John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! The whole first chapter of John is the basis for today's devotion. John writes a great diary of his first few days with Jesus. (Additionally, the first 18 verses provide a great…

John 2:1-2 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.  Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. Today is a different kind of devotion. We all have activities which we enjoy in our time away from our regular vocation. Many of us play golf,…

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.  For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!  This weekend marks one of my favorite times of the summer.…

2 Corinthians 9:7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.  Just as most professional athletes and others of wealth, golfers on Tour have their own foundation or charitable cause in which they support with a portion of their earnings. The Tour itself…

Psalms 138:5 and they shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD. A couple times a year during a miserable round, I think to myself this just isn't fun anymore. I consider all of the other things I could be doing instead of putting myself through the pains…

Romans 13:11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The FedEx Cup playoff events begin in less than three weeks. This time of the season also means players hovering around the 125 ranking need to…

Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. If you love golf enough, sooner or later you will find yourself playing by yourself from time to time. These "alone times"…

Proverbs 27:21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. Shane Lowry is from the Republic of Ireland, but delighted the Northern Ireland crowd during his near flawless round of 63 yesterday at The Open Championship. The patrons energized Lowry as a native son to a round with…

Romans 5:3-5 More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Former major champion and number…

Psalms 118:8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. Yesterday was a rough day for former major champions at The Open Championship. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott were a combined 27 over par for the first round. Whenever we put faith in man, we will…