Category Archives: Devotions

These are the daily devotions that we add to the site.

Hypocrisy

This is strange:  “A mystery detainee who allegedly created a bogus identity as an Englishnobleman by assuming the name of a dead baby is actually an American who went missing from Florida more than 20 years ago, his relatives say. more »

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Monochrome

Do you remember the old computer monitors with the black screen and tangerine or green colors for all the letters?  It wasn’t really that long ago that they were all that we had.  I remember you could still buy them more »

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Two Weeks In New York City

Brothers and sisters, grace and peace in Jesus, the Living Savior!  I have really enjoyed my two weeks in New York City, studying for my doctorate in church planting and multiplication.  Our cohort met with field experts and visited different more »

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Miracle Belief

After God delivered His people from Egypt, they were traveling through the desert, where they was very little food available, especially for a nation of millions.  So, God in his grace, provided Manna, little wafers that appeared on the floor more »

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Epiphany

January 6 is the church celebration of Epiphany, sometimes called the Gentile Christmas.  It is the day when we remember the non-Jewish wisemen who visited the infant Jesus with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.  Epiphany is a yearly reminder more »

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Faith In Action

Brothers and sisters, as our devotion this week, I wanted to share with you an example of how God is working through His people at CTR to accomplish His purposes in our community.  When we talk about Reaching Out, this more »

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North Pole

There’s an actual town called “North Pole  in Alaska.  And every year countless letters come to North Pole at this time of the year, all addressed to the Big Man in the Red Suit.  In fact, a few years ago more »

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Christmas Wish

We often talk about what we want for Christmas.  The Bible tells us about a man who wanted Christmas about 4000 years ago.  Job was a very wealthy man who had lost everything:  his children, his money, his possessions, and more »

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Joy On Earth

A few years ago, our family was playing a round of mini-golf together.  On one hole, Caleb, five years old at the time, grabbed the club like a hockey stick and wacked the ball as hard as he could.  It more »

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Christmas Prep

It’s a common question this time of year:  “Are you ready for Christmas yet?”  In other words, “have you decorated your house?  Have you bought all of your presents?  Have you baked all of your cookies?  Have you sent out more »

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