by Amelia Avila | Sep 10, 2026 | Devotional
Part 2 – The Preparation Ephesians 5:25b-27 (NLT) He gave up his life for her, to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word. He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead,...
by Don Freeman | Sep 8, 2026 | Devotional
I confess that, apart from the growing collection of candles on my birthday cakes or the septuagenarian face in my mirror every morning, there exists inside, a kid blissfully ignorant of the weighty issues of the world. That youngster is sometimes still ill at ease...
by Don Freeman | Sep 5, 2026 | Devotional
When I hear that a famous person has died, a typical question I ask is, ‘How old was he/she?’ The answer, quickly gleaned from one of many techie sources, is the number of years he/she was alive. But I wonder, is that really how the full number of our days is...
by Amelia Avila | Sep 3, 2026 | Devotional
Part One — The Proposal One of my most cherished memories happened on the evening of January 20, 1979. Horace Avila had been courting me and had asked me out to a “special dinner.” Suspecting that a proposal might be coming, I was terrified and did what any mature...
by Don Freeman | Sep 1, 2026 | Devotional
A lifeguard may save you from drowning. A firefighter may save you from the flames of a burning house. An organ donor’s donation may save your life in the loss of theirs. Adoptive parents may rescue you from a less-than-desirable orphanage situation. These, and other...
by Don Freeman | Aug 29, 2026 | Devotional
In the past several decades, the Church has been dragged through unthinkable circumstances because of those whose spiritual leadership ended in scandal and courtroom drama and even prison time. It’s been devastating to hear lurid details of once-revered leaders as the...
by Deanna Vandebrake | Aug 27, 2026 | Devotional
What an Amazing God! B.C.(Before Christ) We were: Poor Brokenhearted Captive in Prison A Prisoner In Darkness Mourning Grieving Despairing Ruined Devastated Shamed Disgraced Robbed Robbing Doing wrong A.D. ( After Divine Intervention) All Because of...
by Don Freeman | Aug 22, 2026 | Devotional
If you have more than a hundred words to say in a day (like me, for instance) you have likely said, ‘I love ______(fill in the blank)’ many times in many contexts. That expression is used for anything from anchovies to zoology. My suspicion is that the rest of...
by Deanna Vandebrake | Aug 20, 2026 | Devotional
Is 58:7…. when you see the naked, to clothe him Unless you are on the beaches of Southern California, it would appear we rarely have the opportunity to apply this verse. Is God calling us to a T-shirt ministry? “Trust me, you really want to put this...
by Don Freeman | Aug 18, 2026 | Devotional
It would have been of great help to me. I kept hearing about the wonders of it and got more curious as time went along. People were sleeping with textbooks under their pillows, others slept with the textbook on tape, playing in their ears as they slept, plus other,...
