By Bro. David Mathis

David’s Daily Devotion for Aug. 19

August 19, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Wednesday, August 19.

In Mark 8:11-13, we read - “The Pharisees came and began to question Jesus. To test Him they asked for a sign from heaven. Jesus sighed deeply and said, ‘Why do you ask for a miraculous sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to you’. Then He left them, got back into the boat, and crossed to the other side.”

David's Daily Devotion for August 17

August 17, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, August 17.

Most of the school districts in EastTexas started back last week. That’s true most everywhere across the country. It seems like now they usually begin classes mid-week. I guess they figure that not much real teaching will go on the first few days, with all the effort to get settled, so why waste an entire week? That makes the “first Monday” kind of a true start to classes. And that’s today. So I woke up thinking about teachers and students and a man with an unusual name - Kearnie Keegan.

David’s Daily Devotional for August 13

August 13, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, August 13.

As a kid, I remember going to the post office and looking up at the bulletin board and seeing all the “wanted” posters - the FBI Ten Most Wanted List. And I remember hoping I never ran into any of those guys! Today, the post office in my little town of Tenaha, Texas doesn’t have any posters like that. I guess the FBI does it online now, or maybe they caught all those guys. I’m thinking it’s probably the former.

David’s Daily Devotion for Aug. 12

August 12, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Wednesday, August 12.

We’ll be climbing close to triple digits today, here in the heart and the heat of the summer. So lets cool off with a Christmas themed daily devotion. On August 12 in the year 2 BC, the nght sky featured a conjunction of the planets Saturn and Venus. A conjunction is when two planets appear very close to each other, combining to make one very bright light. Some theologians (and astronomers) offer this phenomenon as a possible source of the Star of Bethlehem.

David's Daily Devotion for August 10

August 10, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, August 10.

In the late summer of the year 70 AD, at about this time, the mighty Roman army destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem. The Holy City had been under siege for months, until the ancient walls were finally breached and the great place of worship, of sacrifice, the center of Jewish life, was burned to the ground. Today, two thousand years later, the Temple has yet to be rebuilt.

David’s Daily Devotion for Aug. 7

August 7, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Friday, August 7.

The following notable people were born on August 7 - World War I spy Mata Hari, Glinda the Good Witch Billie Burke, World Series perfect game pitcher Don Larsen, radio host Garrison Keillor, pop singer B.J. Thomas, and actress Charlize Theron. Oh, I almost forgot one birthday girl - Faye Estelle Mathis - my mother.

David's Daily Devotion for August 6

August 6, 2026 - Good Morning. It’s Thursday, August 6.

At 8:15 on the morning of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber flew over the center of a city called Hiroshima. It dropped a bomb nicknamed “Little Boy”, a weapon that was unique in the history of the world. It carried the power of 15,000 tons of TNT, and when it ignited, 90,000 human beings died in an instant. 50,000 others died in the next few months from radiation poisoning. Three days later a similar bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Six days after that Japan surrendered. And World War II was over.

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