I was 13 years old when I started going to church. I went because my little sister, Kellie, was going and I liked the church she was attending. I got saved there when I was 13 years old. I guess you could say I wouldn’t be a Christian today if not for my little...

I conducted a chapel service for elementary kids at a local christian school. I asked for four volunteers to come to the stage to play a game. I showed the four students a clear five-gallon container filled with play sand that I had placed on a table and told them...

A man was taking some time to give thanks for all the good things God had given him. He raised his hands heavenward and said, “Thank you God for my wife, for my children, for my job and for my friends."  Now, the devil, who detests all words of thankfulness, overheard...

When God created the world, Genesis 1:2 says, “IT WAS DARK.” But God didn't stop there and say, "It sure is dark!" No! He continued with the words "Let there be light!"  Now, Joel 3:10 says something that seems to be quite contradictory ... "Let the weak say 'I AM...

It was quiet and still one morning as I took my morning walk. A thick blanket of fog covered the ground. There wasn’t so much as a gentle breeze stirring. I heard a noise in a nearby tree. An old dead limb crashed through the branches of the tree and fell to the...

“Where was God when Adam and Eve were disobeying Him and eating the forbidden fruit?” That’s the question I asked at the Men’s Home Bible Study one night. There were puzzled looks on the guy’s faces as they knew their answer should be “He was there with them,” but...

After supper one night, I walked out the back door with an ice cream bar in my hand. My dog, Archie, was in the backyard, sitting under the shade trees with my wife. When he saw the ice cream, he trotted towards me. Anytime I walk outside with any kind of dessert in...

One of the guys at the Men’s Home Bible Study looked totally shocked when I said “The word ADDICTION doesn’t appear in the Bible.” One of the reasons for this is because ADDICTION is a relatively new word in our vocabulary, originating in the mid 1600s. There is an...

Three years ago, during my yearly sabbatical in October, I was going to write my third devotional book. As I began to undertake the project I hit a roadblock of sorts. Things weren’t “flowing” like they should. A couple of days later, while on my morning prayer walk,...