By Bro. David Mathis

David’s Daily Devotion for Sept. 16

September 16, 2022 - Good Morning!  It's Friday, September 16.

Tomorrow our church will open our sanctuary for a community funeral. It is an honor and a privilege.  On Monday there will be a funeral for the global community, as Queen Elizabeth is laid to rest in London's Westminster Abbey. Two thousand mourners will fill that legendary church, including leaders from most of the world's countries. And millions will be watching from home.  

David's Daily Devotion for September 15

September 15, 2022 - Good Morning! It's Thursday, September 15.

The legendary Indian leader Ghandi was raised as a Hindu, but always had a fascination with Christianity. He read through the gospels and was inspired by Christ. He wanted to learn more about Jesus and so he decided to attend a Christian church. But, at the entrance, Ghandi was rejected because of the color of his skin. Later, he was quoted as saying, “I would be a Christian, if it were not for Christians”.

David's Daily Devotion for September 13

September 13, 2022 - Good Morning! It's Tuesday, September 13.

On this day in 1965, The Beatles released a new song. It was a simple, lovely ballad. And for the first time in their history, the recording featured only one member of the group - the songwriter, Paul McCartney. It went straight to #1 on the charts. Since then it's been "covered" by over 2000 other artists. And in the year 2000, Rolling Stone magazine voted it the greatest pop song in history. The name of the song? "Yesterday."

David's Daily Devotion for September 1

Good Morning! It’s Monday, September 12.

We did something yesterday at First Baptist Center that we haven’t done in over two and a half years - we met for Sunday night service. That tradition, going back to the founding of our church in the 1880’s, was short circuited by the Covid shutdown in March of 2020. And even as face-to-face morning service restarted, and youth and children’s ministries resumed, our Sunday evening service remained off the church calendar. Glad it’s back!

David's Daily Devotion for Sept. 9

September 9, 2022 - Good Morning! It’s Friday, September 9.

We have a worship tradition here at First Baptist Church of Center, Texas. At the beginning of each year - in January - and at the beginning of each church year - in September - we sing an extraordinary song. It's a song of hope, a song of purpose, a song of vision. It's called “Days of Elijah”.

David’s Daily Devotion for Sept. 7

September 7, 2022 - Good Morning!  It's Wednesday, September 7.

This Sunday, our worship teams will call our congregation to worship with one of the oldest hymns in the hymnbook.  And it isn't really even a hymn.  It's a doxology.  The word comes from the Greek "doxa", meaning glory, and "logia", to say.  So, literally, a doxology is an expression of praise.  And, historically, it has been employed as a "tag" to hymns.  The "hallelujah" at the end of many of the Psalms could be considered doxologies.

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