Fresh heart for the journey
I have no idea how it happened, but it did. For the first time since 2004 I sent out a devotional that required a password to open. So sorry for that. I re-sent it without that restriction but by then some of you thought I had gone ‘woke’ or something more sinister. Please be aware […]
Let’s try this again! I am sorry and not at all sure how I managed to send this week’s devotional for ‘password approval’ only. You need to know that since my first Fresh Heart devotional the end of 2003 I have always intended for anything you read here… once it leaves me […]
“You let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about living, tell you how to live.” Ephesians 2:2 MSG Let me state the sometimes-forgotten truth… we live on a battlefield between the kingdom of this world and the Kingdom of heaven. They have totally opposite operating systems and the success of each will […]
When Malachi put the period after the last chapter and verse of his Minor Prophet book in the Old Testament, God went quiet for about 400 years. What would He have to say when He appeared in person through his Son, the Messiah? When Jesus opened the pages of his earthly ministry, his was […]
“Now we live in the hope of eternal life because Christ rose again from the dead.” I Peter 1:3 TLB One of the most strategic and powerful statements in all of Scripture is the message the angels gave the grieving women coming to anoint Jesus’ body for burial… “He is not here. He […]
“Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” Proverbs 30:5 ESV The tears we cry, whether we’re happy, sad, angry, confused, or overwhelmed, are precious. Lindsey Wheeler, Sacred Tears I’ve been missing my Dad quite a bit lately and he’s been gone for years. He and I were very […]
A devotion written 18 years ago, reprinted 11 years ago… and really, really needed again today! “…Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who brings into existence what didn’t exist before.” Romans 4:17 I need a God who takes death as a trade-in on life. There is […]
Oh, the stuff accumulating in our lives. Stuff that wearies us, confuses us, frightens us and lays claim to more of our sanity and time than it has the right to. Stuff like sickness, doctor’s visits, flu and covid vaccines, slowing steps as we age, worry over other’s health, sick days and eating […]
It was a friendly contest to see which couple could put a 300-piece puzzle together the quickest. Both puzzles were similar in difficulty. Imagine the awe and shock of our challengers when in less than ten minutes, we were done! Then imagine their sneers as they discovered our 300 pieces were randomly poked into […]
“Satan has desired to have you…” Luke 22:31 KJV This verse shouldn’t surprise any of us who follow Jesus. Satan despises all who have put their trust in the work of the cross. He loathes us, tries to diminish us in the eyes of those around us, yet, in reality, doesn’t have what it […]
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.