Peace Devotions

October 17, 2017

Just Bad Luck?

Jeremiah 29:11 I was riding a motorbike and went over a bump and got a little airborne while I was in the air the bike stand came down, caused me to have an accident. I broke my collarbone fractured my...

October 16, 2017

Family Devotions

Romans 1:16, Psalm 119:105 As a kid growing up I remember every evening my parents sitting down with us as a family at suppertime and after we got finished eating we would spend a little time in God’s Word. Reading...

October 13, 2017

What does God say about tattoos?

Leviticus 19:28, 1 Corinthians 10:23-24,31, Isaiah 49:16 What does God say about tattoos? Tattoos really fall into a category known as Adiaphora: things that are neither commanded nor forbidden by God. But wait, I thought tattoos are mentioned in the...

October 12, 2017

The Stain of Sin

1 John 1:7b For about three years I worked in underground mines. Boy that can be dirty work. My last job was a driller and often I would come up from underground almost pure black. The oil was so thick...

October 11, 2017

Are you lonely?

Psalm 139:7 I’ve been surprised with how lonely life can feel. And you don’t have to be on some deserted island to experience it. Probably one of the loneliest parts of my life was when I was working in Western...

October 10, 2017

Why are we so busy?

Psalm 127:1-2 As a family sometimes our schedule can get crazy. We think about all the things we have to do: pick up Billy from school, drop off Johnny at soccer practice, bring Susie to ballet, and rush home for...

October 9, 2017

The Guilt of Sin

Psalm 32:5 I was having something like a pillow fight with my younger brother and sister we’d done it many times but this was different this time when I hit my sister in the back of the head, she pitched...

October 6, 2017

What Would Jesus Do?

Romans 7:19-20,24-25 There was a slogan that was around and very common when I was young: WWJD. It was on bracelets and t-shirts and bumper stickers. WWJD: what would Jesus do? I think the idea behind the slogan was an...

October 5, 2017

God Cares about You

Matthew 10:29-30 I was once visiting with an elderly woman when she expressed this thought: that God was up in heaven and so busy with everything else that he didn’t have time for little old her. Does God really care...

October 4, 2017

The Blessing of Children

Psalm 127:3-5 Back when I was in the military, one of my supervisors, a retired Air Force man, one day he was passing around a picture of him and his family. And I almost fell to my chair when I...