Journey For The Heart
 

Excerpts from James's Life Journal

 
Jonah 2:2 He said, “In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me, From the depths of the grave I call for help and you listened to my cry.”

Journal Entry for 9/30/04
“The Lord can help you when your are weak, and He can help you when you are strong.”

 
 

Proverbs 18:23 A poor man pleads for mercy, but a rich man answers harshly.

Journal Entry for 10/28/04
“If we are rich we should give our money to the poor and we will have treasure in heaven.”

 
 

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Journal Entry for 11/11/04
“If someone says I have never sinned before, I can show them this verse and say, “This book is true.”

 
 

Proverbs 4:10 Listen my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.

Journal Entry for 12/03/04
“If we obey our mom and our dad God will give us Blessings all the days of our life.”

 
 

Deuteronomy 34:7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.

Journal Entry for 3/04/05
“If I have faith in God I will live to be one hundred and twenty years old.”

Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and courageous, Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you, he will never leave you nor forsake you.

3/04/05 #2
“I will try to always trust in the LORD, I will never be afraid or terrified because I know that the LORD will never leave me.”

 
 

Judges 15:15 Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and stuck down a thousand men.

Journal Entry for 3/11/05
“One day God will give me help to defeat the evil one.”

 
 

2 Samuel 22:2 He said the LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer.

Journal Entry for 4/01/05
“I want God to by my rock, my fortress and my deliverer.”

 
 

I Chronicles 16:34 Give thanks to the LORD for he is good; his love endures forever.

Journal Entry for 4/21/05
“I can give thanks to God because I know His love will always endure forever.”

 
 

I Chronicles 16:11 Look to the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Journal Entry for 4/22/05
“I want to look at God, and always seek His face even in hard times.”

 
 

Psalm 25:4 Show me your ways O LORD, teach me your path.

Journal Entry for 4/29/05
“I know God will every day show the way to go, and he will direct my path to the way it should go and I will trust in him and listen to whatever he has in store for me.”

 
 

Job 4:11 The lion perishes for the lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Journal Entry for 5/12/05
“If I do not stand with my heavenly father then Satan the lion will devour me like a zebra.”

 
 

Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else for there is no other name under heaven given to man by which we must be saved.

Journal Entry for 11/17/05
“God is the only one who can give you salvation and if you ask for for it He will give it to you and when you do that the angels will rejoice in the heavens but Satan will be cringing.”

 
 

Genesis 45:4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt.”

Journal Entry for 1/20/06
“God had a plan for Joseph and his brothers and the plan worked. I think Joseph’s brothers must have been shocked and surprised.”

 
 

James 1:2-3 Consider pure joy, my brothers whenever you face trials of many kinds because you no the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

Journal Entry for 2/23/06
“God doesn’t want us to be grumpy when we have a trial. He wants us to have faith and joy in every trial.”

 
 

I Chronicles 16:34 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, His love endures forever.

James’s last Journal Entry – 5/04/06
“I can be thankful to the LORD for all the good things He has blessed me with because I know that His love will always flow on me.”