“Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.” (Psalms 37:4) There are two people I never thought I would meet on this side of Heaven: An Internet reader from a community in which I wasn’t known, and one of the individuals who had something to do with a voice I heard that led to my salvation. Let me explain. My Internet ministry has exploded over the last five years. My website, www.devotions.com, is one of world’s most popular websites for […]

“In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!’ For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight’.” (Matthew 3:1-3) The immortal words of John the Baptist, “Repent,for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” had a great deal to do with my own salvation. I heard those words just a […]

“Let us come before him with thanksgiving.” (Psalm 95:2) Satan has a stronghold on Thanksgiving. Have you noticed? Retail merchants don’t play it up anymore like they did when I was a kid. They skip right by Thanksgiving and go from Halloween to Christmas. In fact, many of them don’t even close on Thanksgiving Thursday, denying their own employees the opportunity to pause and reflect on the blessings of life. There’s simply too much money to be made on Christmas for them to stop and acknowledge Thanksgiving. History […]

“I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.” (Proverbs 4:11-12) My wife and I try to take a 45-minute walk with each other every day. I normally try to get my walk in after work, but on occasion we are forced by our schedules to take early morning walks. I have noticed something different about the early morning crowd. They walk slower than the evening crowd. […]