Posts with the category “daily-devotionals”

All of us have gone through times when we have wondered where God was or if He had time to care for us.  With over 8 billion people on our planet, we might feel that we are rather insignificant to the...  Read More

You ever have those days where you feel you just can’t do it. Maybe you can do some of it but there is just too much, or it’s too hard, or too out of reach. Whatever it is, your best does not seem to ...  Read More

I enjoy taking personality tests. Not the BuzzFeed “what type of cupcake would you be?” articles, but the ones that deepen my understanding of myself and those around me, like the Myers-Briggs “16 Per...  Read More

As I have been reading through the life of David there have been so many times that "David inquired of the Lord" or that David acknowledged that it was the Lord that helped him. I wonder what David's ...  Read More

Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, I attended many Fresno State basketball games as part of the "Red Wave." Coach Boyd Grant built his teams around discipline, hard work, and defense. That approa...  Read More

The Disney classic Toy Story is a great movie about friendship. In the movie, Woody and Buzz are on quite an epic adventure next door at Sid's house. At one point, both characters find themselves trap...  Read More

If I were to ask you, “Could you use some more wisdom today?”, what would you say? It sounds like a silly question, because I don’t think anyone would say, “No…I’m good.” All of us could use more wisd...  Read More

When I was in elementary school, my parents made me attend different types of  AWANA programs around town. One of the first verses that I learned as a child was  Romans 3:23: “for all have sinned and ...  Read More

I’ll never forget the day I almost fell off a wall like Humpty Dumpty.  I must have been around 8 years old, and I was outside playing with my friend Stephen.  For some reason we thought it would be f...  Read More

I grew up during a time when “Password” was a TV game show or a device to keep girls from joining our “Superheroes Save the World” club. Today I live in a world that is inundated by passwords. There a...  Read More

One of the things I enjoy doing in the early morning is going out into our subdivision for a walk.  Now I will be honest, I started walking for exercise because I wanted to improve my physical health....  Read More

I recently had the privilege of attending my dad’s commencement from Re:Gen, which is a Christ-centered discipleship and recovery program designed to help individuals find healing from any kind of lif...  Read More

When my wife and I first started dating, we banned a phrase that we (mostly me) were using too often. That phrase was “you can do it,” including variations like “you got this.” Why in the world would ...  Read More

I've been reading a book by Daniel Henderson entitled Old Paths, New Power. While highlighting how the apostles put men "in charge" in Acts 6:3, Henderson states,"Believers are all set apart to God, f...  Read More

If you grew up in the 1990s, you probably remember the faith-based T-shirt called “The LORD’s Gym.” It was a Christian spin on the iconic Gold’s Gym logo. Beneath The LORD’s Gym emblem was an image of...  Read More

Around this time every year, summer vacation season kicks into full gear. Suitcases come out, flights get booked, road trips begin, and parents suddenly become part-time travel agents, snack distribut...  Read More

Road trips are hit or miss for me. Much of it has to do with the other individuals who are in the car. But the place(s) that we are going to, the type of music we're going to listen to, and MOST IMPOR...  Read More

I was in elementary school when America celebrated its bicentennial on July 4th, 1976. My teachers did a great job explaining that it had been 200 years since the signing of the Declaration of Indepen...  Read More

A while back a group of men at our church finished studying the Book of Ecclesiastes. We spent 21 fascinating and exciting weeks discussing Solomon’s enigmatic message, and I’ve come to the conclusion...  Read More

 "BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS, FOR THEY WILL BE CALLED SONS OF GOD."Matthew 5:9 If someone asked you to give a one-word job title for the Christian, what might you say? I like the term peacemaker whic...  Read More

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked ...  Read More

As some of you may know, I have been facilitating a class here at Campus Bible Church for a number of years now called Financial Peace University. It’s a nine week course by Dave Ramsey to help people...  Read More

While studying at Hillsdale College in southern Michigan, I spent three years in an all-guys dorm, two of them as a resident assistant (RA). My dorm, Galloway, housed around 80 guys, giving it a simil...  Read More

I finished reading 2 Kings the other day and although I could relate to all the congitive information, I was struggling to find a deep spiritual connection with what I was reading. But I learned some ...  Read More

Verses 6 through 10 go on to describe the directions Jesus gives that leads to the miraculous turning of water to wine.  Verse 11 concludes:"This beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, a...  Read More

Several years ago, I remember hearing some ridiculous story that just the parking passes for a Taylor Swift concert were being sold for as much as $800 online!  While I certainly don't identify as a “...  Read More

I’m not a huge fan of rap music, but back when I was in high school there was a Christian rap band called DC Talk. They came out with a song called “Nu Thang”. Feel free to punch it in on YouTube when...  Read More

"I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." John 15:5 (ESV) Growing up, I had a big dream of being s...  Read More

How to Lose in Battle I wonder if you’re going through a battle right now?  According to Ephesians 6:12, we’re always facing some form of invisible warfare or another, some form of spiritual attack fr...  Read More

In the story of when Jesus withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon (Matt 15:21-28, Mark 7:24-30), a woman approaches and cries out to Him to help her daughter who is severely demon-possessed. His r...  Read More

The Apostle Paul was a man of great spiritual stature, but not without issues.  He wanted his readers to know that he had not attained to full maturity in Christ.  Paul saw himself as the worst of sin...  Read More

As the world seems to descend further into darkness around us, I think it is timely to remember that we as christians were not guaranteed an easy or prosperous life here on earth. Rather we have actua...  Read More

Theology is important. The essential quality of eternal life, according to John 17:3, is the knowledge of God. But too often, theology is boring. Most of my high school students would probably read a ...  Read More

When my husband Gary came home from the Gulf War there was a period of 5 years before the VA designated him 100% permanently disabled. I won't go into all that that entails but during that time he was...  Read More

TJust over a month ago, the Artemis II capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, completing a 10-day mission that carried four astronauts on a flyby of the moon. In the weeks that followed, well-ear...  Read More

Recently, I’ve been seeing several people excited about Justin Bieber performing at Coachella. Now, I personally am not a “Belieber” (a dedicated Bieber fan), and not a huge fan of secular artists in ...  Read More

On May 5th, 1862, in the city of Puebla, Mexico, a small, less-equipped Mexican army of 4,000 troops fought against a superior French force of 6,000-8,000 troops led by General Ignacio Zaragoza and de...  Read More

Several years ago, I remember playing a team scavenger hunt game with my wife Alexis and some friends of ours. Each round, the game host would call for an object, and the first team to present the obj...  Read More

Some people think the will of God is mysterious and enigmatic – hard to understand.  But this passage makes it crystal clear. While there are puzzling questions in life that require patience and wisdo...  Read More

There are two mistakes we can make in the Christian life that are equally dangerous: we can be too hard on ourselves, or we can be too easy on ourselves. The second mistake leads to a life of unrestra...  Read More