By Bro. David Mathis

David's Daily Devotion for October 4

October 4, 2022 - Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, October 4.

On this day, in 1537, the very first English Bible was published. It was called the “Matthew Bible”. That’s not because of the Gospel of Matthew, but because the translator’s name was Thomas Matthew. Except, there wasn’t a translator named Thomas Matthew. Thomas Matthew didn’t exist. So, why the fake name? The answer to that question makes this Bible a very special book indeed.

David's Daily Devotion for October 3

October 3, 2022 - Bro. David's under the weather today, so we're reprinting a devotional that originally went out in April of 2021...

Today's devotion is all about 3:16. There are 49 "3:16" verses in the Bible. Why aren't there 66 - one for every Bible book? Well, some books, like Psalms, have a 3rd chapter with less than 16 verses, and other books, like Jude, don't have a 3rd chapter at all.

Here are a few notable "3:16s"...

David’s Daily Devotion for Sept. 29

September 29, 2022 - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, September 29.

English can be a complicated language. Many English words have multiple meanings. The word “set” is said to have 430 definitions!

Today we take a look at a complicated Bible word - “blessing”. Here’s just a few of the ways we use it.

*A prayer before meals - “Dad, would you say the blessing?”

*To make the sign of the cross - “The ball player blessed himself before the at-bat.”

*Response to a sneeze - “God bless you!”

David's Daily Devotion for September 28

September 28, 2022 - Good Morning!  It’s Wednesday, September 28.

In January of 1990, a church youth group in Burleson, Texas was having a weekend discipleship retreat.  On Saturday night, 10 teenagers, burdened for their classmates, went to their school, stood around the flag pole, and prayed.  From this small beginning, a vision for students to pray for students, began to spread from church to church and from school to school.

David's Daily Devotion for September 22

September 22, 2022 - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, September 22.

One of the features of our morning worship service at First Baptist Center is a “welcome time”. Our congregation rises and shares a moment of greeting and fellowship with those around them. We sing a lively song during the welcome, and this Sunday that song will be Hank Williams’ “I Saw the Light”.

David's Daily Devotion for September 21

September 21, 2022 - Good Morning! It's Wednesday, September 21.

Herbert George Wells was born on September 21, 1866. H.G. Wells is considered one of the greatest science fiction writers in history. But the thing is, most of his "fiction" has turned out to be reality. His over 50 novels were primarily written in the late 1800's and in them he foretold the coming of airplanes, space travel, genetic engineering, television, wireless communication, and the internet. In 1913, 30 years before Hiroshima, he coined the term "atomic bomb". 

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