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, ‘Who art thou, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.’” Acts 9:5 Dear Ones: What is a name? It is an identifier, a means of revealing who someone is. What is the importance of a name? The answer lies in who the name belongs to, and who exactly…
“After this, I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me.” Revelation 4:1 Dear Ones: In Jesus’ teaching on prayer, He begins by dealing with the preciousness, and sacredness of prayer. He says, “When thou prayest, enter…
“For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spake, as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” 2 Peter 1:21 Dear Ones: If there is one evidence, proof, and actual present working of God in the heart and life, it has to do with the…
“These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me you might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 Dear Ones: The calling of God is one that brings the believer face to face with a victorious, and triumphant life, that…
“Thus saith the Lord to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him.” Isaiah 45:1 Dear Ones: Where does power come from? We might qualify that question by asking another one: What is the nature of true power from heaven’s standpoint, and what are the qualifications for receiving…
“God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise…God has chosen, yea, the things that are not, to bring to nought things that are.” 1 Corinthians 1:27, 28 Dear Ones: It has been said that God doesn’t use many men today, because they are too big. What is meant by this…
“He staggered not at the promises of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.” Romans 4:20 Dear Ones: There is a great difference between living, and living victoriously. It is somewhat like the “well of water,” and the floods poured out. There is no doubt that the Christian, or disciple…
“The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” John 1:17 Dear Ones: In the first of two prayers written down in his letter to the Ephesians, the Apostle Paul deals with basically two things. The first concerns a vision, or revelation of the truth, things as they are. The…
“Lead me in Thy truth, and teach me: for Thou art the God of my salvation; on Thee do I wait all the day.” Psalm 25:5 Dear Ones: The man who lives by faith is the one who lives in the expectation of seeing the glory of God. How can we say this? We see…
“And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, ‘Arise, go unto Nineveh…” Jonah 3:1 Dear Ones: The story of God’s dealings with Jonah the prophet, and preacher, is rich in revealing His dealings with us. One of the most fundamental, underlying revelations of God working in Jonah, “…the willing and…