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.
“Rejoice greatly O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.” Zechariah 9:9 Dear Ones: If ever there was an example of true humility, lowliness, approachableness…it is the…
“Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou Me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?” Job 38:3,4 Dear Ones: There came a day, in the life of the Lord Jesus, after speaking to the multitudes, that He and his disciples entered…
“The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:57 Dear Ones: It was said of the missionaries that went to be with the Lord, at the end of their work with the…
Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall heal the sick…” James 5:14 Dear Ones: Does God heal the sick today? Is He limited by medicines, doctors,…
“But now hath He obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also He is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.” Hebrews 8:6 Dear Ones: What is a covenant, and why is it so very important when we consider the things of God? First of all, a covenant is,…
“When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.” Joshua 3:8 Dear Ones: There have been several notable instances in Scripture where God has called an individual, small group of individuals, or a whole nation to advance, with the menacing, and opposing barrier of water before…
“I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.” 1 John 2:14 Dear Ones: When Abraham was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared unto him and said: “I am the Almighty God; walk before Me, and be thou…
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28 Dear Ones: How is it possible to believe that God works all things together for good, if we do not believe in the words of the old hymn: …
“For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” Hebrews 11:10 Dear Ones: There is a remarkable testament to God, and His quiet and profound work in the heart and mind of an individual, when we study the life of Abraham. Where did the concept of eternity enter into…
“And the Lord said unto Joshua, ‘See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor.’” Joshua 6:2 Dear Ones: It is a remarkable revelation to Joshua, the successor of Moses, who, facing the walls of resistance and defiance by the walls of Jericho, is confronted with…