While drinking coffee this week with some friends, we were discussing the death of one of our acquaintences. The statement was made, “There is not that many things that are important in life are there?” I have rehearsed that statement several times this week and it is so true. There are not that many things […]

I was listening to the conversation of some children and they were talking about one of their classmates being the teachers pet. Do you remember the days in school when that ONE person seemed to get to do everything and you didn’t get to do very much? There may have been times that the teachers […]

I enjoy watching people during church services. You can see a lot in the faces of the congregation as you stand in front of them. There are people who seem to be on the edge of their seats waiting to hear every word you speak, and there are people who sit back like they have […]

Grace is the power of the Holy Spirit helping us to do things that we are not able to do under our own strength. It is God’s power at work in our lives freely helping us do whatever we need to do. God’s grace is available 24/7, obtained by faith in God, and is the […]

I remember many years ago when my family started to church, that my mother was told things she could and could not do if she wanted to be part of the church. You had to look a certain way, act a certain way, and do certain things the church approved of to be a part […]

My devotion this morning really touched home with me. I can’t count the times in my life that I have said, “If I had ____ I would be a lot better off. Sometimes the blank would be if I had more money, I would be happy. Sometimes, if I had more help I would be […]

The joy of watching children is seeing them enjoy anything they do. They can imagine things to be what they are not. They can make believe themselves into any situation. They can become a king or queen, a movie star, a mother or dad, a school teacher and even a preacher, and they enjoy the […]

How many of us go from feeling great one day to feeling gloom and doom the next? How many people do you know that seem to be happy one day and the saddest person in the world the next? Emotions and feelings are ever-changing impulses of this natural, carnal nature. Emotions and feelings change without […]

One of my favorite questions to ask people when I meet them is “How is it going?” The answers I receive vary from it is going well, to you don’t want to know. A lot of people are not happy unless every day they live is like Christmas, birthday celebration, or a holiday from work. […]

How many times have you had someone say to you that you were just like your parents? Or have often has someone said that your children were just like you? Being like, or acting like someone, means that person has spent a lot of quality time with that influence in their lives. They may have […]

I am one who does not like to travel without knowing specific direction to my destination. GPS is a wonderful thing, the little lady tells you every turn you need to make. The problem with GPS is that if we are not careful we rely on hearing the directions as we drive and we don’t […]

We all the tendency to dread things that we are going to face in the future. I know many who have said they dread going back to work on Monday after enjoying this week of vacation. There is no reason for a child of God to dread anything ahead of them. God goes before us […]

The Bible says that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. Our thoughts determine whether we sink below our troubles or elevate our selves above them. If we allow our minds to linger and ponder over the wrong thoughts long enough, the thoughts will turn into words and we will speak them […]

I have watched children around water and heard their parents say, “You have to watch them, they aren’t afraid of anything.” I’ve seen children climbing places that you shouldn’t be climbing heard parents say “They will try anything.” I wonder how many times our Heavenly Father looks down at His children and speaks these words? […]

I was born in the rural part of St. Clair County in Alabama. I started to school in 1960 at Iola Roberts Elementary School in Pell City. Every morning before our class started we read the Bible, prayed a pray, and Pledged Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. We prayed for […]

People have a hard time making a decision and standing by that decision. Too often we are yes with this group of people and no with another group. Decision making should be as simple as saying yes or no. When pressed on their double mindedness, they choose to swear by various things that they are […]

How often have we quickly volunteered to do something without thinking and later regreted our decision? Then, we try to make excuses to get out of the commitment we’ve made, in order to do something we had rather do. The Bible tells us the importance of keeping our word. Our integrity is what people respect […]

I remembered this event this morning and I would like to share it with you. About a year ago, I was to meet my son-in-law in Greenville, Alabama to swap vehicles, then I was returning to UAB hospital in Birmingham to visit a new born baby who was scheduled to have open heart surgery. When […]

I live in a house that my wife makes certain it is clean, things in place, and ready for unexpected guests. We seldom had people stopped by that our house is not ready to receive them, even though we may think it is not perfect. We are encouraged by my morning devotion to keep our […]

I have watched the marathons being run in record times and wonder how does a man keep up that pace for that length of time. Then, I saw a documentary on one of the runners and vigorous training they put their bodies through. They remove everything that would slow them down as they prepare to […]

What a wonderful experience we have had this week with Harvest Church of God and Bethlehem Baptist Church coming together to have revival. YES, Baptist and Church of God!! Two groups of people who united and worshiped God for one reason, to lift up Jesus. My devotional verses this morning talked about the importance of […]

We face many challenges, hard times, difficulties, and decisions in our lifetime. Many times these mountains in our lives come with no warning. We have two choices when we face these issues, we can let them defeat us or we can overcome them by the grace of God. My devotion this morning is from Joshua […]

How many times have we asked our self questions to avoid something we just really want to do? What am I going to wear? I don’t have anything to wear to that event was an excuse you used because you just didn’t really want to go. Many times the questions we ask ourselves to bring […]

Pastor Cobb talked about prayer last night in the revival meeting. He talked about having a time each day to communicate with God and he talked about taking brief moments during to day to whisper a prayer over the happenings in your life. Most of us have been taught to say a blessing before we […]

How many things in life would you not have done if you had just taken time to think things through? It’s so easy to jump at first thought, but, it makes more sense to sit down and think things out. Regardless of what your desires in life may be, it is smart to count the […]