Mar 9, 2016
Below is an excerpt from Coach Jimmy Valvano’s acceptance speech for the inaugural Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award at the first-ever ESPY Awards. This was given during his fight with cancer. His words are inspiring and allow us to see how we put this “WHEN...
Mar 8, 2016
Upon retirement a pastor and his wife moved to their new retirement home at Lake Junaluska and became immersed in Long’s Chapel United Methodist Church. They were inseparable. The pastor’s years as a bishop had brought much travel to his ministry, his stretches at...
Mar 7, 2016
“He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.” Harry Emerson Fosdick ...
Mar 6, 2016
Think of a time when you were so thirsty that your thirst was all-consuming. Have you ever been that thirsty? That all you could think about was getting some water? As the first Ugandan mission team prepped for our trip, the employee of Samaritan’s Feet kept...
Mar 4, 2016
This week we’ve talked about needing to ask for Help . . . for ourselves. When we are weak, when we are afraid, when we seek faith – we ask and call out to God for help to give us faith! For today’s devotion listen to this song . . . Give Me Faith by Elevation Worship...
Mar 3, 2016
Hypocrisy is when we feign high principles. I seek earnestly to TRY to steer away from hypocrisy, so today’s devotion has to focus on the other part of the hospital visit story and how it relates to the prayer, “Please.” I am asking for a “Cone of Safety” as I...
