Walk With Darrell

Has your heart ever been full of happiness and proud of a child and then ached for them? This is the time of year when kids head off to college and for many this is the first time being away from mom and dad. I have a few friends that are facing this right now for the first time and it can be tough. I have been there a few times with my boys. As a parent you want your kids to succeed so much, and you want the best for them. I have dropped a child off at college before and y

Spending time in prayer and reading God’s Word is an important part of daily Christian life. Just like in any relationship you have to keep it nurtured. We can get so busy with work, sports, school, and just living life we forget about our relationship with God. If you miss that regular time of talking with God, then that relationship can get cold and stale. One day can turn into two days, then before you know it, a week has gone by. You miss two weeks then it doesn’t become

Do you ever have those days when life has thrown the kitchen sink at you and problems can seem downright fearful? I think if we were all honest, we probably have all had our share of those day in our lives. Life’s uncertainties can be scary. Today might even be one of those days. It is easy to think that you are all alone when your back is against the wall. Sometimes there is a fear and dread that can paralyze you. If you ever get in the situation, remember that you are not

I’ am blessed with a Christian wife who loves the Lord. We are working on 46 years of marriage this next December. That is a lot to some of you and then a drop in the bucket to others. As I go through the bible there are many verses on describing characters of a wife, One of my favorite chapters in Proverbs. Listen to how the writer describes the attributes of a good wife. Proverbs 31:10-12 10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. 11 Her

In church there is an old hymn “Count Your Blessing”. Part of the song goes like “Count your many blessings name them one by one, and it will surprise you what the Lord has done”. There is a lot of truth in these words. Have you ever got down on yourself, and feel “woe is me”? It is time to take stock and count our blessings. Usually, our thoughts immediately go to the material and physical benefits like houses, jobs, family, and health. However, for those who know Jesus Ch

Time is a precious commodity in our lives. It seems like we are always scrambling to get things done in our busy lives. As you go through the different phases of life there are different things that eat up our time. I can remember when our kids were elementary school age and my wife, Terri was going to nursing school, mornings were hectic. Everyone that has a family know exactly what I am talking about. Then as we developed our careers, we were always in a rush to get to work

This has been a tough week for close friends and family.   I have had two friends that have lost family members this past week and I have lost relatives in the past. I have felt the hurt they are going through, and I also know the hurt does go away. There will still be tears, but they knew their loved ones went home to be with the Lord. I also have multiple friends that are dealing with health issues. Believers in the early church were instructed to seek prayer from their lea

Matthew 7: 7 – 8 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. What are you dealing with in your life right now? Do you need strength to make it through the day? Are you in trouble? Are you discouraged? Are you lonely? Do you have an illness? Do you feel trapped in an unhappy life? You get the drift; we all have

Have you made your goals for the New Year yet? The typical ones would be to exercise more, lose weight, live life to its fullest, be a better husband, be wiser with your money, get organized, live healthier. There is one more goal that would be beneficial and that would be to draw closer to God. To set a goal is great, but you need a game plan on how to accomplish that goal. So how do you grow closer to God? Just like in any relationship, your relationship with God must be nu

Have you ever had to make a decision, and you needed help and were sure where to turn? There is no one better to turn to than God. He has divine wisdom, and He knows everything about us. He understands our deepest wants and needs better than we even know them. Ok, so we need to ask God for guidance….Hmmm. Not real sure how to do that? Isaiah 30:21 21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” I

Psalm 91:1 1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty You might ask how do we dwell in the shelter of the Most High? You might have read Psalm 91 several times, but still not sure how to swell in the shelter of the Most High. There are many benefits when we dwell in the shelter of the Most High. God is our refuge; He will protect us and when we are under God’s protection then we have nothing to fear. When we are under God’s protec

We can have peace no matter what we are facing in life. God says we can bring our worries to Him in prayer. There are a lot of things in life that causes us to worry. Many people are in between jobs and the future has uncertainty, health issues don’t go away as the years go by, friends and family members pass on. Children or grandchildren are facing their own battles that can cause worry in our lives. All these things add up and can steal our peace and joy in our life. God

When we look at our battles in life, do we look at the battle with our physical eyes or our spiritual eyes? You might ask, what are you talking about? We all have battles in life we are fighting and if we look at them through our physical eyes they can seem daunting. What we need to do is to fight our battles through our spiritual eyes. In work there were always battles, and if you look at them through your physical eyes you can get very frustrated with work and at times it c

Luke 6:36 (NIV) 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Forgiving others isn’t always that easy for us. If you could just forgive once and be done with it. The decision to forgive is easy, but the process of forgiving is more difficult. Forgiveness is a journey that requires effort, time, perseverance, and prayer. God instructs us to treat others as we would like to be treated. When we look at what Christ did for us by not only forgiving us our sins but dying on the

Hebrews 10:23 (NLT) 23 Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. I received a message from Christian friends the other day. They were discouraged with some of the trials they were facing and needed some Christian encouragement. Despite God’s promises, despite Christ’s love, and despite our countless blessings we sometimes can still lose hope from time to time and become discouraged. If we are all honest, we have al

Philippians 4:6 (NIV) 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Terri and I have been praying together our whole married life. Prayer is an integral part of our daily life. Prayer has had so many benefits for our lives. First, we use prayer to communicate with our Heavenly Father and we know He hears our prayers. Prayers helps us find strength for each day and hope for the future. Praye

When you read your bible are you reading it and then what you read goes right in and out and you don’t even know what you just read? Or...

Today started with my bible devotion on patience. Once the devotion was over, I going to head out to get my morning bike ride. My goal...

Have you ever had a time in your life where you felt you messed up in living the Christian life? Just like the saying, “been there done...

Proverbs 12:25 “Worry weighs down the heart,” Even though we are Christians and have been given assurance of salvation--- even though we...