FIRST WORDS AND FINAL WORDS Devotional for Christ the King Sunday, November 26, 2017 based upon Matthew 25: 31-46 I retired on June 30, 2014, after serving as pastor of…
“For Your lovingkindness is great to the heavens and Your truth to the clouds.  Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let Your glory be above all the earth.”  (Psalm…
“Awake, my glory!  Awake, harp and lyre!  I will awaken the dawn.  I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to You among…
“They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they dug a pit before me; they themselves have fallen into the midst of it.  My heart…
“He will send from heaven and save me; He reproaches him who tramples upon me. God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth.  My soul is among lions; I…
“ . . . so that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.” (Romans 3:26) “Just remember, it’s not about you.”  Those…
“Your vows are binding upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.  For You have delivered my soul from death, indeed my feet from stumbling, so that…
“Therefore encourage one another with these words.” (1 Thess. 4:18) St. Paul didn’t act as though he had more than he really had.  He had words, and they were good…