HighPoint Devotionals

There's a baking phenomenon sweeping across the country. In almost every corner of the internet and social media, you'll find household bakers beginning their journey to making the best sourdough bread! In each of these homes and, indeed, in order to achieve that great journey, there lies one very special ingredient—yeast. This tiny, almost invisible substance begins its work, burping carbon dioxide (yes, really!) and causing the entire loaf to rise. What starts as a small ad

There's a profound question that echoes through the corridors of Christian life: What exa ctly is the gospel? Many of us would quickly respond with the familiar answer—we're sinners, Christ died for our sins, and through faith in Him we receive forgiveness and eternal life. While this is gloriously true, it represents only part of the picture. The complete gospel encompasses something far more comprehensive, something that transforms not just our eternal destiny, but our pres

There's an ancient principle woven throughout Scripture that governs both our individual lives and our collective societies: we reap what we sow. This isn't merely agricultural wisdom—it's a fundamental truth about how life works, how character develops, and how cultures are shaped. Two Soils, Two Harvests The apostle Paul presents us with a stark reality in his letter to the Galatians: "Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to pleas

Sometimes you know what you need to do and you don’t do it. Sometimes you know what you need to stop doing, but you keep doing it. For some of you, when you saw these lines, you knew the thing in your life that I was talking about – something hidden, but just below the surface. A recent blog post here reminded us of God’s power to break strongholds. For many, the strongholds that are most durable are secret places – secret from our co-workers, our friends, our family, even

Every person has different personalities and patterns “installed” in them either by nature or by outside forces, such as parental...

The first day I walked into one of the buildings, this wonderful smell overtook my senses. I thought perhaps they had just...

Chapter two of the book of Matthew is filled with the unexpected.  If you read it carefully, you will discover that the three “wise men”...

Imagine you’re going to write about the most important person ever to live. Where do you start? One of his amazing miracles? The time he...

It was a chilly October morning with a misting rain. I was on a college-visit trip with my daughters and had decided that they needed to...

"For God has said, "I will never fail you, I will never abandon you." -Hebrews 13:5 Recently, I was appointed a role for an event. It was...

Getting ready for school was always fun for me. I loved getting new clothes, a backpack and lunchbox to use on the first day of school. I...

The tapping and pounding on the roof was constant for those two days. Like many people on my street this year, I had my roof replaced...

I know I'm blessed - all I have to do to remember this is look at my beautiful wife, 6 amazing children, our home, our church...I KNOW...

The empty chair - which sat in front of me - devastated my heart and soul. I just completed my 17th year of teaching this year, and I had...

It doesn't matter where I go, I'm fascinated by areas and places where something used to be alive but is now dead. This can happen in...

I can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel...I just have to walk a little further through one more semester to get there...

Growing up, I loved to play school with my brothers. When I was in charge, I wanted to make the school in such a way that both my brothers

A few days ago, in the early morning hours, I (along with every other Floridian with a cell phone) was abruptly woken up by an...

It was clean! I KNOW it was clean, because I was the one who loaded and then unloaded the dishwasher myself. So how in the world was...

Mrs. Patricia Richardson was my 4th-grade teacher at Tropic Isles Elementary School in N. Ft. Myers. She was one of those unforgettable...