Stepping Stones Daily Devotional

The advantage of believing in the reality of the Trinity is not that we get an A from God...

If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian fellowship in which we have been placed, even where...

REFOCUS Sit back, take a deep breath. Then, as you continue to breathe deeply, repeat this assurance in your...

LIVING BY PRAYER O GOD OF THE OPEN EAR, Teach me to live by prayer as well as by...

The Spiritual Work of Gratitude To be grateful for the good things that happen in our lives is easy,...

I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. –...

In the Christian community thankfulness is just what it is anywhere else in the Christian life. Only he who...

O God, I have tasted your goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more....

Legend tells of a little girl who had an ugly hump on her back. The girl was so deformed...

REFOCUS Breathe deeply as you focus on God’s presence, praying the first line of the Lord’s Prayer, “Our Father...

THE PRAYER OF LOVE GRACIOUS LORD, Thy name is love, in love receive my prayer. My sins are more...

The society in which we live suggests in countless ways that the way to go is up. Making it...

When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out...

Jesus lived his life in community. From his childhood with Mary and Joseph to his calling and traveling with...

REFOCUS Focus on the Lord’s presence with you, taking time to admire His attributes. To do this use the...

MEETING GOD GREAT GOD, In public and private, in sanctuary and home, may my life be steeped in prayer,...

One of the greatest dangers in the spiritual life is self-rejection. When we say, “If people really knew me,...

Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the...

The dramatic change in the lives of people touched by the power and presence of God through the early...

We are rich and strong, good and holy, beneficent and benignant, by answered prayer. It is not the mere...

REFOCUS Begin with prayer saying, “Speak Lord, for your servant is listening.” READ Philippians 3:1 Brothers, join in imitating...

THE THRONE O GOD OF MY DELIGHT, Thy throne of grace is the pleasure ground of my soul. Here...

Trust is the basis of life. Without trust, no human being can live. Trapeze artists offer a beautiful image...

“Sing, O barren woman, you who never bore a child, because more are the children of the desolate woman...

Those who seek to follow Jesus will encounter opposition. It follows as surely as night follows day. The opposition...