Devotional

For fans of Jesus Calling Bestselling author of Jesus Calling, Sarah Young shares a years worth of powerful, Bible based prayers A wonderful gift to help enrich the prayer life of someone you love Many of us want to pray more, but we feel unsure of what to say. In this inspiring 365-day devotional prayer book, Jesus Listens, Sarah Young, author of the New York Times bestselling Jesus Calling, helps you come to God in all circumstances through a year of daily prayers based on the words of Scripture. Over many years, Sarah has nurtured a deep prayer life that has strengthened her relationship with Jesus and led to the writing of Jesus Calling. She draws on that closeness with God to offer honest prayers for readers who . . . have been praying for years but long for renewed biblical insights want to pray God's promises straight from Scripture are going through difficult times are new to faith and not sure how to begin in prayer have found spiritual rest in Jesus Calling and Jesus Always are eager to start a meaningful new spiritual discipline The biblical basis for each prayer in Jesus Listens is given at the end of each entry so you can continually return to God's promises in Scripture. Jesus Listens includes: a beautiful two-color interior 365 days of Bible-based prayers Scripture references with emphasis on words quoted directly from the Bible a ribbon marker to hold your place Whether you gift Jesus Listens or pick it up yourself to establish a more consistent prayer practice, Sarah Young's words and her constant return to the Word of God will enrich your prayer life like never before. By praying Scripture through this daily devotional prayer book, you'll experience how intentional prayer connects you to God, changes your heart, and can even move mountains. Jesus Listens by Sarah Young was published by Thomas Nelson in November 2021 and is our 258th best seller.

Wherever you are on your faith journey, just beginning, questioning, midstream, there is always more! Whenever we encounter Jesus, truth bursts into life. We move from the realm of concepts to the reality that truth is found in a person, someone seeking to draw us ever more closely into his friendship. In this short book, Adrian C. Smith invites you to take ten-week journey, meeting Jesus through Imaginative Prayer. A journey he hopes will help you to experience first-hand the truth that, in Jesus, God loves you more than you can comprehend. Adrian also looks at some questions this way of praying raises, pitfalls and ways of doing this well. It's time to Join Jesus on His Journey!

'This is the book I've been waiting for all my life. Paula Gooder enables the reader to engage with the Psalms in such depth, satisfying all the many hungers that are raised as the Psalms are studied, prayed and sung.' Jane Williams, McDonald Professor in Theology, St Mellitus College 'Superb and refreshing - I encourage people to explore this wonderfully creative book' Jarel Robinson-Brown, theologian, author and Assistant Curate at St Botolph's-Without-Aldgate 'This is a wonderful book. Paula Gooder has found a way to make the most loved psalms fresh and new with easily digestible commentary and an invitation to further exploration. It has made me a convert to Bible journalling.' The Church Mouse A thoughtful guide to prayer and reflection on the Psalms with plenty of space for journalling. In this beautifully designed hardback journal, theologian Paula Gooder leads readers through fifteen favourite Psalms, offering insight and tips on how to pray and reflect on some of the most profound poetry in the Hebrew Scriptures. After a brief introduction to the history and context of each one, Paula invites readers to stand back and contemplate the Psalm as a whole, before zooming in to pick up on fascinating details and posing searching questions to deepen our understanding of God and ourselves. Paula selects some of the most well-loved Psalms for the journal, including Psalms 1, 23, 42, 88, 139, 145, 150. Lined pages face each Psalm, with in-text boxes for journalling following each question. This journal would make a perfect gift for Easter or to work through during Lent 2022.

This book of readings from members and staff of the Iona Community aims to help us reappraise our lives during the period leading up to Easter. Lent is traditionally a time of repentance and penitence but it also offers an opportunity to see the world afresh, with a new sense of wonder. These readings encourage us not only to regard ourselves with a healthy realism, so that we can accept responsibility for our shortcomings, but also to recognise the nature and purposes of God and the never-ending renewal of possibility, both within ourselves and in the world.

God is often at work through the ordinary: ordinary people, ordinary objects, ordinary grace. Through the ordinary, God communicates epiphanies, salvation, revelation, and reconciliation. It is through the mundane that we hear God's quiet voice. In this devotional for the season of Lent, Jill J. Duffield draws readers' attention to ten ordinary objects that Jesus would have encountered on his way to Jerusalem: dust, bread, the cross, coins, shoes, oil, coats, towels, thorns, and stones. In each object, readers will find meaning in the biblical account of Jesus' final days. Each week, readers encounter a new object to consider through Scripture, prayer, and reflection. From Ash Wednesday to Easter, Lent in Plain Sight reminds Christians to open ourselves to the kingdom of God.

Looking for new perspectives on Lent? These talks from leading Radio 4 voices bring new insight and wisdom You'll be encouraged into a thoughtful response through Lent this year Over the last 10 years BBC Radio 4 have hosted Lent Talks that, across the country, provide a place for people to engage with, and reflect upon, core ideas of faith. They explore Jesus’ ministry, the story of his death, and their personal responses to Lent. Leading voices including novelist James Runcie and MP Ann Widdecombe draw on their own unique responses to Easter, and address what they find in the annual looking-back-to of Jesus’ death. These reflections are considered, personal, and a place of deep thought and honesty. They are the best of the past decade’s talks, and exhibit the voices that reflect the UK today. Included is an introduction from Christine Morgan, the BBC Head of Radio for Religion and Ethics, who has a deep investment in the Lent Talks series, and shares some of what the talks mean to her. Ideal for anyone looking for ideas and talks to sink their teeth into, Lent Talks is a vibrantly thoughtful series that illuminates throughout the Easter period

Looking for quick ways to be better at life? This book of 'Life Hacks' gives to ways to live as God intended You'll find yourself getting closer to the best possible life Choices and challenges - that's life. But how do we face up to them? Developing strategies and techniques to make our existence easy might seem like a good idea - and, let's face it, there are plenty of distractions around! But surely there's more to life than smartphones and endless playlists? Let God manage your life through his Word. Here are fifty different, to the point devotionals that will focus your mind on God and his 'hacks' for living the life he created us to live.

Through 28 weeks of readings and related, interactive "life maps," you will be encouraged to improve your faith life; prayer and Bible time; finances, job, wellness, and more. This book will guide you into a more intentional life--one that honors God and benefits yourself and others for years to come.

This second inspiring and insightful one-year life-application book features another selection of Jeff Lucas' challenging and at times humorous daily notes compiled from Lucas on Life Every Day. Independence Days? - In a world where people live independently of God, we will learn from the lives of four Bible characters how to walk with God daily. Friendly Fire - Conflict - it happens. Learn to navigate through tense times with faith, hope and humility and therefore how to make church more what it should be. Rediscovering Jesus - Through Mark's Gospel we will take a long look at Jesus - the most compelling Person there's ever been, who invites us to get in step with Him. Singing in the Rain - Learn how to approach life's most testing times by looking at Jesus' approach to the most difficult week of His life, as recorded by the Gospel writer Mark. Elijah - Prophet at a Loss - The God who sustained Elijah - through his mountain-top experiences and his ravines of fear and depression - is the God we serve. Seven - Those Deadly Sins - Sin can mar lives and wreck our world - we will do some healthy heart-searching as we look to the One who can pick us up when we fall