If you're like me, chances are there have been seasons in your life when you've struggled to stay in the Word and to pray to God on a daily basis.

The pressures and distractions of life can sometimes lead us to deprioritize these fundamental Christian disciplines,

and we can start to feel disconnected from God, all of which is why

devotionals like New Morning Mercies by Paul Tripp can be so helpful. That devotional was first

published in 2014 and quickly established itself as a bestseller, reminding all of us of our

desperate need for the gospel, day in and day out.

Well now, 10 years later, Tripp has written a follow-up devotional to New Morning

Mercies called Everyday Gospel.

In our conversation today, he explains how this new book is similar to New Morning

Mercies, how it's different, and how he's praying for God to use it in the hearts of those who read it.

Let's get started.

Well, Paul, thanks again for joining us on the Crossway podcast today.

Well, it's my honor to do so. I love the time soon we talk.

Yes, absolutely. So today we're going to talk about another new book that you've written for Crossway.

But before we do that, I wanted to actually talk about an old book of yours, one that does have a connection to this new book.

In 2014, so 10 years ago, you published New Morning Mercies,

a 365-day devotional with Crossway. And because 2024 is this 10-year anniversary of the book,

I thought it could be appropriate to start there and just reflect back on the impact that

New Morning Mercies has had. So I was looking

this morning and it's now sold over a million copies over the past 10 years. And just as I say that

number and as you think back about that book, I'm just curious to hear kind of what you make of that,

make of the number of people who have gotten a

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