Have you ever felt like time had passed you by? It’s not true. What might God be doing in your life? What changes might be occurring around you that you are needed for? What sort of calling might be happening in your heart and spirit?

The power to overcome evil is in the hands of every ordinary Christian who walks in the way of Jesus. Your power is in your actions of love. The love we see in the ministry of Jesus has power to change evil into good.

The consistent thing we read in the story of the people of God is that God was always with them and that they trusted this. So as the people of God are beginning a new chapter in the land God has promised them, God reminds them (again and again and again) that they should be strong and courageous

We trust in God’s steadfast love and mercy. We trust that God will redeem us from where we suffer in the depths. We hope and wait. For with the Lord, there is steadfast love.

Using the prompts, build your own version of Psalm 8. Then pray the two versions of the psalm when you finish.

These books have expanded my image of God and helped me to grow in relationship with God. Each one is filled with highlighted sentences, sticky notes, and thoughts penciled in the margins. I could have listed a dozen more, but these are a good place to start.