Category Archives: Weekly Devotions

Therefore, it was necessary for Jesus to be in every respect like his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High priest before God. (Verse 17) Community Policing was the leading buzz word in police administration during the early 1990’S.  Explosive population growth in many communities increased the demand for…

READ: 1 PETER 1: 3-9 And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see. (V. 5) The cold steady rain was making this early spring day feel more like the first days of winter.  Due…

READ: DANIEL 1:1-16 But Daniel made up his mind not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the King. (V. 8) Every Officer who worked the Lower West Side Beat, E1, knew exactly who resided at 5204 Iroquois Road.  We all spent many hours responding to this home to…

READ 2 SAMUEL 24:1-17 When David saw the Angel, he said to the Lord, “I am the one who has sinned and done wrong!” (V.17) By the time Ron and I reached the 12th floor, the hallway had filled up with acrid smoke.  In response to the fire alarm, people were slowly beginning to appear…

READ: MATTHEW 25: 14-30 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability.  The he went away. (15) The new Chief had once been the Police Commissioner in Boston.  He was brought into transform our once rural, but quickly growing, county department into a more progressive…

READ: LUKE 19: 1-10 “And I, the Son of Man, have come to seek and save those like him who are lost.” (V. 10) There was no doubt in my mind, in the winter of “71,” that I wanted to leave teaching and embark on a career in law enforcement.  My first inclination was to…

READ: JOSHUA 13 When Joshua was an old man, the Lord said to him, “You are growing old, and much land remains to be conquered.” (V. 1) What will you be doing if God’s plan for your life continues for 98 years or longer?  American born, Swedish Conductor, Herbert Blomstedt, answers the question by continuing…

READ: GENESIS 39 From the day Joseph was put in charge of his master’s household and property, the Lord began to bless Potiphar’s household for Joseph’s sake. (V. 5) Two days after arriving at our “Snowbird retreat” in Florida, I eagerly mounted the saddle of my trust Trek bicycle.  It was time to get back…

READ: COLOSSIANS 1: 15-23 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.  He existed before God made anything at all and is supreme over all creation. (V. 15) “Colonel Mustard killed Miss plum in the library with a candlestick.”  This was a possible to solution to a murder when playing the game of Clue. …

READ : JOB 2: 11-13 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights.  And no one said a word, for they saw his suffering was too great for words. (V. 13) Fishing was off during our winter visit to Homosassa, Florida.  The fish had developed a case of “lock jaw”…