My wife and I served as evangelical, protestant missionaries in France for eleven and a half years, after which I became the pastor and director of a Christian school in a French-speaking evangelical church, L'Eglise Evangelique de Saint Jerome, in Quebec, Canada. After serving in Quebec for five years, we then moved to Greenville, South Carolina, where I became the pastor of the First Evangelical Church of Greenville. In 1995, we moved to Tallahassee, Florida, where I eventually assumed the management of the family business, and remained there until 2012, when our family moved to Meridian, Idaho. My wife and I have six children. These short devotionals are born out of the loss of one of these children in particular, with the hope and prayer that they will serve to encourage and inspire those who read them in their walk with Christ. God bless you all, and may we finish well the race set before us.
“To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Colossians 1:27 It was David, who approximately three thousand years ago, penned these words: “O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance, and my cup;…
“Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.” Genesis 2:3 When we consider God’s order of things, whether it be from the creation to the order that is to be seen and known in Christ’s body, the church, we…
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” Philippians4:6 True prayer and real peace are the provisions and gifts of God, to meet the very present needs of believers in Christ, but also, those needs of those who are around them. In…
“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.” Exodus 20:7 In the book of Revelation, there comes a moment in the midst of judgment upon the earth, when we see an angel flying in the midst…
“For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.” Luke 1:44 The gospel of Christ is one of joy, a joy of the Eternal Father, communicated by the Eternal Spirit, and filling the Eternal Son. It is a joy that God desires…
“…For You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us kings and priests unto our God…” Revelation 5:9,11 The calling of God is not just for the time in which we live, but carries with it eternal ramifications,…
“Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.” Isaiah 51:2 It is one thing to come to a knowledge of the calling of God, being brought to Christ saving and sanctifying the soul, resulting in true fellowship and communion with God.…
“Know that the Lord, He is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture.” Psalm 100:3 When the Lord Jesus entered heaven, after dying on the cross, and being raised from the dead, He “entered the Most Holy Place once for…
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My father.” John 14:12 There has never been anyone like Christ for a multitude of reasons. But one of those reasons is the…
“Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, you and your companions who sit before you, for they are a wondrous sign; for behold, I am bringing forth My servant the BRANCH.” Zechariah 3:8 The book of Zechariah has been seen by some as a very difficult one to understand, especially in regard to prophecy. However, though…