Pastorial Devotions
Final Lessons on Devotion from Deuteronomy
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, it is my privilege to write to you one more devotion this month. This devotion will conclude my series on studying Deuteronomy that I began with you back in October. I hope that you have been blessed by my teaching of God’s word...
Final Lessons on Devotion from Deuteronomy
Dear church family, it is my joy to bring you two devotionals this month. I was originally scheduled to write you at the end of last month but multiple events led to my delay in writing you. I hope you can a. forgive me in my tardiness and b. be encouraged by a two...
Love One Another Earnestly
Dearest Saints at Heritage, God has much to say to his people concerning trials, tribulations, and suffering. It is extremely profound and formative that most of the instruction given in the Bible is centered around forging godly character in the face of affliction. ...
A Primer on the Gospel and the Kingdom of God
“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come.” NASB - Matthew 24:14 Dear saints, have you considered recently that even as the nations rage around us and the whole world seems to be...
The Fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5:22-23 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Beloved Church Family, The Spirit produces in each of you many fruits including the list...
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1)
As many of you know I was a children’s pastor for over 20 years. As the Lord had it, my Cindy and I traveled to many places in the U.S. and abroad to minister to children. It was a great joy to teach the children on account that they were ready to receive simple...
Have Christ’s Attitude in Yourselves
5) Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6) who, although He existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7) but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant (slave), being made in the likeness of...
Pastoral Devotion August 13, 2020
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Today I want to turn our attention to a familiar passage to remind you of a familiar truth. Oftentimes, we tend to look past these well-known passages and truths and forget the splendor and the depth and the treasure that they are...
Pastoral Devotion August 5, 2020
Dear faithful saints at Heritage, As our struggle with the pandemic has morphed into deeper struggles within our nation and the world, it often appears that things are not just going to “go back to normal” any time soon. It often feels like things have spun out of...
Pastoral Devotion July 29, 2020
Dearest HCF Saints, I pray that this day finds you well in the Lord, rejoicing in His goodness and love. As the Psalmist said, Psalm 118:24 - 24 This is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. NASB I pray that you are even now resting in the...