(The following is the January 24 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Matthew 20 and pay close attention to verses 29-34.) How specific are you in prayer? It is best to be detailed. For example, using “ACTS” as a memory device and organizing structure can help us be thorough …
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Cast All Your Cares on Him
(The following is the November 13 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read 1 Peter 5 and pay close attention to verses 6-7.) We are blessed to have a person with whom we can share our heaviest burdens. If you have such a person in your life – a spouse, …
Politics Divides but Prayer Unites
(The following is the September 26 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read 1 Timothy 2 and pay close attention to verses 1-4.) Few topics divide people as much as politics. People often discuss political matters passionately with little openness to changing their minds. Christians should engage in …
Do you start each day with Christ?
(The following is the February 10 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Mark 1 and pay close attention to verse 35.) Jesus began his day in solitude with his heavenly Father before the day’s tiring demands. Christians must answer two fundamental questions about our time alone with …
Listening to God
(The following is the January 19 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Matthew 17 and pay close attention to verses 1-8.) When Jesus took Peter, James, and John up a mountain where they witnessed Jesus’ transfiguration, Jesus’ face shone like the sun, and his clothes were brilliant …
