DAILY READING Acts 1:3-11 REFLECTION   I Can Only Imagine By David Thompson I can only imagine, no not the song by "MercyMe." No, but it is very relevant to me for this devotional. Acts 1:3-11 brings to my mind a time I wish I could have been with the disciples and friends of Jesus in that place. As I read the following jumped out at me, " After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and...

DAILY READING Matthew 3:1-12 REFLECTION   TITLE By David Thompson Did you read the scripture carefully? Perhaps reading it twice and checking the cross-references to Isaiah and other books might make this devotional more effective. I did that and it was so much more than how I have read those scriptures in the past. I am always amazed by those who can make predictions of events coming in the new year. I am a skeptic though and I wonder how one of the most famous future tellers predicted John...

DAILY READING 1 Samuel 17:41-54 REFLECTION   Victory is Yours through the Name of the Lord By David Thompson Today's passage is a very familiar one. Every Sunday School child learns the story of David and Goliath. It is a story of a small weak boy standing up to a strong, 9 foot warrior. It is a story of the Lord sticking up for David and giving him the victory through his belief in God. So how do we look at this story in reference to our theme - "In the Shadow of the Cross?" You know there...