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104 devotionals in Healing & Restoration
August 21, 2020
Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of my fathers passing so I thought I’d look back to last year and see where I was...“8/23/19This is a hard morning to write to you all as within the hour or sending our message out yesterday, my father passed away. But I’m not going to sit here and talk about...
griefAugust 18, 2020
As we get closer to August 22nd, I can’t help but to think about my dad. It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a year since he passed. I know I’m not as “walking sad” as I was a year ago and the waves of sadness have calmed, but I miss him more now than I ever have. But it’s ok...“He heals the br...
angerAugust 17, 2020
Ever get mad? Sure you do, we all do. I get so mad at the people who haven’t learned that the left lane is for passing only, not cruising, I work myself into a mess! I mean how can people operate with this level of stupidity and selfishness? Anyhow, where was I going with this? Oh yeah...Sometime...
forgivenessJuly 9, 2020
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”1 John 1:9 ESVWe've all made mistakes and we've all been hurt. Whether it's from our own doing, pain from life experiences, or what someone else has done to us, there are times we f...
addictionJune 25, 2020
Look, I get it, we all need to feel a reconnection with God and with people after we have done something wrong or been through a difficult circumstance. But if we don’t find that bond, we will try and comfort ourselves with something else, anything else, to numb the pain. Our addictions are norma...
purposeJune 22, 2020
Well, yesterday day was a tough one. It was another “first” without my dad. Yup, Father’s Day. But what was kind of cool is a took off early yesterday and flew around the mountains for 2.5 hours and got to spend a little time with him. It was peaceful. But the whole experience got me thinking abo...
forgivenessJune 5, 2020
You ever think about how powerful Jesus is and His command for us forgive, as God has, those who have hurt us? I mean think about this, with that one selfless action, He becomes the great restorer. Pretty awesome I think. “"If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you...
peaceMay 13, 2020
If you’ve been on this devotional list for a long time, you’ve heard me talk about peace and serenity. The peace and serenity I am referring to is the kind you only find through Jesus. The only kind you can find that can sustain you through pain. That is the peace that is sustaining me today...“P...
restorationApril 24, 2020
Guess what? He restores you! “He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.”Psalm 23:2-3 Look, right now you might be underwater financially, in danger of losing your job, struggling with po...
mental-healthApril 16, 2020
So, over the last week or so I started to allow myself to slide into a funk. For whatever reason, maybe the barrage of bad news in the world, restricted activities, limited social and personal contact, I was slipping into a bit of a depressive state. Then it occurred to me Sunday night as I was m...
sufferingMarch 7, 2020
“And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.”1 Peter 5:10 I love this verse from Peter. You see, Peter is telling us that all Christians are going to suffer and i...
forgivenessFebruary 6, 2020
One of my most favorite topics to discuss is forgiveness. If you’ve been in this devotional journey with me for the last year and a half, you know I like to talk about it. But why you may ask? Well, it’s forgiveness that has given us the hope for an eternal life with our maker and it’s forgivenes...
healingJanuary 29, 2020
Ok, here’s the deal. We can only break our dependency on defining ourselves by our circumstances if we wrestle with Jesus’ question: Do you want to get well?If we genuinely desire wellness in all areas of our lives: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, we must let go of the labels we have allo...
changeJanuary 15, 2020
Why does everything have to change all the time? I mean, what’s wrong with the way things are now? Well, if you’re asking yourself these same questions, you’re probably like me and on the train to being an old dude or dudette! Ha, I’m only joking, but sometimes with the pace that the world is cha...
repentanceJanuary 10, 2020
So I got to thinking about how life seems to ebb and flow with good times and bad. More specifically, as I was driving back from Nashville, I got to thinking about how we can get stuck in the bad. I’m talking about that “stop the world I just want to get off this ride” feeling. We’ve all had it,...
forgivenessDecember 17, 2019
You ever heard someone say, “that person’s hurt me so many times there’s no way I could ever forgive them”? I have...I may have thought it a time or two as well. Maybe you have? “Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against...
healingNovember 7, 2019
“After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed.One man was there who had been an invalid fo...
gratitudeOctober 25, 2019
“give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”1 Thessalonians 5:18 Yesterday was the saddest day I’ve experienced since the day my father passed on August 22nd. You see, his house has been sold and it was time to begin packing up and moving on. It was the...
forgivenessSeptember 27, 2019
“Forgiven people should be forgiving people”! Yes!You see, God gave us forgiveness and redemption through His son Jesus, why would we not deliver the same thing to those who hurt us? What makes His forgiveness unconditional and our’s subjective? It doesn’t and it shouldn’t. I’m not saying that it...
gods-loveSeptember 9, 2019
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of...
griefAugust 30, 2019
Ok, no surprise that I’m struggling though the loss of my father. But we all experience loss and God doesn’t like it. In fact, it wasn’t always supposed to be, but sin crept in and now we have to deal with it. But I believe, correction, I know God is the great restorer. So what is giving me hope...
anxietyAugust 27, 2019
I was nauseous as I drove to the visitation tonight for my dad’s passing. All day long leading up to the time I needed to go I was feeling pretty calm, like “I got this...” Then the time came to actually go. With an admittedly sheepish prayer for strength I drove to the funeral home. To my amazem...
griefAugust 26, 2019
It’s been a long few days,I’m not going to lie. But through the pain, there has been time to reflect on what is happening and I am sad but at peace. Over the next two days, we will be receiving visitors to honor my father and lay him to rest. But this is just for us, as he is already with The Fat...
restorationJune 27, 2019
Listen, I’ve been rambling on for the past week about our bad habits and how God can remove them from us and restore us. So check this out;“Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I...