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.
“I marvel that you are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel.” Galatians 1:6 Dear Ones: When the Apostle Paul wrote his letter to the Galatians, he was addressing “the churches of Galatia.” (1:2) His concern in writing the letter had to do with a deviation…
“For brethren, you have been called unto liberty.” Galatians 5:13 Dear Ones: What constitutes true freedom? What IS freedom? Just the word “freedom” speaks to us of a condition of mind and heart, and perhaps body, where there is the opposite experience. So, what IS freedom, freedom from what? And what is heaven’s perspective? True…
“For the Lord’s portion is His people; Jacob is the lot of His inheritance.” Deuteronomy 32:9 Dear Ones: It will take eternity to just begin to understand and know the mind and heart of God. It is true that the believer will know God, even as he is known. (1 Cor. 13:12) But there is…
“And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Ester 4:14 Dear Ones: In the economy of God, there is no mistake, nor is there any error on God’s part. Paul wrote to the believers in Ephesus the phrase: “…according as He has chosen us in Him BEFORE…
“And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.” Exodus 4:24 Dear Ones: How important is the covenant which God makes with man? It is so very important that God deals with man, irrespective of his status or stature. He makes no exception. …
“I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.” Habakkuk 2:1 Dear Ones: Perhaps one of the greatest assurances in Scripture with regard to God speaking to our hearts is found in…
“Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.” 1 Timothy 1:5 Dear Ones: When Paul wrote his two letters to Timothy, he did so in view of his soon departure to go and be with Christ. He is writing to his…
“…and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:2 Dear Ones: The thoughts of God as opposed to those of man, on whatever subject that could be considered, are as vast as the heavens are above the earth. Not only could we…
“For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness shall reign by one, Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:17 Dear Ones: It is very unusual in Scripture to find the phrase, “…much more,” mentioned five times in one chapter. It is true that…
“And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire, a still small voice.” 1 Kings 19:12 Dear Ones: In God’s dealings with us, He knows exactly how to get our attention, and how to speak to us. There are times when the Lord uses wind, earthquakes,…