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.

Tangible Faith

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1 Dear Ones: The Psalms are a compilation of hidden treasures, not only because there are the real life testimonies of those who have lived by faith, but also, and more importantly, how God in His mercy and grace…

The Imperative Of Forgetting

“And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.” Genesis 41:51 Dear Ones: There is power in forgetting, the effect of which can be the removal of a burden and weight of wrongs, errors, unwanted circumstances and occurrences that…

The Provision And Power Of Peace

“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.  Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.”  John 14:27 Dear Ones: If ever there was an example of the peace, that blessed calm of spirit and soul that is not of…

Ordinary Vessels And The Outpouring

“Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?” 1 Corinthians 3:5 Dear Ones: Throughout Scripture we find that God chose very unlikely candidates through whom He would accomplish His purposes.  It is true that He worked through  prophets and kings, but…

The Eternal Mystery Revealed

“…And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which  from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 3:9 Dear Ones: What is a mystery?  It is that which is hidden, not yet revealed, but is none the less real. …

The Wonder Of God

“And His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace…” Isaiah 9:6 Dear Ones: A person is often known by his name, and what that name means.  All through the Old Testament, but also revealed in the New Testament, the Lord reveals something of HIs character, His…

The Determined Blessing Of God

“Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.” Hosea 6:3 Dear Ones: What is it about the heart of God that is so very different…

Fathomless Forgiveness

“For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required, and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.” Luke 12:48 Dear Ones: The eternal justice of God, and His righteousness, as they relate to this earth, were manifested from the foundation of the world. John wrote this…

The Power Of A New Beginning

“‘I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,’ saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8 Dear Ones: The single greatest proof of the power of a new beginning in the life of an individual, and that of a nation or people, is Christ…

The Proof And Certainty Of Forgiveness

“Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.”  Zechariah 3:4 Dear Ones: There is basically one thing that hinders the Lord from hearing, and answering our prayers.  It is “iniquity,” or sin.  You might ask, “What about unbelief, or little faith?”  Does not Paul…