Devotionals

Romans 10:13, “Whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved”
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I would like to share with you a favorite hymn of mine written by Fanny Crosby and put to music by William H. Doane. I must add that Fanny Crosby is one of my most favorite hymn writers. Whenever I share a hymn, I also like to give some information regarding the writer. Fanny was born on March 24, 1820 in South East, New York in a one-story cottage. At age six she caught a slight cold in ...

John 6:51, “I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever”
Philippians 4:19, “My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus”
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As a believer in Christ, have you ever stopped to think how God provides us with the little things that many times we take for granted? Take for example the story of Pastor Harold Springstead who was driving along, on his way to preach ...

Luke 12:40, “Be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect”
1 Thessalonians 5:6, “Let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober”
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The story has been told of a teacher who told his class that he would be going away for several weeks, and he offered to give a prize to the student whose desk he found in the best order when he came back. But he didn’t tell them what day he would return. Because the prize was big, each ...

Amos 4:12, “Prepare to meet your God”
John 14:2, “In My Father’s house are many mansions”
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I have seen them curled up on park benches around Chicago and Washington DC, have observed them asleep in doorways and even slumped against the walls of a New York subway. They huddle in the alleys of Los Angeles and other major cities in our country. They are the homeless, restless, furtive and often sick. I don’t know about you but to me, homelessness illustrates ...

John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me”
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I wanted to share with you today a hymn entitled “Face to Face” written by Carrie E. Breck in 1898 and composed by Grant Colfax Tullar. Carrie was born on January 22, 1855, in Walden, Vermont. Her family moved from Vermont to Vine¬land, New Jersey, and spent most of her life in southern New Jersey. She married Frank Breck, and then moved to Oregon between 1910 ...