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.
“After that He (Jesus) poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded.” John 13:5 It is a remarkable scene when we see Jesus with His disciples, gathering for the last supper, knowing full well that He would be soon departing…
“Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the Law, happy is he.” Proverbs 29:18 In the fortieth chapter of the book of Isaiah, we read where the Lord gives a vision of Himself to Israel. Isaiah writes: “Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the…
“And Moses stretched froth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength, when the morning appeared, and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.” Exodus 14:27 The Lord can accomplish great, and unanticipated, things in a very short period of time. …
“And it came to pass, that in the morning watch, the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of the fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians.” Exodus 14:24 It was a very anxious night for the children of Israel who had come to the specific…
“Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” Psalm 37:4 The great value of a good tool is that in using it, one can accomplish wonderful things, even great things. Faith is not a tool, but faith is a means by which much can be accomplished in…
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1 One of the greatest aspects of the Christian faith is that it is very practical, and in some regards, very simple. From a practical standpoint, it is so because of the essence of faith itself. Scripture tells us…
“And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark…,” “And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat…” Exodus 25:21, 22 Throughout the New Testament, from the gospels through the epistles, we find a common truth, and it is that Christ came into this…
“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto Thee, into Thine holy temple.” Jonah 2:7 One’s extremity is often the moment of greatest opportunity. Why? The answer is found in the mercy of God. Scripture tells us that God waits to be gracious to us. The problem…
“That they all may be one ; as Thou, Father art in Me and I in Thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.” John 17:21 In what has been called, “The High Priestly Prayer” of the Lord Jesus, prayed soon before His crucifixion,…
“And ye shall receive power after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you…,” “To them gave He power to become the sons of God.” Acts 1:8, John 1:12 Power is an essential element of the Christian experience. In fact, from the beginning of creation to this very day, before and after Pentecost, teaching on…