Stephen Widener devotional

I’m taking this from Hebrews 13:5-6:“Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you;…

For May’s devotion I’ve gotten a different source of inspiration this month. It comes from watching the NFL and NBA combines. It’s where the young men audition and workout for…

For this devotion I am focusing on Easter, including the events of the Crucifixion and what followed this. I’m using Mark 15:38 as my scripture as well as references in…

This month I have chosen to do a devotion on challenges, taken from 2 Chronicles 20: 13-30 (NKJV, selected verses): “…Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid…

In our Sunday school class we’re studying on the life of the Apostle Paul. It’s rich and deep. I suggest that if you have not studied him, you should. In…

“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that brings good tidings…” My paraphrase from Isaiah. 52:7  Having lived in the North Carolina Mountains, or foothills, all…

This devotion has a different perspective than any I’ve written or you may have heard. In Ephesians 1:3, the Apostle Paul writes, “Blessed be the God and Father of our…

All of us hurt and as Christians, we know we all must suffer because Jesus said so. In John 16:33, He said, (my paraphase) “In this world you will have…

Psalms 133:1 says: “How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.” (KJV) The National Quartet Convention (NQC): when many people from different places, countries,…

Galatians 1:10: For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of…