Author Archives: Don Schmidt

Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Yesterday in church was another of those times where I was just overwhelmed by the goodness of God.  In the midst of worship, I was so aware … 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 →

Matthew 13:16 But blessed are your eyes because they see and your ears because they hear. I want to take this story in a different direction than I did when I first shared it.  Years ago a friend of ours … Continue reading →

Psalm 139:13, 16  13For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 16Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to … Continue reading →

Luke 17:15, 16  One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. These verses are at the heart of … Continue reading →

1 Corinthians 8:3  But the man who loves God is known by God. When I read this verse I think of Moses and the burning bush.  The bush was on fire but it didn’t burn up.  It caught Moses’ attention … Continue reading →