Devotionals by Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret.
For You Are With Me!
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” Psalm 23:4 Every generation on this earth faces danger. »
How Do You Love What You Can’t See?
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy.” 1 Peter 1:8 None of us living in »
Getting Their Attention
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘LORD, LORD, did we not prophesy in Your Name, and cast out demons in Your Name, and do many mighty works in Your Name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; »
Work: A Joyful Endeavor
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God’s gift to man.” »
Why Do You Live Where You Live?
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, in the hope that they might »
Speaking Publicly?
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “I will speak of Your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame, for I delight in Your commands because I love them.” Psalm 119:46-47 “Oh, I could never do that! I cannot ever speak before the »
Run to Win
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “In a race everyone runs, but only one person gets first prize. So run your race to win. To win the contest you must deny yourselves many things that would keep you from doing your best. The athlete goes to all »
The Rest of the Story
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “…that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the LORD and Savior through your apostles.” 2 Peter 3:2 Paul Harvey, when he was alive, spoke about many fascinating facts, exciting adventures of history, »
Timelessness
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the LORD, one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as one day.” 2 Peter 3:8 One of the BIG factors that we never experience »
America, the Beautiful, for Jesus’ Sake
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! O beautiful for pilgrim »
