(The following is the November 8 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read 1 Peter 1 and pay close attention to verses 13-25.) God is holy in ways we are not. Yet, God commands: “Be holy, because I am holy” (v. 16). What does that mean? Grudem writes, “God’s holiness means that …
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Confessing Sins To One Another
(The following is the November 7 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read James 5 and pay close attention to verses 13-18.) Which is more difficult, confessing sins to God or other people? I suspect most would say it’s harder to confess sins to other people. Why? We usually pray …
Christ Was Tempted As We are, Yet Without Sin
(The following is the October 20 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Hebrews 4 and pay close attention to verses 14-16.) We relate more easily with people who have had similar life experiences than those who have not. For example, athletes naturally respect coaches who were successful in the …
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Why Keep Confessing Sins to God?
(The following is the November 20 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read 1 John 1 and pay close attention to verses 5-10.) Confessing sins to God has always been part of the Christian life. We do so in our initial submission to Christ as Lord when we come …
Would You Want to See This Chart?
(The following is the November 12 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read 1 Peter 4 and pay close attention to verses 1-6.) It would be enlightening to have a chart of our lives that shows how much time we’ve spent in godly versus sinful pursuits. We’d probably see periods …
