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Life is a journey. Every day is a journey. It is a physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual journey. It will have its blessing and burdens; its challenges and choices; its ups and downs; it will have joys and hardships; laughter and heartaches; happiness and hassles. People may be with you on the journey, but no two journeys are alike. Ready or not the journey is here now. Elijah knew about this journey of life (1 Kings 19:7). At times, this journey called life can become too much with its strain (Exodus 18:23) and stress (Psalm 57:6). It can drain people of power (Isaiah 37:27). What happens when the journey of life becomes too much for us? It is then that we ...

Hope is an amazing word. Hope maybe a word that possibly our world has lost or not heard in a while. Maybe our world is afraid to hope! What has happened to our hope? How would you define hope? Why is it difficult finding hope in the darkness of life? Have people been disappointed enough by life to have lost all hope? Has life let you down? Do you struggle with making sense of life and therefore struggle with making sense of God – the giver of life? Is this why people lose hope? Can we put our hope in things that don’t matter or don’t work?

Joy is an amazing emotional and attitudinal gift that God wants us to have. This world at times steals joy from us. This journal contains 49 Bible passages designed to get us to focus and meditate on this emotion of joy.

I love Paul’s writing. He is arguably one of the most profound Christian authors of all time. His defense of the gospel (apologetics) is amazing. His writing style and insights are deep and awe inspiring.

Forgiveness is the central theme of the Bible. Understanding forgiveness from God's point of view and what it means, might be the most crucial aspect of being an Ambassador of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20). Before you can teach forgiveness to the world, you have to have Biblically accurate definitions that you can teach.

Did you know that in the last 3,500 years, there have been approximately 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world? https://fact.cat/how-many-years-of-peace-were-recorded-in-history/ According to this website, this means that .065% of the last 3500 years have been peaceful years! Did that percentage blow your minds? This Journal and Journey into Peace will take you into 49 Bible passages in 49 days on the topic of peace. Research shows that peace is the third most common word that people search for using Bible websites. So does the search using websites prove that people are searching for peace in their lives? In reality, peace may be the most important emotion tha ...

This book walks through 30 Psalms with inviting questions for personal response, prayer, and discussion. It is a resource that will benefit individuals and groups. The book is designed in a journal format with lines for writing. "The Psalms call us to praise and worship God within our current circumstances, no matter what they are. They reveal to us the normal Christian life on a journey to find God in all things. We learn what authentic spirituality looks like." Chad Hollowell (from the book) "A Journey Through the Psalms" has been a trusted guide to me and our weekly prayer group in a season where I have needed time in personal reflection. The questions Chad asks are the be ...