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    Christian Devotional – April 16, 2026

    What Makes A Good Leader, Day 4 Are you a good teacher? Read Titus 2:1-10. Do you enjoy the idea of being a teacher? Recently, I have made a career shift and am now focusing on being a teacher. I use this YouTube channel is a way to teach others about the truths of the Bible. And, I also teach high school students a variety of subjects. Plus, I coach middle school athletes in the sport of track and field. Moving into doing this on a more regular basis has been an interesting transition. I’ve gotten to know several amazing teachers. Now, not all teachers are created equally. Great teachers…

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    Christian Devotional – April 15, 2026

    What Makes A Good Leader, Day 3 Providing Correction. Read Titus 1:10-16. Yesterday I mentioned that I’ve spent a lot of time in the corporate world, specifically in the human resources. The most challenging topic to help managers and leaders deal with comes when discussion providing critical feedback. Leaders can often really struggle to find ways to give that kind of critical feedback, and unfortunately, what that can typically mean is that they don’t give that feedback until something major has happened and they have no choice. By that time, the person receiving the feedback may have gone too far and really done something they shouldn’t have. Yesterday, we saw…

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    Christian Devotional – April 14, 2026

    What Makes A Good Leader, Day 2 The List of Dos and Dont’s. Read Titus 1:6-9. I’ve worked in the field of Human Resources for many years and recruiting and hiring has been a significant part of my responsibilities over the years. I’ve seen many different approaches to hiring people through the years. One of the key approaches that people tend to favor is more of the checklist style approach. We have a list of qualities and characteristics that we want (and don’t want) in a prospective candidate. Then, the application and interview processes are designed around that list in order to help clarify which candidate is going to fulfill…

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    Christian Devotional – April 13, 2026

    What Makes A Good Leader? Day 1 Choose Good Leaders. Read Titus 1:1-5. If you walk through the leadership section of any bookstore, you will see shelf after shelf of books detailing the qualities and characteristics of what makes a good leader. There are books that describe leadership, books that explain what leadership does and how they act. There are books that teach how to become a good leader. We have no shortage of “how-to” book on this subject. And yet, we seem to constantly be lacking good leaders. You just have to look at the workplace to see multiple people upset and complaining about their leaders. So, even with…

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    Christian Devotional – September 27, 2023

    The Savior Comes, Day 25 Keep watch. Read Matthew chapter 25. This chapter is full of stories that we have heard many times. However, it’s interesting to remember that all of them are in the context of the second coming of Christ. They all are about that point when Jesus will return, how he will return, and what he will we will do when he returns. Interestingly, we are still reminded that we must watch and be ready for his return. When we are watching for it, there is a level of anticipation and excitement. It’s not just casually watching. It’s watching expectantly, waiting for it to happen. What do…

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    Christian Devotional – July 16, 2023

    Through Suffering, Day 28 Only be slaves to God. Read 2 Peter 2:17-22. As Peter continues to remind the people that they must stay away from sin, we see this verse even more clearly explain the negative impact of being involved in sin. The question becomes, what are we allowing to master us? When we are being driven and controlled by the sin in our lives, we allow sin to be our master and we are it’s slave. We should not be a slave to anything except for God himself. That is who our master is. Are we allowing anything else to take that place? If we are, then we…

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    Christian Devotional – July 5, 2023

    Through Suffering, Day 17 Eager to serve. Read 1 Peter 5:1-4. We see two truths about leadership in these verses today. Leadership must be something that we are eager and volunteering to do. Sometimes, there can be some reluctance or hesitancy, and that’s okay. However, we are to truly want to help the people that we are serving. Which brings us to the second point. Leadership is service. We are to be serving the people that we are helping to lead. As we think about our leadership, first off, are we leading ourselves? That can be the most difficult person to lead at times, and we must start there. Are…

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    Christian Devotional – June 15, 2023

    The Journey of Ruth, Day 6 The legacy. Read Ruth 4:18-22. As we come to the end of the book of Ruth, we see the legacy. Ruth’s decisions and her obedience in all the choices she made that led up to that point, we see the culmination here in how God used her to build a legacy that led to a king that was a man after God’s own heart. When we think about the choices that we make, do we recognize that each and every choice leads us down a path that will ultimately result in the legacy that we leave to those behind us. God desires our obedience,…

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    Christian Devotional – June 14, 2023

    The Journey of Ruth, Day 5 God hasn’t abandoned us. Read Ruth 4:13-17. God continues his miraculous working in the life of Ruth and Naomi. Not only did he provide a kinsman redeemer who was willing to accept Ruth but he also allowed Ruth to have a son. Such a sign of blessing in the life of Ruth and Naomi after all they have been through! We are never abandoned by God. We may go through seasons of our life when we struggle to see his purpose and plan, or where we don’t feel his presence, but that does not change the truth of who God is and what God…

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    Christian Devotional – June 13, 2023

    The Journey of Ruth, Day 4 It’s all about me. Read Ruth 4:1-11. There is so much in this book of Ruth, but especially in this last chapter. We’ll start through the first 11 verses today. Here, we see Boaz negotiating who was going to redeem Naomi’s husband’s property. Originally, the first man was interested in it, until he found out that it included a wife. At that point, he was not as interested in the property anymore because he was concerned with how the wife might impact his personal property. When we are evaluating what God’s will is for our life, are we looking at it only in terms…