Wake Up and Clean Up

One of my many favorite songs to sing to the Lord is Holiness (Take My Life). I especially like the third verse: Righteousness, righteousness is what I long for Righteousness is what I need Righteousness, righteousness is what you want from me What is righteousness? A...

Put on the New Man

The last couple of days here in the Florida Panhandle have been unusually cold and I’ve had to remember to put on a jacket every time I step outside. If I don’t, the cold wind immediately reminds me that I’m ill-prepared to deal with the weather. I’m sure...

Ridiculous Grace

I used to love watching Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Serling would begin the episode with, “You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension…” Serling would then introduce the episode. I want us to unlock a door with the key...

The Voice of Hope

This past Sunday, my pastor Dr. Dennis Brunet, made a statement and encouraged us to write it down. Speaking on Jesus’ words in John 8:11 he said, “The voice of Jesus is the voice of hope.” I not only wrote it down, but I also decided to write a devotional about...

The Anchor of Anxiousness

Are you a worry wart? That’s seems like an inappropriate question, or at least grammatically incorrect. A wart is a thing; not a person. So, I guess we could ask, “Do you have a worry wart?” Or perhaps, more accurately and simpler, “Are you a worrier?” If...