Peace Devotions

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 and the dirt so hard to remove that often I would shower with a sandy salt to scrub away the...

1 John/Timothy Hartwig

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 Australia. I had graduated from University and was working on a remote goldmine. I was surrounded by friends and, from...

Psalms/Timothy Hartwig

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 supper. And our schedule the next day’s just as busy filled with piano lesson and math team. Why do we...

Matthew Moldstad/Psalms

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 forward onto the concrete floor. Her face hit the floor and she snapped one of the top teeth in her...

Psalms/Timothy Hartwig

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 encouragement for Christians to wear it all over the place and when confronted with the difficult decision or with temptation...

Matthew Moldstad/Romans

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 about us? Does he care about the intimate details in our lives? In Matthew chapter 10 Jesus tells us: Are...

Matthew/Timothy Hartwig

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 saw it. It was a picture of him and his wife and their children, both adopted and natural. At the...

Matthew Moldstad/Psalms

October 3, 2017

When disaster strikes, is God in control?

Romans 8:28 Have you seen the pictures? That is often the question that is asked when massive disaster hits. A hurricane, tornado, earthquake, or fire we see the images of people’s lives wrecked, their possessions taken away, sometimes even their lives. The tragedy doesn’t have to be massive and widespread it can be very local. Sudden death of a loved...

Romans/Timothy Hartwig

October 2, 2017

Reacting in Anger

Ephesians 4:31-32 One day in high school choir my friend and I were leaning back in our chairs not paying much attention to what the choir director was doing with the Altos and Sopranos and all of a sudden he came over to the tenor section and we snapped to. I leaned my chair forward and stood up, about a...

Ephesians/Matthew Moldstad

October 1, 2017

Welcome to Peace Devotions

Purpose: (Video Transcript) Welcome to Peace Devotions. We hope the videos you’ve watched so far have been a blessing for you. Why are we doing this? Our purpose is to provide gospel centered videos. Short videos that will match your busy schedule. We’re also hoping there will be a cumulative effect. We know that we can’t cover all the truths...

Timothy Hartwig