by Joe Paris | Feb 10, 2020 | Daily Devotional
We all have shame for things we did in the past. Everyone has made mistakes that they are embarrassed, or possibly even horrified, to admit. We each have a past, and for some of us, that past never leaves the present. We think about it all the time, playing the video...
by Joe Paris | Dec 9, 2019 | Daily Devotional
The Christmas of 1988, my parents and I went to a party with some friends from the neighborhood. After a nice dinner together, it was time to open the presents. The toy of choice that year for young boys was a Transformer. If you aren’t familiar with the...
by Joe Paris | Oct 28, 2019 | Daily Devotional
It’s been said that you can’t take it with you when you go. Some joke that they have never seen a trailer hitched to a hearse. The Bible says it more poetically: Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD...
by Joe Paris | Sep 23, 2019 | Daily Devotional
“God is good all the time, and all the time God is good.” I remember hearing this classic saying growing up in my tiny church in Washington, Illinois. As a young Christian, I used to think this sounded very cliché. Over time, I have come to greatly...
by Joe Paris | Aug 19, 2019 | Daily Devotional
A quick read of the gospels, and you will notice that Jesus performs some pretty cool miracles: healing the blind, casting out demons, even raising the dead. Jesus does some amazing things, but did you know that his first recorded miracle was at a wedding, where the...
by Joe Paris | Jul 17, 2019 | Daily Devotional
Five years ago, my car broke down. I mean, totally broke down. It wasn’t drivable or fixable. As a family, we try to avoid debt as much as possible, but we had no money to buy a used car. I knew we were in big trouble as a family and needed to make some tough...
