First 30 Days of Walking with Jesus

Your guide to understanding the Christian life

David & Carrie Grant, Carrie Grant & David Grant

• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9780281086788
• eBook ISBN:
  9780281086795
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Ministry

First 30 Days of Walking with Jesus is exactly what it sounds like - a simple and accessible guide that offers 30 days of Bible readings and devotions, along with practical advice, motivation, and additional guides, for anyone starting or restarting their Christian walk.

Featuring Bible verses for many of life’s questions, it will guide you through various Christian living from worship and loving your neighbour to fear and vulnerability. Drawing on their own experience of the Christian life, well-known TV personalities, Church leaders, and mentors David and Carrie Grant offer compassionate insight and wisdom, alongside contributions from other trusted Church leaders and writers, for anyone seeking to follow Jesus and be His disciple but unsure where to start.

The daily devotions are easy to dip and out of, and will encourage and inspire you to live each day with faith and joy in Jesus Christ. The devotions are also undated, so they can be used throughout the year.

First 30 Days of Walking with Jesus is an ideal guide to give to new Christian believers, especially as a follow up to Christian courses such as the Alpha Course and Christianity Explored. It’s perfect for giving as a confirmation or baptism gift for teens and adults, to help them as they start on their Christian life.

This guide will also help those who have drifted from the church but want to reaffirm and refresh their faith. The daily Bible readings and practical advice will help you get back in touch with your spirituality so that you can walk and grow as a Christian alongside Jesus.

Whether you are a new disciple or a returning one, anyone who has asked how to be a Christian will find guidance and encouragement in First 30 Days of Walking with Jesus that will help them start their journey to become faithful, spiritually fulfilled disciples.

Carrie Grant MBE and David Grant MBE are BAFTA awardwinning broadcasters, vocal coaches, leadership coaches and pastors. Their TV and music career has spanned more than 40 years, from numerous hit records to presenting BBC 1’s The One Show and Songs of Praise. Their public speaking and preaching have taken them around the world, and for the past 12 years they have led a church in their home. They have been married for 34 years and have four children, all of whom have additional needs. They are passionate about diversity and inclusion.

First published in Great Britain in 2022

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Copyright © Carrie and David Grant 2022

Carrie and David Grant have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Authors of this work.

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Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version (Anglicized edition). Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. Used by permission of Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, an Hachette UK company. All rights reserved. ‘NIV’ is a registered trademark of Biblica. UK trademark number 1448790.

Quotations marked ESV UK are taken from the ESV Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Quotations marked MSG are taken from THE MESSAGE. Copyright © by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

Quotations marked NASB are taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Quotations marked TPT are taken from The Passion Translation®. Copyright © 2017, 2018 by Passion & Fire Ministries, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. ThePassionTranslation.com.

The text of the Gospel of Mark is taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation; Anglicized text version, © SPCK 2018. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188, USA. All rights reserved.

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978–0–281–08678–8

eBook ISBN 978–0–281–08679–5

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Typeset by Manila Typesetting Company

First printed in Great Britain by Jellyfish Print Solutions

eBook by Manila Typesetting Company

Produced on paper from sustainable forests

To our four beautiful children –

who have taught us so much about walking with Jesus

Contents

List of contributors

Foreword

Day 1 Starting the journey: Revelation 3.20

Carrie Grant

Day 2 Creation: Genesis 1.1–2

Andre Radmall

Day 3 Saved: John 3.16–17

Carrie Grant

Day 4 Trusting the Father: Matthew 11.27–30

Carrie Grant

Day 5 What is Jesus like? Luke 19.10

Carrie Grant

Day 6 Communicating with God: Romans 8.26

David Grant

Day 7 Made in his image: Psalm 139.1–18

Carrie Grant and Lois Burgess

Day 8 His perfection held within our imperfection: 2 Corinthians 4.7–12

Carrie Grant

Day 9 Trauma and emotional healing: Luke 15.11–32

Andre Radmall

Day 10 Overcoming fear: Philippians 4.6–7; 1 John 4.16–19

Carrie Grant and Caleb Storkey

Day 11 The relationship of the Trinity: Colossians 1.15–17; John 14.16–17

Carrie and David Grant

Day 12 Jesus’ death: Isaiah 53.2–7, 9

Lois Burgess

Day 13 The resurrection: John 20.1–17

Andre Radmall

Day 14 The Holy Spirit: Luke 3.21–22

Andre Radmall

Day 15 Faith in action (part 1): James 2.14–18

Carrie Grant

Day 16 Faith in action (part 2): Luke 6.45; 1 Peter 3.15

Carrie Grant

Day 17 Praise and worship: Psalm 136.1–9

Carrie Grant and Mark Vargeson

Day 18 The power of forgiveness: Romans 8.1–4

Carrie Grant

Day 19 Forgiving others: Colossians 3.12–15

Carrie Grant

Day 20 Where is my past? Colossians 3.3

Andre Radmall

Day 21 Heaven and eternity: John 14.1–4

David Grant

Day 22 Faith that lasts: Matthew 13.3–9, 18–23

Carrie Grant

Day 23 Perseverance: John 16:33b; 2 Corinthians 4.8–9; James 1.2–4

Carrie Grant

Day 24 Abundant life: John 10.10

Carrie Grant

Day 25 Behaviour: Romans 12.9–21

David Grant

Day 26 Vulnerability: J...

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