Dave Howeth
@howiemt.bsky.social
Follower of Jesus Christ, Husband, Dad, Grandpa, Brother, Missionary with SendNetwork
“Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.”
Psalm 100:2
O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer’s praise,
the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of His grace!
~ Charles Wesley
Psalm 100:2
O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer’s praise,
the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of His grace!
~ Charles Wesley
January 24, 2026 at 2:14 PM
“Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.”
Psalm 100:2
O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer’s praise,
the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of His grace!
~ Charles Wesley
Psalm 100:2
O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer’s praise,
the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of His grace!
~ Charles Wesley
“Look unto me, & be saved.”
~ Isaiah 45:22
“The mind wanders, casting about. It worries over today and tomorrow, growing dizzy with its troubles and trials.
These troubles vanish when we look to God, but we must truly look: to look means to concentrate fully on Jesus.”
Oswald Chambers
~ Isaiah 45:22
“The mind wanders, casting about. It worries over today and tomorrow, growing dizzy with its troubles and trials.
These troubles vanish when we look to God, but we must truly look: to look means to concentrate fully on Jesus.”
Oswald Chambers
January 23, 2026 at 1:58 PM
“Look unto me, & be saved.”
~ Isaiah 45:22
“The mind wanders, casting about. It worries over today and tomorrow, growing dizzy with its troubles and trials.
These troubles vanish when we look to God, but we must truly look: to look means to concentrate fully on Jesus.”
Oswald Chambers
~ Isaiah 45:22
“The mind wanders, casting about. It worries over today and tomorrow, growing dizzy with its troubles and trials.
These troubles vanish when we look to God, but we must truly look: to look means to concentrate fully on Jesus.”
Oswald Chambers
“Every experience is like a jewel set in the texture of our life, on which God shines and makes interpretation and revelation of Himself.”
~ Phillip Brooks
~ Phillip Brooks
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 PM
“Every experience is like a jewel set in the texture of our life, on which God shines and makes interpretation and revelation of Himself.”
~ Phillip Brooks
~ Phillip Brooks
Be still, my soul the Lord is on your side;
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to your God to order and provide;
In ev'ry change he faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul your best, your heav’nly friend
Thru thorny ways leads to a joyful end
Kathrina von Schlegel
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to your God to order and provide;
In ev'ry change he faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul your best, your heav’nly friend
Thru thorny ways leads to a joyful end
Kathrina von Schlegel
January 21, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Be still, my soul the Lord is on your side;
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to your God to order and provide;
In ev'ry change he faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul your best, your heav’nly friend
Thru thorny ways leads to a joyful end
Kathrina von Schlegel
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to your God to order and provide;
In ev'ry change he faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul your best, your heav’nly friend
Thru thorny ways leads to a joyful end
Kathrina von Schlegel
“No amount of activity in the King’s service will make up for the neglect of the King Himself.”
~ Robert Murray M’Cheyne
~ Robert Murray M’Cheyne
January 19, 2026 at 3:08 PM
“No amount of activity in the King’s service will make up for the neglect of the King Himself.”
~ Robert Murray M’Cheyne
~ Robert Murray M’Cheyne
“Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.
Whatever that is, just do the next thing.
God will meet you there.”
~ Elisabeth Elliot
Whatever that is, just do the next thing.
God will meet you there.”
~ Elisabeth Elliot
January 17, 2026 at 2:14 PM
“Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.
Whatever that is, just do the next thing.
God will meet you there.”
~ Elisabeth Elliot
Whatever that is, just do the next thing.
God will meet you there.”
~ Elisabeth Elliot
“Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things…
Philippians 3:8
“You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything else."
~ Charles Spurgeon
For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things…
Philippians 3:8
“You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything else."
~ Charles Spurgeon
January 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM
“Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things…
Philippians 3:8
“You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything else."
~ Charles Spurgeon
For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things…
Philippians 3:8
“You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything else."
~ Charles Spurgeon
“Do all the good you can,
by all the means you can,
in all the ways you can,
in all the places you can,
at all the times you can,
to all the people you can,
as long as ever you can.”
- John Wesley
by all the means you can,
in all the ways you can,
in all the places you can,
at all the times you can,
to all the people you can,
as long as ever you can.”
- John Wesley
January 14, 2026 at 1:37 PM
“Do all the good you can,
by all the means you can,
in all the ways you can,
in all the places you can,
at all the times you can,
to all the people you can,
as long as ever you can.”
- John Wesley
by all the means you can,
in all the ways you can,
in all the places you can,
at all the times you can,
to all the people you can,
as long as ever you can.”
- John Wesley
“Then [Jesus] spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart.”
~ Luke 18:1
The great tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer.
~ F. B. Meyer
~ Luke 18:1
The great tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer.
~ F. B. Meyer
January 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM
“Then [Jesus] spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart.”
~ Luke 18:1
The great tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer.
~ F. B. Meyer
~ Luke 18:1
The great tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer.
