Devotionals

Looking for a Loophole in the Promise You Made? A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Looking for a loophole in the promise you made? You can always find one. A teenager trapped in his automobile after an accident prayed, "God, if you get me out of...

Keeping a Promise When It Hurts A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Way back in the neolithic age (well, really, in the 1950's) in Wheaton, Illinois, I managed a Christian book store for my father. To promote the store, I planned a gala children's...

Daddy's Office Door Is Always Open to His Children Thoughts on Jesus' Final Words on the Cross with Elizabeth Rice Handford Margi knew her daddy was a very busy man because lots of people needed him. They called him "Pastor Handford." Mother called him "Walt." But to...

Jesus Cried, "It Is Finished!" Thinking About Jesus on the Cross with Elizabeth Rice Handford Looking back over my life, I've tried to remember a time when I could honestly say, "That's done. I did it. Mission accomplished." But I'm having trouble  remembering any...

When Does a Mother Quit Being a Mother? Thinking about Jesus on the Cross with Elizabeth Rice Handford One evening recently my daughter called me, and I knew at once from her voice that she was very sick. She'd had some complications from cataract surgery, and for two...

On the Cross, Jesus Cried, "I Thirst!" A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford I remember only once being so thirsty I thought I'd die. One Saturday morning I woke up early, already burdened down by the umpteen things I had to get done by 4:00 o'clock....

The Baby Jesus and His Mother A Word of Encouragement with Elizabeth Rice Handford about Easter It's hard to imagine how the Lord Jesus, the Creator of the whole universe, could demean Himself to become a little baby. But Philippians 2:6-8 tells us that Jesus came to...

The Criminal Who Didn't Deserve Forgiveness A Reminder from Elizabeth Handford that Easter Sunday is coming! He might have been another Jim Jones or Ted Bundy or Timothy McVeigh for all we know, that man hanging on the cross next to Jesus. Whatever crimes...

What the Foolish Lost Lamb Didn't Know Thinking about the Cross with Elizabeth Rice Handford All the silly little lamb wanted was a tuft of grass across the gully. She had no intention of getting lost. But another bit of grass just beyond teased her, and then she got...

Pushing the Envelope A Wry Reminder from Elizabeth Rice Handford My son's tee shirt read, "Deal's Gap; seven miles; 318 curves." "Wow, John," I said, "tell me more." "Bikers like the challenge of curves, " he answered, "and at Deal's Gap you get 318 of them in a...