As we are a few weeks out from Easter, I chose a devotional classic, The Calvary Road by Roy Hession for this month’s book. This is a lot of people’s favorite book, and I know there are people who read it regularly.

One thing I love is how Hession doesn’t pull any punches, but is direct in his writing. As I reread the book, I was reminded of our recent John 12:24-25 memory verse and this past week’s MBS message from the very beginning paragraphs:

“The Lord Jesus cannot live in us fully and reveal Himself through until the proud self within us is broken. This simply means that the hard unyielding self, which justifies itself, wants its own way, stands up for its rights, and seeks its own glory, at last bows its head to God’s will, admits its wrong, gives up its own way to Jesus, surrenders its rights and discards its own glory – that the Lord Jesus might have all and be all. In other words it is dying to self and self-attitudes.”

The book focuses on how to experience spiritual renewal and deeper relationship with God, and Hession emphasizes it isn’t necessarily through dramatic events, but through daily dying to self that comes from brokenness, repentance, and walking in the light. It is a short book, but each paragraph is packed with phrases you want to highlight or underline. You might end up coloring the book!