Steven Ridings

Daily Devotional for Tuesday, October 20 Giving Is Proof of Our Love “Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf,” 2 Corinthians 8:24.Paul’s message to the Corinthian believers is both gentle and profound. He reminded them that giving is not merely a […]

Daily Devotional for Saturday, October 17 Learning from Afflictions “Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word,” Psalm 119:67.There is a quiet honesty in these words that speaks to every believer’s heart. The psalmist does not hide the fact that his afflictions taught him something he might not have

Daily Devotional for Wednesday, October 14 The Relief “For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears,” 2 Corinthians 7:5.Paul’s honesty in this passage is deeply comforting. Even this great apostle, who had seen visions of Heaven and carried

Daily Devotional for Sunday, October 11 The Prohibition “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” 2 Corinthians 6:14.Paul’s words to the Corinthians were not meant to build walls of pride but to draw boundaries of protection. God’s people are called

Daily Devotional for Thursday, October 8 The Patience 2 Corinthians 6:6, 7 “By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,” 2 Corinthians 6:6, 7.Patience is

Daily Devotional for Monday, October 5 The Plea “We then as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time;

Daily Devotional for Friday, October 2 A Redeemer in All Ages “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth,” Job 19:25.Few verses in the Scripture speak with such confidence from the depths of human pain as these words from Job. Stripped of wealth, family

Daily Devotional for Tuesday, September 29 The Resolve “Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him,” 2 Corinthians 5:9 Paul’s words in this verse revealed the heartbeat of a true servant of Christ—a life driven by one holy ambition: to be pleasing to the Lord. His labor was not

Daily Devotional for Saturday, September 26 Suffering Is a Part of Following Jesus “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world,” John 16:33.Jesus spoke these words just before His arrest and crucifixion.

Daily Devotional for Wednesday, September 23 The Reality of Suffering “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed,” 2 Corinthians 4:8, 9.Suffering is a reality none of us can escape. Even the most faithful follower of Christ will