Category Archives: Devotional Thoughts

AGAINST THE WIND

Travelers in the North Atlantic Ocean traffic have frequently observed icebergs traveling in one direction in spite of the fact that strong winds are blowing the opposite way. The icebergs were moving against the wind. The explanation is that the … Continue reading

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DUTY

A Voice From the Past … “The church is all-sufficient to the task God has set before it. We must do everything we can, individually and collectively, to further the cause of Christ. The path of duty is the path … Continue reading

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GOD SHOWING THROUGH YOU

One Sunday as they drove home from worship services, a little girl turned to her mother and said, “Mommy, there’s something about the preacher’s message this morning that I don’t understand.” The mother said, “Oh? What is it?” The little … Continue reading

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GET FOCUSED!

Do we have selective hearing or seeing? Sure, we all do. Every second, our brain is bombarded with sensory data from all five senses. You sit down and in just a few moments stop consciously focusing on the feel of … Continue reading

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DON’T GIVE UP

By 1989, baseball player Nolan Ryan reached an incredible 5,000 strikeouts, and all those no hitters. Ryan is a phenomenal baseball player. In his rookie year, 18 years earlier, Gil Hodges was the manager of the Mets, and was impatient … Continue reading

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BUILDING ACCORDING TO THE CODE

In 1992, Hurricane Andrew destroyed thousands of homes in South Florida. Yet in an area where the wreckage looked like a war zone, one house remained standing, still firmly anchored to its foundation. When a reporter asked the homeowner why … Continue reading

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A LIGHT IN DARKNESS

God needs our light where the world is the darkest. The blacker the night – the greater there is a need for a light bulb. If the bulb does not shine, it’s not because of the darkness – darkness cannot … Continue reading

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STRENGTH IN NUMBERS

There was a Christian man who knew his time was near. So he sent word to his seven children to come home so he could see them all one last time. Even though his children had all grown up and had … Continue reading

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PAST LAURELS

On the television show M*A*S*H, Dr. Charles Emerson Winchester III made it clear what separated him from everybody else – “I’m a Winchester,” he was heard to say more than once. For him, it was his family name that made … Continue reading

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TASTE THEM AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME

There have been some pretty memorable commercial catch phrases for cereals over the years. Among them is the 1990s ad campaign for Kellogg’s Corn Flakes: “Kellogg’s Corn Flakes – Taste them again for the first time.” Its genius, really – a call … Continue reading

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