7/15/2021 0 Comments More CapacitySaul was an amazingly capable man. Educated by the brilliant Gamaliel and possessed of a keen mind and zealous spirit (22:3) he must have been utterly stunned when Jesus blinded and confronted him on the road to Damascus turning his entire world upside down. While he reached the end of his religious measure as Saul, his life was about to spiritually blossom as Paul. His example should inspire all of us.
1/8/2021 0 Comments 1 & 2 Kings: InaugurationIt might seem strange to start the year with a devotional on 1 & 2 Kings but it actually is quite appropriate. In this new year a president-elect is soon to be inaugurated. Somewhere around 1010 B.C., David, arguably the nation of Israel’s greatest king, just before he died passed great wisdom to his son Solomon. His words if heeded by any newly elected leader or monarch in modern times would make a significant difference.
8/23/2020 0 Comments Marking People With GraceAt the age of 88, my dad is walking the final chapters of his life on earth still on fire to share the gospel with any and every person he can. Mark Cahill wrote the book One Thing You Can’t Do In Heaven and that one thing is evangelism. Dad is making sure he maximizes now what he won’t be able to do once he is home.
I’m working on writing a biography of his life and was challenged by an entry in his journal on October 10, 1983 while he was serving as the country leader for the Navigators in the Philippines. 7/31/2020 0 Comments I & II SamuelThe central task of leadership is influencing God’s people towards God’s purposes.—Robert Clinton in The Making of a Leader
4/16/2020 0 Comments How Will You Finish?"In the Christian life, it’s not how you start that matters. It’s how you finish".—Steve Farrar in Finishing Strong
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