Author Archives: Roland Ledoux

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About Roland Ledoux

Ordained minister (thus a servant). Called to encourage and inspire one another by teaching His Word, and through intercessory prayer for others, praying for those in need as well as the lost. I and my wife of 50+ years live in Delta, Colorado where the Lord has chosen to plant us in a beautiful church home.

Reflecting With God 8/29/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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The Voice of the Blood of Christ

Tuesday August 29, 2023 Hebrews 12:24 The blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. There is a cry heard in heaven; the angels are astonished; they rise up from their golden seats, and they enquire, “What … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 8/29/2023

The Overwhelming Molecule I read in a magazine this month that every cubic inch of gas, at normal temperature and pressure, contains four hundred and forty-three billions of molecules. And this result is based, so it was stated, on an … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 8/29/2023

He’s Dead, But You Can Be Alive “My servant Moses is dead” (Joshua 1:2). Imagine the shock of this moment for Joshua, Moses’ right-hand man. He probably already knew about Moses’ death before God told him (Deuteronomy 34:1–8), but it’s … Continue reading

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The Servant’s Seeming Contradictions – 2

Scripture Reference: Mark 10 Two Shall Be One – Continued Please read Mark 10:1-12 for background to this section. From last lesson: He [Jesus] put sufficient regulations around divorce so that the wives would not become victims of their husbands’ … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 8/28/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Sovereign Lord and Father, we praise you for Jesus, who walked a hard path through his life; for the way he shared in the hopes and the fears of those around him; for the way he … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 8/28/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Grace Comes By Jesus Christ

Monday August 28, 2023 John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Here are two important truths. . . . The first truth is that no one ever was saved, no … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 8/28/2023

God Gets 100% An ill-prepared college student taking an economics exam just before Christmas vacation wrote on his paper. “Only God knows the answers to these questions. Merry Christmas!” The professor graded the papers and wrote this note: “God gets … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 8/28/2023

Operating Standards Sometimes I operate on the premise that if I’m honoring God and following Him, I don’t have to be concerned with what other people think. But carrying this too far is just as faulty as basing my identity … Continue reading

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The Servant’s Seeming Contradictions – 1

Scripture Reference: Mark 10 As a master Teacher, our Lord used many different approaches in sharing God’s Word: symbols, miracles, types, parables, proverbs, and paradoxes. A paradox is a statement that seems to contradict itself and yet expresses a valid … Continue reading

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Saturday Prayer & Praise 8/26/2023

Philip Doddridge: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Righteous and holy Sovereign of heaven and earth: My breath is in your hand. All my ways are in your hand. But I confess I have been far from glorifying you, or conducting … Continue reading

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Faith From The Beginning 8/26/2023

The Next Test HOW long Abram dwelt here in peace and quietness we do not know. The Lord gave him a little season of rest and refreshing, and then puts His servant to the next great trial and test. There … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 8/26/2023

How We Know About God OUR understanding of God comes from three levels of His self-disclosure: the general revelation of Himself through nature, which He created (Psalm 19:1–6), the special revelation of His Word (Psalm 19:7–11), and the particular work … Continue reading

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Enthusiasm Makes the Difference

For Saturday August 26, 2023 Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men. Motivational speaker Jeffrey Gitomer points out, “At the beginning of any task, more than anything else, your attitude will … Continue reading

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Essential Insights on Faith 8/26/2023

Above all, put on love—the perfect bond of unity. COLOSSIANS 3:14 Billy Graham I am now aware that the FAMILY OF GOD contains people of VARIOUS ethnological, cultural, class, and denominational DIFFERENCES…Within the true church there is a mysterious UNITY … Continue reading

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Anecdotal Story 8/26/2023

Because She Cared [The Lord] says: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light … Continue reading

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Classic Devotional 8/26/2023

Centuries of Meditations – First Century 47 To have blessings and to prize them is to be in Heaven; to have them and not to prize them is to be in Hell, I would say upon Earth: To prize them … Continue reading

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Majoring on Minors – 4

Scripture References: Philippians 1:1-11 Our Great Privileges in Christ – Continued We Are the Recipients of a Divine Fellowship In verses 3–8, Paul speaks of the blessed fellowship that he and the Philippians enjoyed in Christ: “I thank my God … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 8/25/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Abba, Father, we praise you for the way you can take the ordinary things and make them new; you are able to take ordinary lives, lived by ordinary people, and fill them with meaning. We praise … Continue reading

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