By Bro. David Mathis

David's Daily Devotion for January 5

January 5, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Friday, January 5.

I've been thinking about beginnings and endings.

On January 5,1954, a young truck driver walked into Sun Studio in Memphis and made a recording. Elvis Presley went on to sell 500 million records, but that was the first one.

On January 5,1970, four lads from Liverpool walked into Abbey Road Studio in London and made a recording. The Beatles would sell 600 million records, but that was the last one.

Beginnings and endings.

David’s Daily Devotion for Jan. 4

January 4, 2024 - Good Morning!  It's Thursday, January 4.

There's so much negative news as we start a new year - thought you might like something funny and sweet for today's devotion.  A third-grade teacher, as a class project, asked her students to write letters . . . to God.  The results were hilarious and heartwarming.  Here's a few of them.

Dear God, Did you mean for the giraffe to look like that, or was it an accident? - Norma

Dear God, Do you draw the lines around the countries? - Jake

David’s Daily Devotion for Jan. 3

January 3, 2024 - Good Morning!  It's Wednesday, January 3.

Houston is my hometown.  And on January 3, 1962, something extraordinary began there, a dream really.  On that day, ground was broken on a new kind of sports stadium, a "domed" stadium.  It was the first of its kind in the world.  There are many in the world now, but the Astrodome was the first.

David Daily Devotion for December 20

December 20, 2023 - Good Morning! It's Wednesday, December 20.

There are some Christmas songs that really don't have anything to do with Christmas. "Jingle Bells" doesn't mention gifts or Santa or Rudolph - it's just a song about winter fun - but what would Christmas be without it! "Joy to the World" isn't inspired by Luke Chapter Two, it's based on the 98th Psalm - but what would Christmas be without it! This morning we look at a song that we sing all year round, but that most people don't realize is a Christmas song.

David's Daily Devotion for December 19

December 19, 2023 - Good Morning! It's Tuesday, December 19.

Today we share a story behind the beloved Christmas spiritual "Go, Tell it On the Mountain!"

In 1866, right after the end of the Civil War, a college was founded in Nashville called Fisk University. It was designed to provide education to all those who had recently become freedmen and freedwomen. Fisk is among a number of these kinds of schools that still exist today - Spelman University in Atlanta, Howard in Washington D.C., Xavier in New Orleans - just to name a few.

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