Stepping Stones Daily Devotional

Failure is a Key Component in Growth Thoughts of failure will almost always stir up feelings of anxiety and...

Let Scripture Read You My beginning advice to you is this: Always read the Scriptures with a heart ready...

Love God, Love Others Our Lord’s exhortation to us is to be generous in our behavior toward everyone. Beware...

Called Out of Slavery The Church is the people of God. The Latin word for “church,” ecclesia, comes from...

He Bore Me in Himself Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him...

Faithfulness in the Small Stuff Ministering in everyday opportunities that surround us does not mean that we select our...

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

Go! Our master commands us to “go.” We need permission to stay! The gospel is the account of Jesus...

Life is Hard This is hard. It is perhaps not so hard to forgive a single great injury. But...

The Golden Chain of Salvation Our experience of grace represents a certain natural progression in the Christian life. Initially...

The Lord’s Day O LORD MY LORD, This is thy day, the heavenly ordinance of rest, the open door...

Breaking Through the Boundaries The sacrament of the Eucharist, as the sacrament of the presence of Christ among and...

Nothing Held Back “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love…Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering…”...

The Work of Prayer God could have arranged to do everything for us; but the object is to teach...

Shared Prayer Shared prayer adds power to the work of intercession. Christians dare to believe that God needs and...

The Companion of Our Souls When the two disciples recognized Jesus as he broke the bread for them in...

The Burden & Blessing of Intercession We can also no longer escape the realization that the ministry of intercession...

In His Presence The one condition that precedes every kind of prayer is being present to God with conscious...

The Community of Christ Jesus lived his life in community. From his childhood with Mary and Joseph to his...

Scriptural Convictions O GOD OF LOVE, I approach thee with encouragements derived from thy character, for I am not...

Read God’s Word Blessed is the man whose delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his...

God, The Ultimate Other To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to?… Do...

A Good Night Prayer Father, I abandon myself into your hands, do with me what you will. Whatever you...

For the Least of These … Those who receive the Lord’s blessing are those who, in their lives, can...