By Bro. David Mathis

David’s Daily Devotion for September 22

September 22, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, September 22.

Happy autumnal equinox! Welcome to the first day of fall. Equinox is Latin for “equal night”, and on this day the periods of darkness and light are approximately the same. This happens twice a year, once in September and once in March. That one’s called the vernal equinox. Vernal is Latin for spring. Thus endeth your language and science lessons for today.

David's Daily Devotion for September 21

September 21, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, September 21.

Herbert George Wells was born on this day in 1866. H.G. Wells is considered one of the greatest science fiction writers in history. But the thing is, most of his fiction has become fact. His over 50 novels were mostly written in the late 1800’s, and in them he foretold the coming of airplanes, space travel, genetic engineering, television, wireless phones, and the internet. And in 1913, 30 years before Hiroshima, he coined the term “atomic bomb.”

David’s Daily Devotion for Sept. 18

September 18, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Friday, September 18.

When I began writing these Daily Devotions six years ago, I made a promise. I promised to never write more than it would take two minutes to read. You’re a busy person - things to do, places to go, people to see - and I didn’t want to abuse your time.

Today’s devotion will most certainly come in under the wire.

One verse. One thought. One prayer.

“Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we shall reap a harvest, if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9

David’s Daily Devotional for September 17

September 17, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, September 17.

One of the most celebrated and influential songwriters of the 20th century was born on this day in 1923. His brief career produced 55 songs that made the top ten charts, 11 that made it all the way to #1. The list of famous musicians that he inspired is too long to mention. In 2010, he was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize. His name was Hank Williams.

David's Daily Devotion for September 16

September 16, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Wednesday, September 16.

My father was born in the summer of 1913, when the field of aviation was in its infancy. The Wright brother’s first flight at Kitty Hawk had occurred less than ten years before, and Lindbergh’s journey across the Atlantic was still fifteen years away. Air travel was just getting started and so was my dad. And then in the summer of 1969... he saw a man walk on the moon.

David's Daily Devotion for September 15

September 15, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, September 15.

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound. The word “grace” is found 170 times in the Bible. One of those times is in John 1:17 - “For the law was given through Moses, but grace came through Jesus Christ”. We often think of grace as just a New Testament concept, but twenty of those grace scriptures are in the Old Testament, verses like Genesis 6:8 - “Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord”, and Psalm 84:11 - “The Lord gives grace and glory”.

David's Daily Devotion for September 14

September 14, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, September 14

I’m an avid collector, and one of the items I like to collect is postcards, particularly ones with interesting messages written on them. For a long time, postcards have been mainly sent by people on vacation. On one side is a picture of their hotel or the Grand Canyon or the Eiffel Tower, and on the other a message like “wishing you were here!” That kind of postcard always struck me as a bit cruel, since it was being sent to someone who was not on vacation and most certainly was not “here.”

David’s Daily Devotion for September 11

September 11, 2026 - Good Morning. It’s Friday, September 11.

A moment in time. Sudden. Shocking. A nation mourns. A nation changed.

For my parent’s generation, that moment came on December 7, 1941. At 7:48 AM that day, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, Japanese bombs began to fall. They fell on a U.S. naval base named Pearl. And 2,403 people were killed.

For my generation, that moment came on November 22, 1963. At 12:30 PM that day, in downtown Dallas, the sound of three rifle shots rang out. They echoed in a plaza named Dealey. And one man was dead.

David’s Daily Devotion for Sept. 10

September 10, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, September 10.

I love spirituals. I love the simplicity, the honesty of these old songs, created by slaves before the Civil War. Songs of courage and inspiration. Songs of faith, like “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”, “Deep River”, and “When the Saints Go Marching In”. They often contain a touch of melancholy, but also a sense of hope. They are, in every sense, songs of the heart.

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