A couple of years ago I used to send out a devotional every morning by copying my devotion from an app on my iPhone and pasting it to an email to everyone on the Three Point list. I decided that might be against the copyright laws and so I stopped doing it. I have tried to buy copies of the book for…

Driving to the church this morning I was listening to Christian radio and Tony Evans was preaching on prayer, saying that unless our prayer life is based on the knowledge of God that comes from the Word of God, we are chattering mindlessly. Those weren’t his exact words but his meaning was clear. If we don’t know the Word of God, if we are…

At 6:51 this morning I received a text from a friend that simply had this Scripture from Isaiah 46:4: “Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” It was perfect timing. She had no…

Psalm 121 says, “I lift my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?”  It’s as if the Psalmist is saying that he is looking for help, searching desperately the created world, but then he remembers something. He remembers – “My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” As I was reading this, along with a devotional that I…

Hey Guys,   I was blessed to have had two mini vacations recently with my family. One was to Oak Island, North Carolina. While we were there, I spent some time on the beach with my family, playing bocce, Frisbee (in the wind), and eating lots of fresh seafood. I also was able to relax, read some new books on my Kindle,…

Sometimes life is so unbearably painful and at the same time when we turn to Jesus, His words are so hard to hear.  We have been hurt grievously and feel like we are justified in nursing our pain and being angry at the one who caused it, and Jesus says, “Forgive.” Or maybe we’ve managed by His grace to forgive, but the…

I was texting with my mom this morning, thanking her for her prayers, and she said at one point, “I had a lot of confessing to do this morning, because I know my sins were a hindrance to God being able to hear me.” After I got to church, I picked up the “Daily Bread” and read a story about a man…

Jesus said to His disciples in John 6:63, “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.”  I have found this to be true – there is life in the Word of God. But as Jesus continued this statement with the words, “But there are some…

In much of my reading and Bible study lately, I have come across the word perseverance. And while it is important, I tend to think of it in context of the verses I am reading and not how it may apply to my life. I mean, I know we need to persevere in the face of trials, temptations, and persecution – to…

All youth interested in the summer youth retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains should contact Leo as soon as possible.  The retreat is scheduled for July 15th -17th.