Author Archives: Steve Husting

About Steve Husting

Steve Husting lives in Southern California with his wife and son. He enjoys encouraging others through writing, and likes reading, digital photography, the outdoors, calligraphy, and chocolate. He has written several books and ebooks, and hundreds of Christian devotionals. Steve is also having a great time illustrating God's Word with calligraphy.

Meditations on 1 John 2:3-4, with Notes

Chapter 2 (NIV–the verses in this chapter were taken from this version. Each chapter will be from a different version to avoid copyright issues.) The Test of Knowing Him v. 3, We know that we have come to know him … Continue reading →

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Words for Warriors, “Take it to Heart”

“Behold, Yahweh your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as Yahweh the God of your fathers has spoken to you. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed” (Deut. 1:21). You’ve tried and failed. You got up … Continue reading →

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Meditations on 1 John 2:1-2, with Notes

Chapter 2 (NIV–the verses in this chapter were taken from this version. Each chapter will be from a different version to avoid copyright issues.) The NKJV and NIV link the following two verses to the preceding verses in chapter 1. … Continue reading →

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Words for Warriors, “That Terrible Wilderness”

“We traveled from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea” (Deut. 1:19). … Continue reading →

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Meditations on 1 John 1:5-10, with Notes

The Basis of Fellowship with Him (NKJV) v. 5, This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. (Bible Knowl Comm NT) “As … Continue reading →

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Words for Warriors, “Go In and Possess the Land”

“Behold, I have set the land before you. Go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers—to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob—to give to them and to their offspring after them” (Deut. 1:8). The land is … Continue reading →

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Meditations on 1 John 1:1-4, with Notes

I thought I would change up my morning times by looking up the note sin advance for passages I’ll meditate on, all taken from my various study Bibles and commentaries. On these pages I am adding the notes above the … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words for Warriors

Moses gave many stirring words to encourage the people of Israel to take the territory the Lord had given them in Canaan. I had marked many of them in my Bible over the years. Since I write devotionals, I thought … Continue reading →

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The Seven Signs, part 7: John 11:1-44

In this sign, the raising of Lazarus from the dead is presented simply in two verses, John 11:43-44. But all the preceding verses in the chapter reveal great spiritual depths contained in this brief passage. Jesus raises the dead. In … Continue reading →

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The Seven Signs, part 6: John 9:1-41

The Lord healed a blind man on the Sabbath to reveal the spiritual blindness of others that we might believe in Him. The sign began with the philosophical question posed by the disciples when they saw a man born blind. … Continue reading →

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