The Daily Devotionals
“At the Table with Him” is a daily devotional ministry where people are invited to slow down, pull up a chair and meet with Jesus daily. As we walk through Scripture insights and instructions are given to respond to the Lord in honest and unhurried prayer.
When people spend time with Jesus, they do not just learn new ideas, they become different. Come sit “At the Table with Him.”
Time with Jesus changes people.
“When the religious leaders saw Peter and John, “they were astonished and took note that these men had been with Jesus”
Acts 4:13
That is still how transformation happens.
Not through noise.
Not through hustle.
But through time spent with Christ.
We want people to see Christ clearly, respond to Him correctly, love others compassionately, and live for Him consistently.
Dr. Eric E. Pratt
I am Dr. Eric E. Pratt . I am a husband, father, racewalker, amateur furniture builder, and avid reader. I am passionate about equipping believers to live out their faith with courage, clarity, and compassion. Whether in a classroom, boardroom, sanctuary, in my workshop, or at a simple wooden table with an open Bible, I am committed to helping others grow in wisdom, character, and intimacy with Christ.
For more than twenty-five years, I have had the joy of serving in Christian education and ministry; teaching students, leading teams, preaching in churches, walking with families, and helping people take their next step toward Jesus. Today I serve as Head of Upper School at Mt. Bethel Christian Academy, where I invest daily in the spiritual and academic lives of high school students, faculty, and families.
What matters most to me is helping people to see Christ clearly, respond to Him correctly, love others compassionately, and live for Him consistently. That is why At the Table with Him exists. I want to create space for us to slow down, breathe again, and meet with Jesus in the rhythm of our everyday life. I want each of us to pull up a chair and meet with Jesus. Bring our questions, our journals, and our favorite beverage (for me, Earl Grey). Not a one of us has it all together; we just need to come to the table, meet with Jesus, listen to Him, learn from Him, and live for Him.
I truly believe the most important moments in life happen around a table. It may be with family, or friends, or alone with an open Bible and an open heart.
Official Bio
Dr. Pratt is a lifelong disciple-maker, educator, and storyteller whose ministry and leadership span more than twenty-five years across Christian education, pastoral ministry, and spiritual formation. He currently serves as the Head of Upper School at Mt. Bethel Christian Academy, where he leads students, faculty, and families toward academic excellence, spiritual growth, and a culture rooted in the gospel of Jesus Christ. His career includes serving as Vice President for Christian Development at Mississippi College, Vice President for Administration at Louisiana Christian University, Director of Campus Ministries at Anderson University, and Director of the Clinton Extension Center for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dr. Pratt holds a Ph.D. and Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, an MBA from LSU Shreveport, and a Bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University.
The Reason for the Ministry
With a heart for helping people see Christ clearly and walk with Him faithfully, Dr. Pratt’s purpose can be articulated through the words of the Apostle Paul in Colossians 2:2-3, “That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge the mystery of God, namely Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
Eric’s desire for Christ followers is not complicated, but it is deeply countercultural. He does not begin with strategies, systems, or spiritual shortcuts. He begins with hearts; encouraged hearts. Strengthened hearts. Hearts that do not grow weary in the slow work of faith.
Encouragement is more than comfort. In Scripture, it is the act of being fortified from within. It is what happens when weary believers remember that God is still at work, still near, still faithful. Encouraged hearts do not drift as easily. They stay.
People should not be merely encouraged; they are to be “knit together in love.”. Faith was never meant to be lived in isolation. Lone believers unravel quickly. But hearts woven together, thread by thread and story by story become resilient. Love binds what suffering tries to separate.
And what is the goal of this encouragement and unity?
Not mystery for mystery’s sake, but “full assurance of understanding.”
Paul calls Christ the “mystery of God,” not because Jesus is unknowable, but because He was once hidden and now revealed. The greatest truth of the universe is not a concept to master, but a Person to know. In Christ are “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,” not scattered, not partial, not locked away elsewhere.
We spend so much of life searching for answers in places that cannot hold them. Yet Scripture quietly reminds us: everything we truly need is already found in Him.
When we sit with Jesus, when we linger in His Word and speak honestly in prayer, we are not chasing spiritual crumbs. We are drawing near to the table where “every treasure is present.”
We may not understand everything. That is okay. Faith is not about solving every mystery; it is about trusting the One who holds them all.
He desires people to be encouraged. Hearts to be strengthened. Believers to be united in love. So, join us daily at the table as we meet with Jesus to be encouraged, enlightened, emboldened, and ultimately transformed.
Eric believes some of the most important moments in life happen around a table with an open Bible and an open heart. Contact
Dr. Eric E. Pratt