Author: Jim Stephens

It’s love that identifies us as Jesus’ friends and followers.

Grace is getting what you don’t deserve, and mercy is not getting what you deserve.

It’s something “other” and it’s something more.

It’s not Passive Patience, it’s Passionate Patience!

Without self-control we’re at the mercy of our reactions and impulses.

There are a lot of things we just don’t know.

Goodness is what gives us our inner sense of right and wrong…

It’s not what you know, it’s what you do with what you know!

I began writing these devotionals for my own transformation and growth twenty years ago.

The new nature has been deposited in us by God’s divine power!