Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
Scripture memory has been a part of my life for decades. I confess that I went in spurts in earlier years. Some years, I was faithful and memorized about 100 new verses. Other years, I slacked off. What I failed to keep reviewing, I eventually lost. I was probably about 50 before memorization became a …
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(The following is the January 4 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Matthew 4 and pay close attention to verses 1-11.) Lessons from Jesus’ wilderness temptation can help us during our temptations. One lesson his experience teaches is that facing temptation is not necessarily sinful. If it were, then Jesus sinned. …
There is nothing glamorous about it. It is accomplished most often from rote memory work using basic resources. It isn't something you to do to impress others or show off your knowledge. It's easy to forget about doing. If you forget about it for too long, much of your previous hard work goes out the …
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