(The following is the February 15 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Mark 5 and pay close attention to verses 21-24 and 35-43.) Hard times come to everyone. They come through physical challenges, poverty, broken relationships, disease, hunger, abuse, violence, fear, failure, and more. The most challenging times may …
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Our Momentary, Light Afflictions
(The following is the August 3 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read 2 Corinthians 4 and pay close attention to verses 16-18.) What afflictions have you suffered? Have you faced physical disabilities, disease, broken relationships, or lost loved ones? Have others taken advantage of you or victimized you through …
Anything is a Blessing That Makes Us Pray
(The following is the August 14 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read 2 Corinthians 12 and pay close attention to verses 1-10.) Paul doesn’t provide details about what he described as a thorn in his flesh (v. 7). Whatever it was, he pleaded with the Lord three …
