Stepping Stones Daily Devotional

Empathy and the Lepers Dr. Paul Brand was the son of missionaries who became a world-renowned surgeon. His best-known...

Weaknesses O SPIRIT OF GOD, Help my infirmities; When I am pressed down with a load of sorrow, perplexed...

Stepping Over Our Wounds Sometimes we have to “step over” our anger, our jealousy, or our feelings of rejection...

Water in the Wilderness As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs;...

Prayer’s Powerful Result Remarkable things happened when the early church prayed. The fourth chapter of the book of Acts...

Maturing Perspective In 1966 a retrospective of Picasso’s paintings was exhibited in Cannes, France. Hundreds of his works, from...

God and Our Hearts’ Connection Emotions are tricky things. Some of us have been raised with the idea that...

Peril SOVEREIGN COMMANDER OF THE UNIVERSE, I am sadly harassed by doubts, fears, unbelief in a felt spiritual darkness....

To Be in His Presence The word must become flesh, but the flesh also must become word. It is...

To Be in His Presence Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather...

Sphere of Influence Christopher Lasch suggested that there is a profound difference between celebrities and saints. In a narcissistic,...

God’s Favor Gabriel begins as he always begins, as God always begins (since this is God’s message, not Gabriel’s),...

Leaving A Legacy Here is a great question: How many of us can name the people who have won...

A Hungry Heart He has filled the hungry with good things (Luke 1:53). Edwin Hatch was an ordained priest...

The Ministry of Christ Through Us When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him,...

Need of Grace O LORD,br Thou knowest my great unfitness for service, my present deadness, my inability to do...

Need of Grace When we say to people, “I will pray for you,” we make a very important commitment....

The Meditation of My Heart Some of us need to realize that we possess hurtful patterns of behavior that...

Like a Screen Door on a Submarine Every time the Gospels mention that Jesus was moved with the deepest...

As Plain as the Nose … How do you keep track of things? I have a set up for...

A Prayer for the Battle O LORD GOD, Thou art my protecting arm, fortress, refuge, shield, buckler. Fight for...

Words That Come from the Heart Words that do not become flesh in us remain “just words.” They have...

Forgiveness of Sins “But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive...

Enduring Grace When we stand ready to suffer for our faith, we are standing where Jesus stood and where...

Stand Firm Stand firm, as does an anvil which is beaten. It is the part of a noble athlete...