GRANDPA'S DEVOTIONS
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A cartoon in Billy Graham's Decision magazine showed a picture of a night stand near a bed. The clock on the stand had a note by it that read, "If You will wake me, I'll pray." The Holy Spirit quickened that scene to me, indicating "that's for you". I said, "Yes, Lord, if you will wake me, I'll pray." Being a relatively sound sleeper I felt any waking to pray would be of God. My aged father lived with us most of the last four years of his life and from time to time he became a little confused. The first night after committing to rise and pray if God wakened me, there was a loud rapping on our bedroom door in the middle of the night. It startled me, to say the least. There was Dad, banging on the door with his cane, shouting, "Jim, get up, the telephone is ringing. I had a phone by my bed and it hadn't rung, but by the time I got "Grandpa" back to bed I was wide awake - to pray! Four years of occasional night time excitement like that got me in the habit of rising in the night to spend time with the Lord. Much of the devotional material in the following pages is an outcome of such times spent with the Lord in prayer and fellowship. Any blessings these devotionals are to you, may God be praised. I would like to thank my wife, Vicky, for her deep appreciation for the Word and for the countless hours spent in putting these thoughts into readable form. The graphics are the work of my 11 grandchildren; the greater share was contributed by Nathan Potter. Thank you, Heavenly Father, for making me a part of Your Family. Without that relationship I would have nothing worth writing about. To You be praise. |
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