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.
“And He said unto me, ‘Prophecy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.’” Ezekiel 37:9 Dear Ones: In the book of Isaiah, the Lord is recorded as saying: “Ask…
“In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple.” Isaiah 6:1 Dear Ones: In a passage of Scripture that definitely relates to the Lord Jesus, Isaiah writes: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me; because the…
“…for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound.” Philippians 4:11,12 Dear Ones: In Psalm 23, David makes a most extraordinary declaration: “The Lord is my Shepherd: I shall not want.” (v.1) We might think that this is…
“Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.” Revelation 5:5 Dear Ones: There is a great hymn written by Reginald Heber, which begins like this: “The Son of God goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain;…
“And Joshua said unto the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.’” Joshua 3:5 Dear Ones: It was Dietrich Bonhoeffer who once said, “When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die.” What did he mean, and what does it mean to commit oneself to Christ? When Abraham…
“Fear thou not: for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” Isaiah 41:10 Dear Ones: What a terrible thing it would be to go through life, and come to…
“Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind.” 1 Peter 4:1 Dear Ones: In the book of Romans, Paul speaks of the “suffering of this present time,” and the “…glory which shall be revealed unto us.” (Romans 8:18) He makes the comparison between the two…
“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…