(The following is the April 13 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read John 6 and pay close attention to verses 60-69.) John records a moment when many of Jesus’ disciples stopped following him. His comments about eating his flesh and drinking his blood were particularly problematic. The thought would have been …
Seeing the Bigger Picture
(The following is the April 12 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read John 5 and pay close attention to verses 1-16.) Jesus occasionally acted on the Sabbath in ways that upset Jewish religious leaders. Through the centuries, leaders had added hundreds of rules to what God spoke through his Word and …
The Eternal Jesus and Our Eternal Future
(The following is the April 6 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read John 1 and pay close attention to verses 1-18.) Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but that was not the beginning of his existence. Neither was his beginning during Mary’s pregnancy. Jesus is the eternal second person of the Trinity. …
Jesus Prays for Us
(The following is the April 1 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Luke 22 and pay close attention to verses 31-34.) All Christians battle sin. We are victorious over the Devil’s schemes at times, thanks to the Holy Spirit in us. Other times we fail. Those failures can be discouraging and …
Jesus Came to Seek and Save the Lost
(The following is the March 28 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Luke 19 and pay close attention to verses 9-10.) Why did Jesus come to Earth? At the time of his earthly ministry, many expected a Messiah to be a political savior for the Jewish nation, but that isn’t why …
