(The following is the April 26 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read John 16 and pay close attention to verses 25-33.) Jesus warned his disciples about difficult days ahead. In John 15-16, he warned that the world would hate believers just as it hated him. He talked about the sorrow disciples …
Tag: Faith
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 …
The Role of Your Faith in Others’ Healing
(The following is the February 11 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Mark 2 and pay close attention to verses 1-5.) Do you realize that your faith can be vital to someone else’s physical or spiritual healing? One example is when Jesus healed a person with paralysis. The paralytic's friends lowered …
Building a Wall of Faith
(The following is the December 19 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Revelation 14 and pay close attention to verses 6-7.) The beast from the sea in Revelation 13 was “given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation” (13:7). In chapter 14, John describes “another angel flying overhead, with the …
Is Your Faith Lukewarm?
(The following is the December 4 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Revelation 3 and pay close attention to verses 14-22.) It’s disappointing to sip a drink we expect to be hot only to find it cold. Likewise, we are unsatisfied if we want a cold glass of water on a …
