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.
“Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons, and concerning the works of My hands command ye Me.” Isaiah 45:11 Dear Ones: Christianity is an interactive exchange of life between God and man. The most fundamental component of this relationship is communion, fellowship. We see this in the matter of prayer, and the worshipful…
“But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of Me, O Israel.” Isaiah 43:22 Dear Ones: There are several instances in the Scriptures where the Lord tells certain individuals, or anyone who will hear, to call upon Him. To Jeremiah in prison, He would say, “Call upon Me, and…
“…that I may KNOW Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death.” Philippians 3:10 Dear Ones: When Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden before the Fall, all was perfectly GOOD. There was the free flow of Life from the heart of…
“Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him.” Psalm 37:7 Dear Ones: There is what we might call, “the progression of faith,” in the Christian life. In the beginning of our walk with Christ, one is often more preoccupied with running from sin, than walking with the Lord. The concept and reality of the…
“For I am a man under authority…Truly I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.” Matthew 8:9,10 Dear Ones: The mention of the “kingdom of God” normally does not stir us, perhaps because the terminology and the concepts are so foreign to us in this “modern” society. And…
“If you were of the world, the world would love his own; but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.” John 15:19 Dear Ones: There is a great difference between the “world,” that of creation, and the “world” system, which is…
“And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day…” Genesis 3:8 Dear Ones: The greatest love story of time and eternity began in the heart of God before the foundation of the world. It is in the Garden of Eden that we begin to see…
“And you shall seek Me, and find Me, when you shall search for Me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13 Dear Ones: When Jesus gave what is commonly called, “The Sermon On The Mount,” He laid out some very important truths. These truths reflect the reality of an individual coming to truly KNOW God, and…
“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.” Amos 8:11 Dear Ones: There is a relationship between the spoken word of God and the Living Word (Christ), that…
“Do not fear; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness.” Isaiah 41:10 Dear Ones: When the Lord Jesus addressed the church of Laodicea in the book of Revelations, chapter…