By Bro. David Mathis

David’s Daily Devotion for Apr. 1

April 1, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Monday, April 1.

I hope you and yours had a blessed Easter weekend. The legendary words of the angel at the tomb are still ringing in our ears - "He is not here. He is risen!" And now we begin a brand-new month, the beautiful month of April. But be on the alert today for all those "April foolers" out there!

David's Daily Devotion for March 29

March 29, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Friday, March 29.

We come to the end of our five-day series on what Jesus was doing each day of the original Holy Week. During the last four days we've witnessed His encounters with friends and foes, with those who loved Him, and with those who plotted against Him.

And now, today - Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Man, the Lamb of God, the Christ, the Messiah, our Savior - is savagely nailed to a rugged wooden cross. It is Good Friday.

David's Daily Devotion for March 28

March 28, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Thursday, March 28.

This is the fourth devotion, in a five-part series focusing on what Jesus was doing each day during the week that we now call Holy Week.

Final words are important. You want your final words to be memorable. You want your final words to outlive you. These final words have lived on -

David's Daily Devotion for March 27

March 27, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Wednesday, March 27.

We continue today with our week-long series that looks at what Jesus was doing each day of that first Holy Week.

Wednesday saw Jesus and His disciples back in Bethany, a couple of miles east of Jerusalem, near the Mount of Olives. It would be a day of dramatic contrasts. A day with an inspiring act of worship and a disturbing act of betrayal.

David's Daily Devotion for March 26

March 26, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Tuesday, March 26.

We continue today with our series looking at what Jesus was doing each day of that first Holy Week. On Tuesday, Jesus and the Twelve were back in the Jerusalem temple. Friday would be a day of incredible testing for Jesus, but Tuesday would have testing of its own.

David’s Daily Devotion for March 25

March 25, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Monday, March 25.

I hope you had a wonderful and blessed Palm Sunday. And now . . . on to Easter! But what happened on all those days between the two famous Sundays? Each day this week, we'll take a look.

On Monday, Jesus returned to Jerusalem. He and His disciples had spent Sunday night in Bethany, two miles east of the Holy City, at the home of good friends Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. But, on that morning, Jesus was in the temple.

David's Daily Devotion for March 22

March 22, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Friday, March 22.

Earlier this week, I gave a presentation to a regional teachers group. The program featured ten of my favorite daily devotions. Here's one that I wanted to reprint for you today - because it's about teachers and, in these first few days of Spring, celebrates the beauty of nature. It was originally posted January 16, 2021.

David's Daily Devotion for March 21

March 21, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Thursday, March 21.

Last night, at First Baptist Center, our children competed in an exciting event, an event to qualify them to compete at a state level. The event? Bible Drill! You're probably familiar with this program. Maybe you grew up participating in it. I did.

David's Daily Devotion for March 20

March 20, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Wednesday, March 20.

On March 20, 1928, it was a "beautiful day in the neighborhood," as Fred McFeely Rogers was born. Mister Rogers was a musician, a writer, a puppeteer, but he was also an ordained minister. And for 33 years, from 1968 to 2001, he was America's unofficial children's minister, as he hosted the TV show, "Mister Roger's Neighborhood."

David's Daily Devotion for March 19

March 19, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Tuesday, March 19 - the first day of Spring!

My niece, Lesli, lives with her family in upstate New York, in a house built in the 1850's. That house was brand new when a new minister came to that town. His name was Maltbie Babcock. He was young, and he was determined to be an effective pastor to his flock. Whenever the burdens of his job grew too great, Babcock would go for long walks into one of the most beautiful parts of America. He would call to his young wife, "I'm going out to my Father's world!"

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