The Good Life

Two Fasts – the One that Pleases God and the One that Doesn’t---Isaiah 58 The 58th chapter of Isaiah begins almost immediately by des...

Draw Near to God and He will Draw Near to You James 4:8 reads, “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” Nothing complicated abo...

Self-Improvement Follies The other day, I made a visit to our local mall-based, chain bookstore. During my search for the book I wanted...

Out with the Old and On with the New “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he/she is a new creation: old things have passed away: behold,...

The Shortest Day of the Year Today, December 21st is the shortest day of the calendar year. This is the day in the year because of the ...

The Christmas Star For more than a thousand years people have wondered about the star that led the magi to Bethlehem. Many proposals ha...

Prepare the Way of the Lord For many centuries the nation of Israel had been waiting for their promised Messiah. Prophets had foretold the S...

Psalms 1 – Just Two Kinds of People It’s all laid out before you in black and white. The very first Psalm paints two graphic pictures: one ...

The Beatitudes If you walk into any bookstore today you will find whole sections of the store containing books written about how to succeed ...

The Passover The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ is our Passover Lamb. “For Christ our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed”- 1 Corinthians 5:...

The Rejected Parent There are web sites for everything else but there are no web sites that I know of for “rejected parents”. No support gr...

More on Forgiveness The Bible treats the subject of forgiveness very seriously. And many Christians find forgiving others hard to do. Why ...

We will not be able to publish a devotional next week. Look for another devotional by November 10th!

Adam and Eve and the Fall----Genesis 3 - Paradise Lost We all know the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. We have heard how the ...

Joseph – the Forgiver Joseph was stunned and trembling as he crouched inside the deep pit that his brothers had thrown him into. It was dar...

Isaac The Ordinary --- Genesis 22-27 Isaac appears to be just an ordinary guy – from what we read in Scripture. A mild humble man who herds...

Abraham’s Test Genesis 22 Scripture tells us that God tested Abraham. And what a test it was! God called Abraham and instructed him to t...

The LITTLE BEAR The other night I got a clear view of the Little Bear —the Little Dipper as I used to call it. I remember picking it out as ...

Are You Climbing Jacob’s Ladder? Jacob was tired and dirty from his long walk. Sweat was running down his face as he trudged along. All da...

Open My Eyes Lord, I Want to See Jesus The Road to Emmaus Luke 24:13-33 Three days had passed since their leader was crucified and Jesu...

Are You Afraid To Die? On the 4th of July we were on our way to Santa Barbara to ride bikes on the beach, have dinner, and watch the firewor...

Have You answered the Call? While watching various scenes in the life of Ted Kennedy on television. this week, one segment especially impres...

Cain and Abel According to the Bible, Cain was the very first baby to be born on this earth! And Abel was the second. Cain and Abel were A...

Have They Hi- Jacked My Jesus? Sweat rolled down the man’s red face as he shook his fists.”You’re gonna kill our senior citizens with your s...

Learning to Hear God’s Voice Prayer isn’t just about us talking to God. Prayer is also about us listening to hear God talking to us. And i...