(The following is the April 25 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read John 15 and pay close attention to verses 1-8.) How should a Christian think about the fruit he bears for Christ? There are healthy and unhealthy ways to consider the connection between what we do for Christ and the …
Loving to the End
(The following is the April 21 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read John 13 and pay close attention to verse 1.) “Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved …
Book Review: “Musing on God’s Music” by Scott Aniol
I'm currently leading my adult Bible study class at church through a years-long walk through Psalms. I'm reading a number of resources along the way, but the first that I read in full was Scott Aniol's Musing on God's Music: Forming Hearts of Praise with the Psalms. I first read it casually while on vacation …
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Serving Christ for His Glory, Not Ours
(The following is the April 20 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read John 12 and pay close attention to verses 23-26.) Jesus said, “If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, there my servant also will be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him” (v. 26). …
Lord, to Whom Will We Go?
(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 …
