“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 ten years. My website, www.devotions.com, is one of world’s most popular websites for […]

For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5) (Most of my newspaper editors do not like for me to capitalize “He” as I did in the above verse. They often change it. I hope not in this case because what follows emphasizes the importance of the capital “H” in He.) All of us wonder from time to time if God really cares about what’s going on in our lives. Why? Because there are those occasions in life when “life” seems to […]

“He who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.” (James 1:6) If the truth were ever told about the effect that doubt could have in your life, the above verse hits the nail on the head. There is something else that’s true about doubt. It is actually expected in the life of every believer. So, don’t be discouraged when doubt comes your way. It’s never a permanent condition. Actually, the irony of doubt is that it always brings with it an […]

“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 […]