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.

God-Given Thirst

“For I will pour water on him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour My Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.”  Isaiah 44:3 Dear Ones: What is the basis and assurance that God says what he means, and means what He says?  It has to do…

Indebtedness To God

“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” Romans 13:8 Dear Ones: There is a direct correlation between owing God and owing man.  On the one hand with regard to our obligations to God, there is a total indebtedness, as our need of salvation…

All God’s Geese Are Swans

“When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, ‘Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.’” Luke 5:8 Dear Ones: It must have been a beautiful day by the lake of Gennesaret, that Jesus stood, giving to the people the word of God.  As they pressed upon Him,…

The Vastness Of God’s Mercy

“For I knew that Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest Thee of the evil.”  Jonah 4:2 Dear Ones: Jonah ended up in the belly of a fish at the bottom of the ocean for all of the wrong reasons.  The first was that he was…

The Care Of This World

“And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, He went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.” Mark 1:35 Dear Ones: In one of Jesus’ parables, He likens the one who hears the word of God, but the care of this world, along with the deceitfulness of riches, choke…

True Prosperity And Success

“The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him (Joseph), and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.” Genesis 40:23 Dear Ones: In the Scriptures, we find several instances where God so blessed individuals, that they became very wealthy and…

The Absolute Point Of Reference

“…and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.”  Ezekiel 1:26 Dear Ones: There is one constant in this universe, and in time, that by its very nature and essence, does not change, or is altered by anything of heaven and earth.  We find it…

The Measure Of A Man

“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.”  Micah 6:8 Dear Ones: Jesus Christ came to put true humanity man back into humanity.  It is not that He came to put…

God’s Timing And Intervention

“Therefore thus saith the Lord; ‘I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: My house shall be built in it,’ saith the Lord of hosts.” Zechariah 1:16 Dear Ones: In the economy of God, there is a time for everything.  What is so significant concerning this reality is the specific intervention of God at a specific…

The Father’s House

“Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.” Song of Solomon 4:7 Dear Ones: What is it about the Heavenly Father’s house that distinguishes it above all else?  Is it the worship that should occur there?  Is it the ornateness, the beauty of its structure and design?  Is it the brightness,…