A Hymn Journal for Holy Week Slow down. Take a deep breath. Come, sit with Jesus for a while.
Trust and confidence flow from knowing Jesus and spending time in His Word. Layering music, lyrics, art, and faith experiments allows you to experience that Word in new and vibrant ways.
In this hymn journal you will discover:
- 12 well-known hymns of the faith
Including Praise to the Lord, the Almighty; What a Friend We Have in Jesus; Great is Thy Faithfulness; O God, Our Help in Ages Past; and eight more!
- Music and Lyrics
The hymns are presented both with music and in a poetic stanza format to give you opportunity to engage the text in different ways.
- Visual Faith Illustrations
Sketches provided by Visual Faith Ministry(tm) artists will invite you to color or draw while you meditate on the Word.
- Scripture Readings
Selected verses were specially chosen to fit these specific hymns and the theme of confidence and trust. The Bible verses are placed on the page in a way that enhances the meaning, with plenty of space for your notes or doodles.
- Devotions
Engaging, heart-felt insights from author Justin Rossow invite you into a deeper understanding and intimate application of the biblical text to your daily life.
- Faith Experiments
Guided activities take the message of the music, lyrics, and Scripture to an even deeper and more personal level.
The music and meaning of these beloved hymns will plant the confidence and trust deep in your heart and mind.
✓ A Perfect Size for Journaling The 8.5 x 11 format means there is plenty of white space for your notes or sketches. Throughout the book, pages are left intentionally blank to allow your chosen medium to bleed through without ruining the next reading. Those blank pages are also an invitation to add your own notes, collages, insights, questions, or art.
Whether you choose to use colored pencils, markers, or paints, allow yourself time to linger with these hymns, meditations, and Scripture verses. Use the act of drawing or adding color as an excuse to slow down and steep in God''s Word
✓ No Expertise Required Research has shown the benefit of drawing or adding color as a learning activity. You don''t have to consider yourself particularly creative to use this hymn journal. But you may be surprised what the Holy Spirit will do if you allow yourself a bit of grace and opportunity.
Use this Hymn Journal resource as a tool to help you delight in following Jesus. The invitation to trust and confidence has never been more needed. And growing in trust and confidence has never been more fun.
✓ Real Help for Real People Here''s what people are saying about the first hymn journal from Next Step Press:
"I''m amazed by the double dose of concentration and devotion that music and visual meditation is allowing me. I walk around the house humming the melody, recalling the images, and repeating the lyrics. It is really quite powerful."
"I''m loving how the artwork makes me take more time on my devotion and really ponder and pray. I especially like the visual faith experiments."
✓ Nothing to Lose; Everything to Gain Next Step Press is built around the idea that taking a small next step following Jesus is always a delight (even when it is also a challenge). Trying something new, or "running an experiment," is a great way to find tools that help you delight in taking a next step wherever you are on your journey of faith.
Don''t feel pressure to "get it right." Following Jesus is hard. And it is the most amazing, exciting, challenging, interesting, confusing, joyful thing you will ever do. Nor pressure; just an invitation to enjoy time with your Savior.
