RLS Video Devos

DAY 31 – SILENCING THE LAMBS  Jesus Christ changed my life, and I can’t and won’t stop proclaiming that reality. In the first century, “the powers that be” commanded the…

DAY 29 – DR. KING & THE HUMAN RACE  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s niece, Alveda King, shared that, “We have to unify as one race: the human race.” It…

DAY 30 – HOLY SEEDS IN STUMPS  At times, we’re all overwhelmed by the devastation around us. A verse in the Book of Isaiah encouraged me. It talks about the…

DAY 28 – WHAT AMERICAN’S THINK ABOUT GOD  What Americans think about God is revealing. A survey determined that 28% believe in an “Authoritarian God” who’s angry at humanity’s sins.…

DAY 27 – EVERYBODY LOVES SOMETHING Everyone loves something! We can’t help ourselves. That’s how we’re wired. Hermits love solitude. Misers love money. Addicts love their addictions. Pundits love opinions.…

DAY 25 – UNPROTECTED COURAGE  Nothing humbles us like seeing raw courage. A commercial plane crashed and burned up on a runway in Philadelphia. A flight attendant stood at the…

DAY 26 – EGOLESS CONFIDENCE  The other day, I was considering the difference between Confidence and Pride. It’s important I know the answer. Pride is having a higher estimation of…

DAY 24 – LIVING WITHOUT LOCKS After the Jesus Movement Revival had long since ceased, my wife and I lived in and led a Christian community of 75 people for…

DAY 22 – THE AUTHOR OF NORMAL  Over the years, I’ve had many close friends who had same-sex attractions. Some have joined the gay community and fully accepted living in…

DAY 21 – WHAT WOULD KILL ME  If there were one temptation that could destroy me, it would be giving in to pornography. Therefore, I guard my heart most in…

DAY 20 – YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED  In Matthew 15, when thousands of followers of Jesus were hungry in the wilderness, Jesus told His disciples, “What you have is more…

DAY 18 – MYTHOLOGICAL MORALITY  The problem with humans playing God is that we’re really bad at it. The only morality, right and wrong, we can create is fictitious, a…

DAY 16 – YOU HAVE WHAT YOU WANT  Most of us wake up every day wanting more. We’re tired of what they have. The irony is that we often have…

DAY 15 –  HOW TO LIVE LONGER We all want our lives to be blessed. And no One wants to bless our lives more than God. We say, “God bless…

DAY 14 –  THE FINAL CAR RIDE  A cab driver recounted picking up a woman in her 80s at 2:30 in the morning. She was leaving home for the last…

DAY 13 – WHAT ALBERT EINSTEIN DIDN’T KNOW  Albert Einstein once wrote, “Every one of us appears here involuntarily and uninvited, for a short stay, without knowing why. To me, it…

DAY 12 – DISTRACTED WHEN GOD WAS TALKING  A little while ago, God was speaking to my heart even more than usual. It was a profoundly significant time. Every day,…

DAY 11 – HAVING A PRE-CAUGHT CONSCIENCE  It’s always fascinating how cooperative people become, me included, after we’ve been caught doing something we shouldn’t do and face serious consequences. Whether…

DAY 10 – GOD’S WORD IS PRICELESS A woman died and left a will saying, “I give my nephew my Bible, and all it contains, plus my estate, after funeral…

DAY 9 –  THE “ALL ABOUT ME” MINDSET The ugliest attitude I’ve ever seen in me, I call, “It’s all about me!” It fueled the most significant mistakes in my…

DAY 8 –  WHEN PEOPLE DON’T BELIEVE YOU Don’t let it bother you if someone doesn’t believe Jesus transformed your life. You’re the one He rescued; no one can take that…

DAY 7 –  WHO DO I THINK I AM, ANYWAY?  I was attending an inner-city public worship service in a rough neighborhood that had recently experienced a rash of murders,…

DAY 6 –   THE GIFT OF REPULSION  Dead religion drove me to atheism. Consequently, religious hypocrisy repulses me. It’s hard for all of us to see the value of things…

DAY 5 – ALL-IN MOMENTS  We are in an “ALL-IN MOMENT!” Hebrews 11 provides a Faith Equation that challenges us to discern the “All-In Moments” God is sending our way.…

DAY 4 – ALL OF US ARE FLAWED I’m a very flawed person. I don’t want to be, but I am. Perhaps you are, too. So, how should we imperfect…

DAY 3 – SOBBING IN HER ARMS I once ministered in the city where my mother lived. She was the one who loved me well growing up, even though I…

DAY 2 – A PERFECT PLACE TO FAIL  Those of us who have been rescued from sin and know how real the bullet we dodged was, never cease to be…

DAY 1 – CHOOSING LIGHT OVER DARKNESS Before I gave my heart to Jesus, my life was empty and filled with darkness, much like the beginning of Genesis before God…