Log In Sign Up
Shop
Donate

The Upper Room is here for you in these anxious times. Click Here

March 11, 2019

In the Footsteps of Jesus

Paul Strickland (South Carolina, USA)

(Image: Pixabay)

Register for a Free Trial

Sign Up Today and get full access to the daily devotional and the rest of The Upper Room content FREE for 30 days.

Sign Up Today

Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep 
in step with the Spirit. - Galatians 5:25 (NIV)

My dad was surefooted as a mountain goat. I never saw him stumble. As a boy, I would try to step in his steps when we walked, though it was difficult because of his long stride. If we were in the woods, down at the lake, or working, I knew...

Today's Prayer
Dear Jesus, thank you for making your path, the path of life, clear for all to see. As you taught us we pray, “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” (Matt. 6:9-13, NIV). Amen.
49 Comments
Log In to leave a comment
Today's Reading
John 14:15-19

Thought for the Day

The more I walk the path of Jesus, the clearer the way becomes.

Prayer Focus

My mentors

Read More

Respond by posting a prayer.

Recent News
September 11, 2020

More From Lynda J. Samuel

Lynda and Raj Since submitting my meditation “Open Invitation” which was published on 16 th August Read More

September 6, 2020

Be Grateful in Every Circumstance

Last December I was very interested in the habit of being grateful. Then I decided to Read More

Find Related Resources

View All

You can view content for 30 more days.

Sign Up Today

I join many of those who will pray for you as you seek to discern what you are called to be at this moment. May God grant you the courage to fulfill that calling. May we all open our eyes and see the misery, open our ears and hear the cries of God’s people, and, like God through the Lord Jesus Christ, be incarnate amongst them.” 

View a growing list of resources for the spiritual work of overcoming racism.

—Rev. Sidwell Mokgothu, Limpopo Synod Bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and board member for Africa Upper Room Ministries