Morning Devotions with Chris Witts

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. Proverbs 4:23Support the show, a product of Hope Media: https://hope1032.com.au/donate/2211A-pod/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven... Ecclesiastes 3:1Support the show, a product of Hope Media: https://hope1032.com.au/donate/2211A-pod/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them. Isaiah 42:16  Support the show, a product of Hope Media: https://hope1032.com.au/donate/2211A-pod/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Witts has been bringing Morning Devotions to Hope 103.2 listeners for 30 years, so we put him in the studio and opened the phone lines. Listeners in their eighties, a chaplain and a bloke who works out on his treadmill to Chris tell him what his daily devotional has meant to them. This faith and Christian living special also plays his most downloaded devotion, traces the program back to 1942 and reveals where Chris finds his ideas. His favourite devotion asks: is clarity really what you need? KEY TAKEAWAYS 1. Small Things Carry Real Weight: Most of life is work, meals, family and friends, and that's exactly where God tends to show up. A made bed, ten minutes of prayer or a cup of cold water given in Jesus' name can matter far more than it looks.2. Turning Up Is Most of the Job: Chris reckons about eighty percent of success is simply turning up. Thirty years on air started with a country kid who dreamed of radio and grabbed the opportunity when it came.3. Faith Lands Best in Plain Language: Chris writes for anyone quietly wondering what this God thing is all about. He steers clear of politics and sticks to the basics like love, joy and peace, because they never go out of date.4. Encouragement Travels Further Than You Think: A listener who started tuning in during a rough patch twenty years ago now texts a Bible verse to around 300 people every day. What helps you today can end up reaching people you'll never meet.5. Stay Curious and Inspiration Finds You: Chris doesn't pick topics by stabbing at a random page. A birthday speech about a man of integrity became a devotion, so keep your eyes and ears open, because everyday moments can raise the questions that matter.6. Trust Matters More Than Clarity: Chris's favourite devotion tells of Mother Teresa telling a troubled young priest that clarity was the last thing he needed. She'd never had it herself. What carried her was trust in God. NOTABLE QUOTES 1. "Someone's wisely said, life is a series of tiny little miracles. Notice them." — Chris Witts2. "I think success in anything is turning up." — Chris Witts3. "Radio is such a personal medium it is friend talking to friend and I want to be a friend to anybody." — Chris Witts4. "It's not my program. It never has been mine, it's God's and it's a privilege for me." — Chris Witts5. "Remember that God never forgets you, Max. That's the big thing. He never forgets you." — Chris Witts6. "It's like lifting the window and letting the sun come through into that person's life." — Chris WittsSupport the show, a product of Hope Media: https://hope1032.com.au/donate/2211A-pod/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.” Isaiah 30:21Support the show, a product of Hope Media: https://hope1032.com.au/donate/2211A-pod/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.