Free Spirit Devotional

“My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; on behalf of a man He pleads with God as one who pleads for a friend.” Job...

“Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves.” Ecclesiastes 4:5 NIV My dad had working hands. They were rough and hard, callused from a...

“The stew was poured out for the men, but as they began to eat it, they cried out, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they...

“Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4 NIV Someone...

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not...

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her…However, each one of you must love his wife as he...

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing...

“Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on the new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.”...

“One who has unreliable friends comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” Proverbs 18:24 NIV We added a dog...

“He said to them, ‘Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” Luke 20:25 NIV The back story, I meet with a...

“The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.” Romans 8:6 NIV My daughters were not...

“May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.” Proverbs 5:18 NIV A friend of mine wanted to plan a...

“Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us form the love of God that is in Christ Jesus...

“And without faith it is impossible to please God.” Hebrews 11:6 NIV One of my favorite stories about our kids is about Jordy. One of...

“As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.” Proverbs 27:19 NIV Tim Lang was a spiritual brother. He was a goof. He...

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”...

“For I am already being poured out like a drink offering…” 2 Timothy 4:6 NIV Somewhere around 20 years ago I wanted to challenge myself...

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the...

“yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God...

“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:14 NIV One of the...