Devotionals by Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret.
With Fear and Trembling
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“...work out your own salvation with fear and trembling... Philippians 2:12 “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. What? Are you not to “cast out fear in your life? Does God really give to you and want you to have a spirit of fear? No, according to Scripture. »
2017? Now Just A Vapor!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Vanity of vanities! All is vanity. Ecclesiastes 1:2 2017 is history. The year has gone and is but a memory. Things about this year are still remembered – not all, but some. Still, nothing can be changed about 2017. Words cannot be withdrawn or re-spoken. They can be repented of, »
We Are Like Grass
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of the Lord lasts forever. Isaiah 40:8 New Year? What does a new year say to you? Is this transition like any other day? 2018 will deliver to your life something. What will it be? Time, you know, moves continuously without »
Distinguished Foreign Visitors
“Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star when it rose and have come to worship »
Waiting Is Not Natural, But It Is Godly
“Therefore, you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 1 Corinthians 1:7 I am not a good waiter. I get irritated by bumper-to-bumper traffic. I hate waiting in long lines. I am always looking for a quicker way, some »
God’s Vast Host: Angels
“And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, »
The Mary For Whom Marys Are Named
“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored »
First Visitors
“For you know the grace of our LORD Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9 They say shepherds did not have a good reputation around the time of Jesus’ birth. Did »
The Universal Lying Habit
“You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the »
The Importance of Being Earnest-ly Thankful
“In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 My father lived to be 98. In the last years of his life he expressed an earnest gratefulness to anyone who did anything for him. He could not tell them “thank »
