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.

The Choice To Believe

“…He that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6 Dear Ones: Faith is not just an intellectual knowledge and understanding of the truth.  Why is this so?  Because truth is not only the absolute, and unchanging, laws of existence of…

The Messenger Of Christ

“I have manifested Thy name unto the men which Thou hast given Me….,” “…I have given unto them the words which Thou gavest Me.” John 17:6,8 Dear Ones: When Ezekiel received His commission from God, as a prophet, God gave him a vision of heaven.  In that vision Ezekiel perceived holy beings, celestial beings, along…

The Power Of The Name

“And he said, ‘Who art thou, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.’” Acts 9:5 Dear Ones: What is a name?  It is an identifier, a means of revealing who someone is.  What is the importance of a name?  The answer lies in who the name belongs to, and who exactly…

On Earth As It Is In Heaven

“After this, I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me.” Revelation 4:1 Dear Ones: In Jesus’ teaching on prayer, He begins by dealing with the preciousness, and sacredness of prayer.  He says, “When thou prayest, enter…

Overcoming In The Storm

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me you might have peace.  In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 Dear Ones: The calling of God is one that brings the believer face to face with a victorious, and triumphant life, that…

Patterns To Power

“Thus saith the Lord to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him.”  Isaiah 45:1 Dear Ones: Where does power come from?  We might qualify that question by asking another one:  What is the nature of true power from heaven’s standpoint, and what are the qualifications for receiving…

Despise Not The Day of Small Things

“God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise…God has chosen, yea, the things that are not, to bring to nought things that are.” 1 Corinthians 1:27, 28 Dear Ones: It has been said that God doesn’t use many men today, because they are too big.  What is meant by this…

Breaking Through To Faith

“He staggered not at the promises of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.” Romans 4:20 Dear Ones: There is a great difference between living, and living victoriously.  It is somewhat like the “well of water,” and the floods poured out.  There is no doubt that the Christian, or disciple…

The Vision’s Height And Power To Climb

“The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” John 1:17 Dear Ones: In the first of two prayers written down in his letter to the Ephesians, the Apostle Paul deals with basically two things.  The first concerns a vision, or revelation of the truth, things as they are.  The…