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.
“…whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the kIng into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live.” Ester 4:11 In the book of Ester, we discover the…
“And I pray God your whole spirit and soul, and body, be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He who calls you, who also will do it.” 1 Thessalonians 5:23 In Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians, after dealing with many subjects and teaching, he concludes with a position…
“…mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honored Him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation.” Daniel 4:34 Concerning several of the great kings of antiquity, God specifically dealt with them in such a way that…
“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” Colossians 3:2,3 There came a day in the life of Moses, after he had known the Lord for some time, even at a time when “the Lord talked with Moses…face…
“That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.” 1 John 1:3 There is great value in hearing the testimony of those who have gone before us, especially those whose testimony…
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it you.” John 16:23 Perhaps the greatest miracle of all time and eternity is this, that a lowly creature as man is, with all of his limitations, littleness, and sinfulness, can come before the Almighty, unchanging, holy…
“Not that I speak in respect of want, for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.” Philippians 4:1 Paul’s letter to the believers in Philippi is an extraordinary one, not only because of the subjects he covers in the book, but because of the things that he has learned, and…
“Now Jericho was straightly (securely) shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out and none came in.” Joshua 6:1 The beginning of the conquest of Canaan began at a specific point, a designated place, at a designated time, and a desginated way. The promise to Israel of the successful conquest of Canaan,…
“Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up. After two days will He revive us: in the third day, He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight.” Hosea 6:1,2 Every act of God,…
“Then Peter said, ‘Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.’” Acts 3:6 It was very soon after Pentecost, when the Spirit of God was poured out according to the prophecy of Joel, that Peter and John…