Copyright © 2003 by Howard L. Ford. All Rights Reserved.

I am excited about using the devotional as another tool for personal growth and development in my relationship with God. I am ready to receive daily, God's Word and lessons and apply them in my life.
--Lavonne

These devotions have helped me heal childhood wounds. They have given me the inspiration to be patient and empathetic with others.
-- Maeve
Foster Care Review Board Program Specialist and Our Mother of Sorrows Profession of Faith Facilitator

This book should be kept close by throughout one’s entire life. Each day’s subject can be applied in all walks of life. I am blind, have gone through a divorce, the death of a child, and lost a wife to cancer. I would have lost my mind without Howard Ford’s devotionals and his loving counsel. No matter what belief you have, this book is for everyone living. There is no other resource available that is condensed as this lovely publication. Every human being in the world can grow from it. All households need copies in each room.
-- Richard Alan Cannon

For years I have found Howard Ford’s daily devotionals an inspiring way to start the day, as well as wonderful late evening meditation. Anyone with a thirst for a deeper devotion to God and a personal honesty to look within will benefit from his devotionals. I share them with my wife and two teen sons. They are thoughtful, honest, and they prick the heart yet they are always encouraging with God as the source for the breakthrough we are looking for.
--Stuart Segall
Pastor, Sedro Woolley, WA

When God is author, the words are manna and those who are hungry press eagerly forward. With the very first reading of your devotionals, I recognized my Shepherd’s Voice and knew I would be fed. It was that elementary. Anything more or anything else would have put me off. They have been precisely on target for the hardship we’ve been experiencing the past two weeks and have provided great comfort and some needed admonition about how to react to the situation. Each day’s Scripture, lesson and prayer is precisely right for the time and situation and very comforting. It’s evident to me that the Holy Spirit is at work in this ministry.
--Bill and Sharon Jenna

I have received inspiration and revelation through the reading and application of the Divine Truths found in Howard Ford’s daily devotionals. Thank you for being a blessing by using your gifts and talents to help others.
--Sherrie Rainsberger

A Note To The Reader

You will find this book was written with a healthy balance between the Bible and psychology. It has been written in a way that is pleasing to various spiritual and religious beliefs and denominational points of view. It has no hidden agenda nor does it try to promote any extreme philosophy, political view, or personal point of view. It was written with considerable input from the Holy Spirit, therefore please read it with an openness to God so the Holy Spirit will be able to create a healing experience designed just for you. You may use it daily for a spiritual lift or you may spend considerable time with each devotional and with God for as serious recovery program.

The primary desire of the author is that each reader will improve their relationship with God. The devotionals have a running theme (a thread) that carries through out the 366 devotionals:

• The spirit mind is the communication center capable of communicating with God through the Holy Spirit.
• Answers for human emotional needs can be found in God rather than in the world.
• All humans have feelings and the devotionals touch those feelings and provides Biblical instruction.
• Contentment is not the same as happiness and contentment can be found with a proper relationship with God.

Definitions: The phrases, "earth mind" and "spirit mind" are used in the book. You may better understand by knowing the author’s definition of these two phrases:

• "Earth mind" -- The human earth mind is the part of our thinking that is empowered or influenced by the human aspect of life. The human aspect is that which will no longer exist or needs to be utilized after our physical death.
• "Spirit mind" -- The spirit mind is the way humans can communicate with God through the Holy Spirit and is also able to communicate with one’s earth mind. Our spirit is that which God breathed into us at the point of creation of each individual. It also refers to that same spirit in us that receives new life when we repent, confess sin and receive the rebirth provided by the sacrifice of Christ.

This book is not an effort to thoroughly explain all aspects contained in any one verse. It is not a complete commentary on the verses used but it does give considerable insight into specific verses. There are times when the Scripture verse is used as a springboard to discuss the emotional experiences of humanity.

There may be many times when you will feel the devotional was written just for you. No, the author has not been talking to your spouse or friend.