Author Archives: Don Schmidt

It has been nearly 4 months since I’ve posted a devotional after doing it daily for several years.  The death of our youngest son’s wife (Stephanie) and their baby (Declan) has been a difficult time.  We are so grateful for … Continue reading →

This was written by my wife Donna.  On Thursday March 10, our 7 month pregnant daughter-in-love Stephanie went to be with the Lord in the wee hours of the morning, .  We received an urgent call from our son Michael … Continue reading →

I Corinthians 7:19b  Keeping God’s commands is what counts. Have you ever noticed how doing the right thing is a whole lot easier when you have a right attitude/good motives?  Obedience just seems to flow out of a right attitude, … Continue reading →

Romans 15:13  May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. This morning I thought I was going … Continue reading →

James 1:27  Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. I would like us to focus on … Continue reading →

James 4:3  When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. Why do we do what we do?  What is our motivation?  Do we do things … Continue reading →

Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. … Continue reading →

Psalms 1:1  Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. In yesterday’s devotional, we wrote about the experiences two of … Continue reading →

1 Timothy 6:11  But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Back in the 80s, two of our sons, Jamie and Andrew, were very interested in gymnastics.  Both joined a … Continue reading →

I Chronicles 12:32 men of Issachar, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do—200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command; Have you ever felt clueless as to what is going on in the world around us?  … Continue reading →