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.

Three Awakenings

“Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.” Ephesians 4:14 Dear Ones: When Jesus commanded Lazarus, who was dead, to come forth from the tomb, we read:  “…and he that was dead came forth bound hand and foot with graveclothes.” (Jn. 11:44)  What is the key element here…

The Abundance Of God

“Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.” Ezekiel 47:5 Dear Ones: As an essential part of the grand finale of the book of Revelation, we find written:  “And he…

The Song Of Triumph

“Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted His people, and will have mercy upon His afflicted.” Isaiah 49:13 Dear Ones: In one of Jesus’ parables, He speaks of ninety-nine sheep which are safe in the fold.  However, there is yet one which is…

Christ’s Victorious Life

“But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, ‘Lord, save me.’” Matthew 14:30 Dear Ones: The life to which the Christian is called is one where he walks on water.  Why would any one say this? It is simply because it is NOT a life of…

Lay Hold On Life

“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for He is faithful that promised.” Hebrews 10:23 Dear Ones: There is such a thing as gripping firmly one’s sword, laying hold on life eternal, and holding fast one’s profession of faith.  Among David’s mighty men was was an individual named Eleazar the son…

Robbed Of Reward

“The four and twenty elders fall down before Him that sat on the throne, and worship Him that liveth forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne.” Revelation 4:10 Dear Ones: The apostle Paul wrote to Timothy, not long before he went to be with the Lord, “Henceforth there is laid up for…

Christ, The Power To Save

“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Acts 2:21 Dear Ones: When Nicodemus came to Jesus at night in order to ask Him some questions, Jesus put him against an insurmountable wall.  It was the wall of impossibility that rose like a mountain,…

God’s Dealings With Us

“Therefore, that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’” “And none of His disciples durst ask Him, ‘Who art Thou? knowing that it was the Lord.” John 21:7,12 Dear Ones: In the book of the Song of Solomon, we have a picture of a relationship between a bride and her bridegroom. …

A Tabernacle And A Temple

“For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.” Hebrews 9:24 Dear Ones: After Israel was delivered from Egypt, and while the nation was in the wilderness before entering into the promised…

The Light In The Darkness

“The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.” Isaiah 9:2 Dear Ones: When the Bible speaks of light, in the spiritual sense, what does it mean? In John’s gospel, we find the Lord’s words:  “I…