January 31, 2022 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, January 31.
I’m David Mathis, Minister of Worship and Education at First Baptist Church of Center, Texas. In March of 2020, as our church, like most every church, shut down for the pandemic, I began sending a devotional email, Monday through Saturday, to the volunteers that I work with.
I wanted to stay connected during the 2 or 3 weeks that it would take for Covid to end! Well, 2 or 3 weeks turned into 2 or 3 months before our church opened back up. And even then, it wasn’t like before. It was a “new” normal. So, the daily devotions continued and the first small group grew to several hundred faithful readers.
And this morning, these Daily Devotions begin to be a part of our local news website Shelby County Today. Thank you to J.J. Ford for the invitation and welcome to a whole new group of readers.
On some days we'll focus on a verse of scripture. On others we'll connect with a moment in history or tell a story behind a worship song. Some devotions will make you laugh, and some may bring a tear to your eye. But, on every day, we'll try to find a word of encouragement, a word of inspiration, a word of truth.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
