Find Your Way Home

One of the most-loved little books ever written, a friendly, honest map for anyone who wants to actually know God. Thirteen short steps, in language that meets you where you are.

Begin with Step 1

"Nature and revelation alike testify of God's love." That single line opens the book, and it turns out the whole story of faith is really a story about being loved first.

Each step below builds on the one before, walking from God's love for you all the way to living with real joy. Read them in order.

01

Loved First

Chapter 1 · God's Love for Man

4 min read

Discover the love that was already reaching for you.

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02

Why We Need Jesus

Chapter 2 · The Sinner's Need of Christ

4 min read

Why effort alone cannot heal the heart, and why Jesus can.

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03

A Real Change of Heart

Chapter 3 · Repentance

4 min read

More than guilt: a Spirit-led turn toward a new direction.

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04

Coming Clean

Chapter 4 · Confession

4 min read

Honest confession opens the door to forgiveness and freedom.

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05

All In

Chapter 5 · Consecration

4 min read

The freedom that begins when you stop holding part of yourself back.

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06

Receive the Gift

Chapter 6 · Faith and Acceptance

4 min read

Stop trying to earn forgiveness. Receive what God has promised.

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07

The Evidence of a Changed Life

Chapter 7 · The Test of Discipleship

4 min read

How to recognize the quiet evidence that Christ is changing a life.

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08

Stay Connected

Chapter 8 · Growing Up Into Christ

4 min read

Growth comes from connection, not spiritual strain.

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09

Love Goes to Work

Chapter 9 · The Work and the Life

4 min read

Love becomes visible when faith begins serving other people.

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10

Learning to See God

Chapter 10 · A Knowledge of God

4 min read

Learn to recognize God's voice in Scripture, nature, and daily life.

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11

Talk to God as a Friend

Chapter 11 · The Privilege of Prayer

4 min read

Prayer is opening your real life to God as to a trusted friend.

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12

Faith When You Have Questions

Chapter 12 · What to Do With Doubt

5 min read

Bring honest questions to a faith built on evidence, not denial.

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13

A Life of Joy

Chapter 13 · Rejoicing in the Lord

5 min read

Practice gratitude, speak hope, and represent Christ with joy.

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About this edition

Faithful to the original, written for today

This site follows the thirteen chapters and teaching of Ellen G. White's public-domain 1892 Steps to Christ.

Modern display titles, illustrations, explanations, questions, and prayers help younger readers understand and apply each chapter. Ellen White quotations retain the original wording, and Scripture quotations use the King James Version.