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.

The Fire Of God

“Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.” 1 Kings 18:38 Dear Ones: There is a big difference between the fire that comes from heaven, and man who tries to light a fire…

Trusting Incomprehensible Love

“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.  Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” 1 John 4:9-10 Dear…

Greetings From Heaven

 “Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 1:7,8 Dear Ones: How important is a greeting?  We might qualify that question by asking another:  “What is the importance of the content of the greeting?”  If we look at this simple subject just from a natural standpoint, the answers…

Speaking To Mountains And Dry Bones

“…Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, ‘Be thou removed…’” (Mark 11:23, “…say unto them, ‘O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.’” Ezekiel 37:4 Dear Ones: Throughout Scripture we find individuals of faith asking God to reveal to them His ways, for they have discovered that “His ways are not our ways.”  God…

The Remedy To Little Faith

“And immediately Jesus stretched forth His hand, and caught him, and said unto him, ‘O you of little faith, why did you doubt?’” Matthew 14:31 Dear Ones: We all have our limits, and we are all faced with the age-old issue of believing God a “little.”  Why is it, that the object of our faith,…

Christ’s War; Our War

“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal (of the flesh), but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.” 2 Corinthians 10:4 Dear Ones: It would be a very naive thought to believe that the spiritual conflict that Christ knew, lived, and overcame, is not our own.  We can say with certainty,…

The Morning Miracle

“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.  They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 Dear Ones: There is a miracle awaiting to occur every morning between God and man, specifically the believer.  It is one that is as certain as the power…

God’s Deeper Work In Us

“…there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and when he saw Him (Jesus), he fell at His feet.” Mark 5:22 Dear Ones: There is one principle in the Bible that is fundamental to every intervention of God in our lives, and in those around us:  “I am the Lord: that…

Fighting Against God

“And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.” Genesis 32:24 Dear Ones: The life of Jacob is a most intriguing one to study.  It is one of those stories that begins in the womb of his mother, but not just because of the physical birth…

God’s New Year

“Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord…and they shall not sorrow any more.” Jeremiah 31:12 Dear Ones: When we speak of the “New Year,” we invariably think of how if will affect our lives. Our point of reference is almost always…