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.
“Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of His knowledge by us in every place.” 2 Corinthians 2:14 One of the greatest characteristics of the life of Christ while on this earth, and now in heaven, is that He was a conqueror over every…
“And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to past, but the end is not yet.”” Matthew 24:6 The rise and fall of civilizations has always been characterized by “wars and rumors of wars.” Scripture tells us that, as we approach…
“Lie not to one another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him.” Colossians 3:9,10 Scripture is very clear concerning God’s attitude of judgment upon all that is of sin, self,…
“So shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11 Credibility is an essential element in one being worthy to be trusted. What does it…
“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.” 1 Timothy 4:1 It seems that the terms “latter times,” and “latter days,” speak of not only a period of time, but of the historical unveiling of “the mystery of…
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord.” Isaiah 55:8 When the Lord gave to Isaiah these words on the comparison between the thoughts and ways of men, and those of God, the difference between them is striking. There is categorically no affinity between the two. On…
“The Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.” 1 Samuel 16:13 From the moment Samuel anointed David, and the Spirit of God came upon him, he was not only different in his heart, but…
“Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out.!” Romans 11:33 In God’s dealings with man, He is ever seeking to bring him to faith in Christ. The quality of that faith is described by certain phrases. For example,…
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” Hebrews 12:1 The teaching of the Lord through the Apostle Paul concerning the…
“…the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 What is it about God that separates Him from the whole of creation? It is that He is the Creator, Redeemer, Savior, Guide, and, as revealed in the…