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Get Fit
BY GREG CRUM “For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.” I Timothy 4:8 Every year billions of dollars are spent in the pursuit of physical fitness. That’s billions with a “B”! It’s an industry that…
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This is Good
BY JACK WARD The story is told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, “This is good!” One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting…
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Telling the Story: Floods of All Kinds
BY DAWN REED Noah knew a thing or two about floods. Chapters 6-8 of Genesis document the true story. When the door closed on the ark, he was surely flooded with a wave of emotion. There are many kinds of floods that don’t involve water — some good, some bad. On June 30, Floyd County…
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Telling the Story: When you pass through the water
BY DAWN REED The Israelites were in a bad spot. Water was on one side; Pharoah’s chariots were on the other. They were terrified and cried out to the LORD. Then in an emotional moment, the Israelites blamed Moses for their predicament. (Why do we always have to blame someone?) “What have you done to…
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God is Always Too Much Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.” John 2:6-7 Here in John 2, we read a curious but…
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The Wrong Horse
BY JACK WARD Two Kentucky farmers who owned racing stables had developed a keen rivalry. One spring, each of them entered a horse in a local steeplechase. Thinking that a professional rider might help him outdo his friend, one of the farmers engaged a crack jockey. The two horses led the race at the last…
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The Pastor’s Pen: Why Do I Have to Wait?
BY JACK WARD What if I were going to go under a surgeon’s knife to redo my face, but I wanted to stay awake during the operation so I could tell the surgeon exactly how I wanted him to work on me? What If I told him to hurry? What if I were so impatient…
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God is Always Too Much
BY GREG CRUM “As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I…
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Telling the Story: The cords of death
BY DAWN REED It was a scene I won’t soon forget. Last Friday evening was our Vacation Bible School pool party. Two-year-old Ryder* was in the kiddie swimming pool. I was standing with his mom at the edge. She never took her eyes off her boy. “Are you having a good time?” I had just…
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Telling the Story: Pondering VBS
BY DAWN REED A sip of strawberry Kool-Aid can take me back in time faster than the DeLorean in the Back to the Future movie. One taste puts me right on the creek bank behind First Baptist Church of Belfry during Vacation Bible School in the 1970s. Back then, we lined up outside the church…
Category: Devotionals