~ F. B. Meyer
Whate’er my God ordains is right,
Here shall my stand be taken,
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
Yet I am not forsaken,
My Father’s care is round me there,
He holds me that I shall not fall,
And so to Him I leave it all.
~ Samuel Rodigast
Hymn
Here shall my stand be taken,
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
Yet I am not forsaken,
My Father’s care is round me there,
He holds me that I shall not fall,
And so to Him I leave it all.
~ Samuel Rodigast
Hymn
January 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Whate’er my God ordains is right,
Here shall my stand be taken,
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
Yet I am not forsaken,
My Father’s care is round me there,
He holds me that I shall not fall,
And so to Him I leave it all.
~ Samuel Rodigast
Hymn
Here shall my stand be taken,
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
Yet I am not forsaken,
My Father’s care is round me there,
He holds me that I shall not fall,
And so to Him I leave it all.
~ Samuel Rodigast
Hymn
“The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you
and give you peace.”
~ Numbers 6:25-26
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you
and give you peace.”
~ Numbers 6:25-26
January 11, 2026 at 3:47 PM
“The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you
and give you peace.”
~ Numbers 6:25-26
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you
and give you peace.”
~ Numbers 6:25-26
No one is really neutral about whether Christmas is true.
If the Son of God was really born in a manger, then we have lost the right to be in charge of our lives.
Who can be objective about a claim that, if it is true, means you’ve lost control of your life?
~ Tim Keller
If the Son of God was really born in a manger, then we have lost the right to be in charge of our lives.
Who can be objective about a claim that, if it is true, means you’ve lost control of your life?
~ Tim Keller
January 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
No one is really neutral about whether Christmas is true.
If the Son of God was really born in a manger, then we have lost the right to be in charge of our lives.
Who can be objective about a claim that, if it is true, means you’ve lost control of your life?
~ Tim Keller
If the Son of God was really born in a manger, then we have lost the right to be in charge of our lives.
Who can be objective about a claim that, if it is true, means you’ve lost control of your life?
~ Tim Keller
“They gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us”
2 Corinthians 8:5
Life always starts by giving yourself first to God.
“Stop now and give yourself - your breath, your health or your sickness or your thoughts, your intents, all of who you are - to him.”
~ Mark Buchanan
2 Corinthians 8:5
Life always starts by giving yourself first to God.
“Stop now and give yourself - your breath, your health or your sickness or your thoughts, your intents, all of who you are - to him.”
~ Mark Buchanan
January 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
“They gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us”
2 Corinthians 8:5
Life always starts by giving yourself first to God.
“Stop now and give yourself - your breath, your health or your sickness or your thoughts, your intents, all of who you are - to him.”
~ Mark Buchanan
2 Corinthians 8:5
Life always starts by giving yourself first to God.
“Stop now and give yourself - your breath, your health or your sickness or your thoughts, your intents, all of who you are - to him.”
~ Mark Buchanan
“The Lord is my shepherd;
I have what I need. ”
Psalms 23:1 CSB
“You don't have to host your own life. You can fall into the good care of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ.”
Steve Cuss
I have what I need. ”
Psalms 23:1 CSB
“You don't have to host your own life. You can fall into the good care of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ.”
Steve Cuss
January 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM
“The Lord is my shepherd;
I have what I need. ”
Psalms 23:1 CSB
“You don't have to host your own life. You can fall into the good care of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ.”
Steve Cuss
I have what I need. ”
Psalms 23:1 CSB
“You don't have to host your own life. You can fall into the good care of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ.”
Steve Cuss
“The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want”
Psalm 23:1
“At the front door of this Psalm, David is asserting something precious & formidable.
God is a shepherd.
But that doesn’t mean we’ll have everything we want.
It means we’ll lack nothing we need.”
~ Sam Allberry
I shall not want”
Psalm 23:1
“At the front door of this Psalm, David is asserting something precious & formidable.
God is a shepherd.
But that doesn’t mean we’ll have everything we want.
It means we’ll lack nothing we need.”
~ Sam Allberry
January 5, 2026 at 1:48 PM
“The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want”
Psalm 23:1
“At the front door of this Psalm, David is asserting something precious & formidable.
God is a shepherd.
But that doesn’t mean we’ll have everything we want.
It means we’ll lack nothing we need.”
~ Sam Allberry
I shall not want”
Psalm 23:1
“At the front door of this Psalm, David is asserting something precious & formidable.
God is a shepherd.
But that doesn’t mean we’ll have everything we want.
It means we’ll lack nothing we need.”
~ Sam Allberry
“The Lord is good and upright; therefore he shows sinners the way.
He leads the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.”
~ Psalms 25:8-9
He leads the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.”
~ Psalms 25:8-9
January 4, 2026 at 4:23 PM
“The Lord is good and upright; therefore he shows sinners the way.
He leads the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.”
~ Psalms 25:8-9
He leads the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.”
~ Psalms 25:8-9
“But godliness with contentment is great gain,”
~ 1 Timothy 6:6
“Contentment, it turns out, isn't about getting a new life.
It’s about seeing the same life with new eyes.
