Devotionals

Devotionals2021-04-21T13:37:41+00:00

Devotionals by Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret.

Successful Immigration

"So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife." Ruth 4:13 Immigration has been a way of life from time immemorial. Humans have been wanderers of the earth throughout their history. Nomads due to famine, food shortages and safety, and the ability to live and sustain life has often required »

The Path I Take

"Your word is a lamp to my feet, a light to my path" - Psalms 119:105 We were climbing a 14,000-foot peak in Colorado with a large group of teenagers participating in a Christian Youth Leadership Conference. A smaller group of 15 or 20 had for some reason fallen behind »

God Is?

"Come let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extoll him with music and song. For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. In his hand are »

Epiphany Remembered

"When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshipped him." - Matthew 2:10-11 It was first celebrated, even before December 25th was, as early as the late second century. »

Still, Small Voice

The mind of man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. – Proverbs 16:9   As we mentioned last week, 2016 did not go as planned for many people. While God gives us freedom to make our own plans and pursue our own desires, our freedom does not »

The Glory of Endurance

"More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us." - Romans »

Advent

"But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive the adoption as sons." - Galatians 4:4-5 Elijah was a pretty lonely man at one time. He »

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