Fresh heart for the journey
“Look, dear son,” his father said to him, “you and I are very close, and everything I have is yours.” Luke 15:31 LBT This devotional and several to follow are passages I discovered in my first Living Bible in 1974. Having been teethed on (and memorized) the King James Version, it was […]
In the interest of counting my blessings, let me just state that I believe that I live in one of the most beautiful places in all of America. Not everyone agrees with my assessment since not every one has ever been to Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. The city takes its name from Lake Coeur […]
“No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving.He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing.” Ephesians 2:10 The Message “My story is […]
“But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.” Genesis 6:8,9 NIV I have no idea whether Noah was stubborn with and around everybody, or just about his assignments from […]
It’s a Bible story which doesn’t end well. At least with me. Today’s lecture is being given by a man whose sinful greed and punishment for that offense has a sobering warning for all of us. The culprit’s name was Achan and his parents both died in the wilderness after failing to believe God’s […]
“One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer…” Acts 3:1 NIV The great theologian Woody Allen once stated: “70% of success is in just showing up.” Often times the miracle of being in the right place at precisely the right time has more to do with […]
“Let’s go across to those heathen… perhaps the Lord will do a miracle for us. I Samuel 14:6 TLB In this day of wide-spread doubt as to God’s power and intentions, it’s difficult to find faith in quantifiable amounts in most… even Christians! We hear things like: “If God wants to do something, He’ll […]
On the Sunday of Jesus’ resurrection, both Peter and John raced to the empty tomb to verify the report of Mary Magdlene. In John 20 verse 4 it says that “Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.” It should be noted that the ‘other disciple’ was John, […]
You may not know who Onesiphorus was, but you’re about to find out. Let’s agree on this – life is not always easy. Into each life some rain must fall, but sometimes like the guy in the water-filled rowboat said, “But this is ridiculous!” My primary Spiritual gift from Romans 12:6-8 NLT says this: […]
“Altogether, Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.” Genesis 5:27 NIV When we interview him, his eyes are rheumy and there’s very little between his skin and his bones. He has lived an extraordinary length of time. What would it be like to live for 969 years? How would you enjoy living, […]
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.