Posts with the category “daily-devotionals”

Two guys were talking and one of them said “I believe that every day is a good day!” The other guy looked at  him and said “That’s not true. You have to be crazy to believe that every day is a good da...  Read More

There will be no one with me…I will be alone. The whole family has headed off to the coast and I’m here  taking care of getting ready for Sunday…and I will be home all by myself. I’m pretty excited be...  Read More

I was at the store the other day and passed by the frozen poultry and there were a number of frozen turkeys there. I noticed them because I’m the turkey cooker in our family. Roasting a turkey is pret...  Read More

A lot of women say their husband never listens to them. I’m proud to say I have never heard that. Ok, someone  else said that and I liked it because it was pretty funny…but I think it did sound like m...  Read More

We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you again in the future. That was the text sent to me  by an outfit I had done business with. They did great work, and they were friendly. And I...  Read More

Years ago, I remember asking a pastor what the reason was for the book of Leviticus in the Bible. It is all about  specific ceremonies and rules on how to do things and I don’t think I’ve heard anyone...  Read More

I heard a quote by an atheist (someone who chooses to believe there is no God) that said “We create God just so  we can cope with the meaninglessness of life.” I certainly don’t agree with his choice ...  Read More

A guy was talking about how short the life spans of some creatures actually were. Some were a few years and  then there were those that lived only a few months. And it got down to a couple of days and...  Read More

There was a guy who was showing off his big new SUV to a friend. His buddy crawled into the car and saw  how spacious it was inside and said “Wow, you could fit eight people in here with no problems!”...  Read More

It was nearly 40 years ago, but I can still remember it like it was yesterday. The space shuttle Challenger had  just lifted off and I was listening to the launch as I headed to work. And over the rad...  Read More

One of the things that you find out about living the Christian life is that you are going to have hard times…just  like everyone else. It’s a broken world and we are all living in it together! You can...  Read More

Do your remember this from growing up?  Mary had a little lamb  Its fleece was white as snow  And everywhere that Mary went   The lamb was sure to go  It followed her to school one day   Which was aga...  Read More

I remember once hearing how Eskimos in the coldest areas of the north would get rid of wolves that were a  threat to them. As the story goes, they would take a razor sharp knife and dip it in the bloo...  Read More

Matthew Henry was a wonderful preacher, writer and teacher in the early 1700s in England. He would not only  take care of his own church but was invited to travel and speak at other nearby towns. He w...  Read More

He turned 95 years old yesterday…kind of. It was on February 18, 1930 that astronomer, Clyde Tombaugh  discovered the planet Pluto. Well, he was a planet that day. Pluto was hard to find because it is...  Read More

 A buddy and I went out to lunch yesterday and walked into one of our favorite eating places and got seated. It  was a bit after lunch, and we were hungry. We said “Hi” to the owner and then the waitr...  Read More

When I got my Toyota Corolla, one of the things that I liked from the very first was the over-sized (for that  time!) screen that would tap into the back up camera and show me what was going on behind...  Read More

 There is a story that has been around for years, and it comes out of the Korean War. There was a young  infantryman who was a sergeant and was given the job of moving his men forward towards the enem...  Read More

The great 49er quarterback, Joe Montana, tells a wonderful story about something he started doing while he was  playing football. He did this while waiting to go back in on offense as the quarterback ...  Read More

My Dad was from Texas and my Mom was from California. My Dad got a job in Texas and so they moved, and  I was born there. After a few years, my parents decided to come back to California where they wo...  Read More

I remember asking a friend how they improved their aim when firing a pistol at a target at a range. They said a  trick that someone taught them was to put a penny on the front sight, and with your eye...  Read More

I hit a dog with my car yesterday. I was driving to church on the highway I always take. I was in a group of  cars and we were all going just about 65 mph. All of a sudden, a good sized black dog ran ...  Read More

It was D-day, June 6, 1944. The Allies had landed troops on the beaches of Normandy, France. All the beaches  had been overcome except for one that came to be known as “Bloody Omaha” beach. General “D...  Read More

I’ve been losing weight. When I was playing football years ago, my weight was around 195. One day I stepped  on the scale, and it showed 212. So, two years ago, I copied what my son was doing and bega...  Read More

One passage that I treasure comes from Romans 5. It tells us that we all are going to run into problems and trials. But we are told to rejoice when those things happen! That's about the last thing we ...  Read More

There was a guy who had been telling a friend about this Jesus of the Bible and the friend said that he had studied so many different religions but he was amazed at what he saw in the Bible about this...  Read More

A guy was selling his car and when a prospective buyer came by he began his sales pitch. And he told about all  the good things he could think of that the car had to offer. And then at the end he said...  Read More

I have a buddy who is a real “car guy” and his sons love cars too. As his boys were growing up, they loved to  drive and as teenagers tend to do, they would wait until that gas gauge was flirting with...  Read More

It was the day after my birthday, and I was going to get to have my first real “kids” birthday party. I knew my  mom was going to make this a really special day for me. I had just turned seven years o...  Read More

This is a day that I took time to look back on my life and remember some of the things that are rooted in my heart. My Dad, who has been gone for nearly 20 years now, coached a number of high school s...  Read More

I’ve always been a bit awed by men and women who can fly airplanes. To be able to handle a machine that flies through the air, with all the things that you have to know and remember just amazes me. Th...  Read More

I ran across a comedian online who said that he dreamed of going into a parking lot full of cars and putting notes on as many cars as he could with the message “I’m so sorry for the damage I caused”. ...  Read More

I was given a wonderful gift of a memory stick the other day. My cousin had put in a number of pictures that she had access to, and I spent a long time looking at photos of my parents and our family. ...  Read More

I read a story about some years ago St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City was seeking a new president. Over one hundred candidates applied for the position. The search committee narrowed the list...  Read More

One of the things that we all take for granted in our culture is...salt! Yeah, we don’t think about how wonderful salt is. For us it seems to be everywhere and is one of the cheapest things to buy. Bu...  Read More

I just got back from vacation. We had booked our place for the family back about December of last year. We watched month after month pass by with increasing anticipation for having the family together...  Read More

One of the ways that Jesus describes his relationship with those who believe him and receive him is to call you friends. When you think about your friends, or even what kind of a friend you are to oth...  Read More

I was talking to a friend the other day and I found out that they knew my next-door neighbors. My neighbors follow this Jesus of the Bible, and they really are great folks. They are both in the medica...  Read More

“Tell me the truth all the time...I can believe you all the time. Tell me the truth some of the time...I can never believe you.” You may have heard that before and all of us know the reality of that s...  Read More

A high school student was in a store and spotted his third-grade teacher. He didn’t think she would remember him, but he went up to her and said “Hi, Miss Spencer”! “Hi Jimmy” she replied. “So, you do...  Read More