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 charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season.” 2 Timothy 4:1,2 In the Old Testament, we have numerous examples of when a “charge” is given to someone.…
“Teach me Thy way, O Lord; I will walk in Thy truth: unite my heart to fear Thy name.” Psalm 86:11 When David wrote Psalm 86, he did so as a prayer to God. Most certainly he chose his words carefully, trusting the Spirit of God to guide him, for in this psalm he not…
“For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, ‘Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.” Mark 11:23 The Bible speaks a…
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me because He has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.” Isaiah 61:1,2 When God revealed Himself to Abraham in…
“And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the house where they were sitting.” Acts 1:2 The Holy Scriptures are absolutely remarkable, and this for many reasons. One of those reasons is that the Spirit of God, first of all being the essential element in the…
“Paul, an apostle not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead.” Galatians 1:1 Everything pertaining to the Gospel of Christ, and the calling of God, are not of this world. They were first in the heart and mind of God before the creation…
“Those who regard worthless idols forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice to You with thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.” Jonah 2:8,9 The Lord God has no problem creating a tempest at sea, which in the case of Jonah the prophet and those on board with…
“…And try Me in this, says the Lord of hosts, If I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.” Malachi 3:10 When the Lord God brought the people of Israel out of Egypt by the hand…
“Then Jesus spoke to them again saying, ‘I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John 8:12 In the book of Zechariah, we find an angel of God wakening him from sleep, then asking him, “What do you see?” Zechariah’s response…
“Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.” Revelation 14:7 There are four gospels in the New Testament, each written by individual disciples of Christ, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. All four gospels were…