Devotionals by Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret.
You Are Not Your Own
“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” – 1st Corinthians 6:19-20 Strange words, perhaps, written by the Apostle »
Risking Your Life to Love Your Neighbor
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” – Mark 12:37-39 Consider the story of Chiune Sugihara »
Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” – Proverbs 3:5-6 There are famous quotes from classic novels that are remembered perhaps more than the story or novel itself. »
The Beginning of It All
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” – Genesis 1:1 “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” – Genesis 1:27 Your own eyes see and experience the world and universe in which »
Chosen Few
“For many are called, but few are chosen.” – Matthew 22:14 These are Jesus’ own words! They came from his own mouth, heart, and mind. What did the Lord mean by them? What truly constitutes many? What really constitutes few? The Bible declares “Whosoever will, may come.” “Whosoever” is truly »
Contagious
“Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.” -2 Corinthians 5:20 The whole world is experiencing upheaval in the pandemic created by COVID-19. This is no regional sickness, it is not relegated to a few »
Your Strength
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” -Philippians 4:13 This is Paul Anderson’s life verse, and it supports his well-known profession of faith, “If I, the strongest man in the world, cannot get through one day without Jesus Christ, how can you?” Just what are these “all »
Elusive Satisfaction
“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’” -Matthew 11:16-17 If you believe the dictionary definition of »
Silent Faith
[The Lord declares] “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, you shall give them warning from Me. If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak »
Is the “City on a Hill” Nearing Its End?
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.” -Matthew 5:14 God’s providence which mightily blessed the American Republic will not be forgotten when the history of mankind is revealed at the final Judgment. Those marks have been etched in the fabric of »
Fearing to Die?
“Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.” -Hebrews »
