“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” (Luke 12:15) Several years ago while living out of the area, my wife and I drove up and spent the weekend with her parents. A couple they were good friends with came over to visit and show us their new Cadillac. Now this is a good Christian couple, tithers, and who have worked hard all their lives. Since they had no children to raise and […]

“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.” (Malachi 3:10) Before I share an experience with you, let me first say that I don’t expect anything else from God in return for what I do for him. I’m just grateful for salvation and the opportunities he […]

“Jesus replied, ‘I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt…you can say to the mountain, go throw yourself into the sea and it will be done’.” (Matthew 21:21) There isn’t a Christian who doesn’t have doubts about his or her faith. However, many of us are too proud to admit it. A lot of Christians would have those of us who do admit we occasionally succumb to doubt that we have some spiritual problem that needs to be fixed. The next time they […]

“I said, ‘O Lord, have mercy on me, heal me, for I have sinned against you’. ” (Psalm 41:4) I invite you to visit my website at www.devotions.com the next time you’re surfing the Internet. It’s one of the most popular sites for Christian devotions and features just about every column I’ve ever written – over 600 of them. A couple of years ago, my wife’s former pastor suggested we offer an e-mail devotion from our website. Today, we have over 2,000 subscribers. One of the points I […]