DAY 3 - "Simplicity is making the journey of life with just baggage enough."  Charles Dudley Warner I can relate to what Mary explained as the "trappings of American life."  She struggled trying to pack her entire existence into suitcases as they accepted the challenge to move as missionaries to Africa.  I wonder if the [...]

DAY 2 - Luke 19:10 "For the Son of Man came to seek and save what was lost." I have a ton of respect for Eli, the author of today's Live-Dead Devotion, and my heart bled as I read his attempt to find his lost child.  I have a few children of my own and [...]

ABIDING: EXTRAVAGANT TIME WITH JESUS John 15:4-5, 16 It's interesting how Dick Brogden's statement is resonating in my heart right now.  He said, "I am not the gospel.  You are not the gospel.  What you and I do is not the gospel.  The gospel applies to all men everywhere, across all ages and cultures.  The [...]

DAY 74 1 John 2:9-10 (NKJV) He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.  The second command Jesus gave in Mat.  22:39 is  “love your brother as yourself”.  [...]

DAY 73 Psalm 119:130 (NKJV) The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.  In order for God’s Word to gain entrance and give light, we have to open the doors.  We must open our eyes and ears to allow the reading or hearing of the Word and we will receive [...]

DAY 72 Psalm 112:4 (NKJV) Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness; He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.  As sure as the sun rises each day and the darkness fades, God is gracious, full of compassion, and righteous when we need His light to arise on times of darkness in our [...]