Eyes of gratitude.
Eyes of love.”
John Ortberg
~ 1 Timothy 6:6
“Contentment, it turns out, isn't about getting a new life.
It’s about seeing the same life with new eyes.
Eyes of gratitude.
Eyes of love.”
John Ortberg
January 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
“But godliness with contentment is great gain,”
~ 1 Timothy 6:6
“Contentment, it turns out, isn't about getting a new life.
It’s about seeing the same life with new eyes.
Eyes of gratitude.
Eyes of love.”
John Ortberg
~ 1 Timothy 6:6
“Contentment, it turns out, isn't about getting a new life.
It’s about seeing the same life with new eyes.
Eyes of gratitude.
Eyes of love.”
John Ortberg
“if anyone is in Christ, he's a new creation."
~ 2 Corinthians 5:17
“That kind of transformation does not come from turning a page on the calendar.
It comes from surrendering our lives to Christ.
He changes us from the inside-
And it is a change that lasts.”
Bryant Wright
~ 2 Corinthians 5:17
“That kind of transformation does not come from turning a page on the calendar.
It comes from surrendering our lives to Christ.
He changes us from the inside-
And it is a change that lasts.”
Bryant Wright
January 2, 2026 at 4:13 PM
“if anyone is in Christ, he's a new creation."
~ 2 Corinthians 5:17
“That kind of transformation does not come from turning a page on the calendar.
It comes from surrendering our lives to Christ.
He changes us from the inside-
And it is a change that lasts.”
Bryant Wright
~ 2 Corinthians 5:17
“That kind of transformation does not come from turning a page on the calendar.
It comes from surrendering our lives to Christ.
He changes us from the inside-
And it is a change that lasts.”
Bryant Wright
“The very definition/meaning of being a follower of Jesus is now that I'm a follower of Jesus, now that Jesus is my sovereign king & Caesar is not, I've given my life to the King Jesus.
I don't host my life anymore.
I don't run my own life.
Jesus hosts my life.”
Steve Cuss
Luke 2: 1-10
I don't host my life anymore.
I don't run my own life.
Jesus hosts my life.”
Steve Cuss
Luke 2: 1-10
December 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“The very definition/meaning of being a follower of Jesus is now that I'm a follower of Jesus, now that Jesus is my sovereign king & Caesar is not, I've given my life to the King Jesus.
I don't host my life anymore.
I don't run my own life.
Jesus hosts my life.”
Steve Cuss
Luke 2: 1-10
I don't host my life anymore.
I don't run my own life.
Jesus hosts my life.”
Steve Cuss
Luke 2: 1-10
“He made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death-even death on a cross!”
~ Philippians 2: 7-8
Jesus left heaven to become a man, to be our Savior and Lord.
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death-even death on a cross!”
~ Philippians 2: 7-8
Jesus left heaven to become a man, to be our Savior and Lord.
December 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“He made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death-even death on a cross!”
~ Philippians 2: 7-8
Jesus left heaven to become a man, to be our Savior and Lord.
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death-even death on a cross!”
~ Philippians 2: 7-8
Jesus left heaven to become a man, to be our Savior and Lord.
“…Focus on this one thing:
Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,
I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.”
~ Philippians 3:13b-14
Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,
I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.”
~ Philippians 3:13b-14
December 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“…Focus on this one thing:
Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,
I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.”
~ Philippians 3:13b-14
Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,
I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.”
~ Philippians 3:13b-14
In the bleak midwinter, a stable-place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ
What can I give Him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring Him a lamb
If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part
Yet what I can I give Him, give my heart
~ Christina Georgina Rosetti
The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ
What can I give Him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring Him a lamb
If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part
Yet what I can I give Him, give my heart
~ Christina Georgina Rosetti
December 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
In the bleak midwinter, a stable-place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ
What can I give Him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring Him a lamb
If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part
Yet what I can I give Him, give my heart
~ Christina Georgina Rosetti
The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ
What can I give Him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring Him a lamb
If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part
Yet what I can I give Him, give my heart
~ Christina Georgina Rosetti
“The Son of God appeared for this purpose,
that He might destroy the works of the devil.”
~ 1 John 3:8b
#ChristmasEve
that He might destroy the works of the devil.”
~ 1 John 3:8b
#ChristmasEve
December 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“The Son of God appeared for this purpose,
that He might destroy the works of the devil.”
~ 1 John 3:8b
#ChristmasEve
that He might destroy the works of the devil.”
~ 1 John 3:8b
#ChristmasEve
“In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.”
~ John 1:1-3
Jesus didn’t become God, He was already God.
The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.”
~ John 1:1-3
Jesus didn’t become God, He was already God.
December 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.”
~ John 1:1-3
Jesus didn’t become God, He was already God.
The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.”
~ John 1:1-3
Jesus didn’t become God, He was already God.
“For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called:
Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.”
~ Isaiah 9:6
Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.”
~ Isaiah 9:6
December 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called:
Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.”
~ Isaiah 9:6
Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.”
~ Isaiah 9:6