Stepping Stones Daily Devotional

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

Flesh Become Word The word must become flesh, but the flesh also must become word. It is not enough...

To be in his presence Psalm 84 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I...

Christopher Lasch suggested that there is a profound difference between celebrities and saints. In a narcissistic, self-pleasing culture, we...

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

REFOCUS Use the phrase, “I am Yours and You are mine” as an affirmation of your relationship with God....

NEED OF GRACE O LORD, Thou knowest my great unfitness for service, my present deadness, my inability to do...

“When we say to people, “I will pray for you,” we make a very important commitment. The sad thing...

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

When we are hungry to experience God’s loving presence near us and believe we are searching for God, it...

Every time the Gospels mention that Jesus was moved with the deepest emotions or felt sorry for people, it...

READ Exodus 33:18-23 18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.” 19 And the Lord said, “I will...

O LORD GOD, Thou art my protecting arm, fortress, refuge, shield, buckler. Fight for me and my foes must...

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...

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

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

REFOCUS Today’s breath prayer is from the book of Colossians. It contains two phrases, one to say on the...

RELIANCE MY FATHER, When thou art angry towards me for my wrongs I try to pacify thee by abstaining...

Right Living and Right Speaking To be a witness for God is to be a living sign of God’s...

As Close as He Wants to Be O Jerusalem, Jerusalem… how often I have longed to gather your children...

The source of all such coming together is surely Jesus himself. Community is ever his gift. It was this...

Without the discipline of community, solitude degenerates into self-absorption and isolation; without the discipline of solitude, community degenerated into...

REFOCUS Use this prayer adapted from Psalm 2:1 as a breath prayer: I will worship the Lord with reverence....

NEW BEGINNINGS INCOMPREHENSIBLE, GREAT, AND GLORIOUS GOD, I adore thee and abase myself. I approach thee mindful that I...