(The following is the July 28 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read 1 Corinthians 16 and pay close attention to verses 1-4.) Early Christians considered it a privilege to financially support the church's work, particularly the Jerusalem church’s needs. Paul helped coordinate the collection, telling the Corinthians, “Now about the collection …
What Will You Risk for Christ?
(The following is the June 4 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Acts 21 and pay close attention to verses 10-14.) How often do you take risks? Some people enjoy adventurous living and engage in activities too extreme for others. Life provides plenty of options on the risk scale, from …
Book Review: “A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23” by W. Phillip Keller
Many people have heard Psalm 23 read or recited on numerous occasions. Often, the occasions are funerals for loved ones. The psalm is, indeed, comforting, and I am thankful for many scripture passages that comfort believers in difficult times. However, did King David, around 1000 B.C., write this psalm under the direction of the Holy …
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Repentance Requires Forsaking Sin
(The following is the June 1 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Acts 19 and pay close attention to verses 18-20.) Repentance involves both sorrow for sin (2 Cor. 7:9-10) and changing one’s direction. We are not genuinely repentant if we willfully continue sinning as we did before professing Christ. …
What Must I Do to Be Saved?
(The following is the May 28 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Acts 16 and pay close attention to verses 25-34.) Several remarkable things happened in a matter of hours when Paul and Silas were in prison at Philippi: They sang and praised God even though they were in …
