Beautiful Devotional, Bible Study, and Prayer Journal for Women that will increase your faith, grow you strong in the Lord, and satisfy your craving for intimacy with God and for supernatural love. This is your journey and your love story.
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Melissa, If One Life . . . is an amazing, heart-rending story of an incredible young woman, Melissa Lynn Camp. She loved to study the Bible and she loved to journal. Her journals reveal an intimacy with God that few experience. Melissa's journals and her love story with Jeremy Camp inspired the movie, I STILL BELIEVE. Many asked, "How can I have a faith like Melissa's? How can I be strong like Melissa? How can I have a love like Melissa and Jeremy?" This Devotional Journal was written in answer to those questions that came from adults and teens. This is a unique, creative prayer journal for teens as well as for women of all ages.
Melissa If One Life . . . Devotional Journal - Craving Intimacy with God: 30 Devotional Bible Journaling Experiences to Awaken, Nurture and Ignite Your Faith and Intimacy with God. Each experience includes a journal entry from Melissa Camp, a relevant and relatable devotion, printed Scriptures, Bible exercises, reflection questions plus journal and prayer prompts to inspire your own conversations and intimacy with God. Throughout your journal there are Creative Scripture line art illustrations for coloring and creative expression.
Your "Day": The goal is to connect with God, experience Him, and encounter Him. Each Day centers on a specific focus, and each section builds upon the other, drawing you into a conversation with the Lord. This is your experience with God―personal, authentic, one-on-one with Him.
Devotion: In a personal, relatable way, Melissa's journal and the devotion will introduce you to the specific focus of the Day. It should awaken your spirit, ignite your faith, and stir your heart in preparation to explore the Word of God.
The Word: Specific portions of Scripture from the Bible are written out for you to explore with exercises and questions to draw you deeper into the heart of God.
Reflection: To enhance your experience with the Word of God, you will reflect on and react to the Scriptures. Questions will help you put into words your reflections, thoughts, and feelings.
Journal: Prompts will guide you in pouring out your heart to the Lord. "Run to take your rightful seat! Pray, walk away amazed and full of worship." Run into God's presence!
Prayer: There is a sidebar on this page with Scripture and prayer prompts to guide you in writing out your prayers. This is an extension of your journal pages. The back of your Journal includes additional journal and prayer pages plus pages to record answers to prayer.
Purpose: This journal experience is to guide you into experiencing a personal love relationship with Jesus Christ. He is knowable, He is available, He is listening. Jesus told us that He came to give us an abundant life - It is ours to seize! The God of a trillion galaxies has called you by name; He has an eternal purpose planned for you and a destiny that will fulfill your wildest dreams. Dreams you didn't even know you had. Believe it.
Camp, Melissa: - "Melissa Lynn Camp was the first wife of Christian recording artist Jeremy Camp. Melissa has become a generational influencer. God has used her life, her testimony, and her journals to transform the lives of young and old, men and women. She was and is a friend of God, an amazing daughter, a compassionate sister, a loving wife, a caring friend, and a passionate follower of Jesus Christ. She was a High School Youth Leader, sang on worship teams and in choir, played JV basketball, and was an impactful college student, mentor, camp counselor, artist, and writer. Melissa loved children and worked as a Preschool Teacher's Assistant and a Nanny. She married Jeremy Camp on October 21, 2000; they lived close to the beach in Carlsbad, California until her home going on February 5, 2001 at the age of 21. Their love story and Melissa's journals were the inspiration for the film I Still Believe and are published in the book Melissa, If One Life . . . and in the Devotional Journal - Craving Intimacy with God. Melissa lived her life in a passionate pursuit of knowing God intimately - she craved it! Her journals reveal her great love for the Lord and she longed to share them with the world. Her desire was to impact young women to walk closely with God and she is fulfilling that desire everyday. Not just one but millions have been inspired and impacted by her life and her words."
Henning, Janette: - "Janette Henning is Co-author with her daughter Melissa Camp of the life-changing book Melissa If One Life . . . and the Devotional Journal - Craving Intimacy with God - 30 Devotional Bible Journaling Experiences to Awaken, Nurture & Ignite your Intimacy with God and the creator of the Bible Time Journals for women, teen girls and men. The works contain Melissa's journals and tell her love story with Jesus and with Jeremy Camp. Her journals and Melissa & Jeremy's story were the inspiration for the film I STILL BELIEVE. Janette is described by her readers as a powerful storyteller, a beautiful writer, inspiring, and vulnerable, sharing the raw pieces of her heart with words that resonate deep in the soul. Janette is passionate about sharing Melissa's life, her journals, and the power of one life surrendered to Christ. She is a fervent follower of Jesus Christ, a wife, a mother of four, and a grandmother of nine. She has been a pastor's wife, a church planter, a women's minister, a Bible Study teacher, a writer, a conference speaker, and a real estate agent teaming with her husband Mark in San Diego County. They live in the beach community of Encinitas, California."
