negative, anticipatory manner. And […]
Discipline of Delay
This isn’t a devotional about a slow God. It’s about our impatience. We tend to treat everything in our lives as broken pipes and God as a 24/7 plumber with an open schedule and a very fast van! And what is your story? Does God jump when you snap your finger? Almost never, […]
Friends
“Just as lotions and fragrance give sensual delight, a sweet friendship refreshes the soul.” Proverbs 27:9 New Living Translation “You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17 New Living Translation Life can be cruel or comfortable. It can be zestful or draining. There are joys in life, but […]
I am a pastor, teacher, and encourager. I am a happy husband and leader of a family tribe now numbering 13. I am President of Fresh Heart Ministries and consider called of God to help you grow in your spiritual walk … let you know how special you are to God … and have some fun while doing so.