Manna for the Hungry is a journal that is designed to help structure your daily time in the Word of God to help you stay consistent. Every time the Bible is used in a metaphor, it is always an essential part of the picture. It is the sword for the soldier, the hammer for the worker, the seed for the farmer, light for our way, and water for our washing. We NEED the Bible as a daily part of our lives as much as Manna was a daily necessity in the wilderness. 

  The format provides space for you to record your daily reading, a meditation from what you read, a daily prayer log, and much more. The openness of the prompts points you in the right direction without taking away the freedom of choosing where you want to spend your time. 

·      Neutral design that fits well for anyone!

·      Over 200 pages allowing for a full year of daily readings and meditations!

How to use this journal: 

·      Reading Selection: Reading with a plan will help you be consistent. Ask the Lord to give you a meditative thought. Focus more on searching for this than in getting through a set number of chapters. This will let you move at your own speed through the Bible. 

·      Meditative Thought: This is something to think about throughout the day. It could be an application for your life, a question you have, a new connection, or a fresh enjoyment of an old truth. Be descriptive enough in your writing to be able to enjoy it in the future. 

·      Daily Prayers: Complete the Prayer List on page 4. Each day, choose a few items off the list and pray earnestly for those requests. 

·      Worshipful Thought: Time in the Word of God should draw us closer to God Himself. At the end of the week, look back over your meditations. Have they pointed you to worship? Review the portions you read for ideas that exalt God in your mind. 

·      Memory Selection: Choose a verse or passage you want to memorize over the week. Work on it each day and at the end of the week, write it down from memory. 

·      Thanksgiving: Record something that the Lord has done over the last week that you are thankful for. Be descriptive enough so you can enjoy rereading it later. 

Important Features:

·      Suggested Reading Plans: Six different reading plans are described to provide you with variety in how you read the Word of God. Each of these methods provide you with structure that help keep you consistent because you always know where you are reading next. 

·      Master Prayer List: Pray lists can be difficult. They grow and grow until they are overwhelming. The method in this journal helps you keep praying through your list but helps you focus on only a few things each day to help keep you on track. 

·      Daily Structure: Each day is structured the same way to help with consistency and to help you develop in meditating on what you read every day. 

·      Weekly Review: At the end of each week, review your meditations, readings, and prayers to look for worshipful thoughts and thanksgivings from your time in the Bible. 

Whether you are looking for your very first devotional guide or you have tried many different methods, Manna for the Hungry will help you stay consistent, emphasize your time reading the Bible, develop meditative thoughts, and regular prayer, thanksgiving, memorization, and worship. 

Fountain for the Thirsty is a journal that is designed to help structure your Bible study to help you develop as a student of the Word. There are many things the world promises will satisfy us but as we spend our time, money, and energies on these things we find out that they are broken cisterns that hold no water. We need to go to the fountain of Living Water and enjoy the refreshment that God has for us in His Word.

The format provides space for you to record your self-directed bible studies and helps guide you through it with a helpful structure. Each activity not only guides you, but it teaches and develops good bible study habits. You’ll be asking questions, summarizing in new ways, and making enriching connections in every passage you study. 

·      Neutral design that fits well for anyone!

·      Over 200 pages allowing for 70 study self-directed study sessions!

How to use this journal: 

·      Key Words and Ideas: Examine the text you have chosen to study, and record unexpected, repeated, and important words, phrases, and ideas. Look for groupings to see a theme and look for changes to see a transition. Ask questions as to why certain things are included or excluded, and research meanings of unknown or important words for a better understanding. 

·      Questions: Start with a set number of questions as a goal (I do 5 or more). Ask questions you really want answers for and look at the details, words, and transitions. Ask, “Why?” Don’t feel the need to investigate immediately, and it is okay if you can’t find an answer to your question! 

·      Text Connections: Search for connections with other portions of the Bible. This especially includes the verses just before and after. Look for quotations, allusions, or other connections throughout the Word. 

·      Applications: Search for connections with your life as well as what is happening in the world. The Bible is practical for today and applicable to your life. Be sure to distinguish between interpretation and application! All the Bible is written for me, but not all of it was written to me. 

·      Text Structure: Identify and analyze what type of literature you are studying, the purpose of the passage, and the structure. Use the lists below for guidance. 

o   Literature Types: Law, narrative (story), poetry, prophecy, hidden teachings, and exposition (teaching) 

o   Author’s Purpose: Encourage, rebuke, and/or inform. 

o   Structures: Compare/contrast, sequence, description, cause/effect, or problem/solution 

·      Study Summary: Write out an overview of what you learned in this passage. Include the big ideas and how ideas are connected as an outline or as a paragraph. 

·      Summary Picture: Draw a picture of the passage! To do this, it requires you to understand the key ideas and how they work together. You cannot draw something if you do not understand it. Give your picture a title to help you encapsulate the passage in a few words. 

·      Shareable Takeaway: Find an element of your study that you would like to share with others. This does not need to be a summary or everything you learned. This could be the meaning of a word, a meaningful connection, or even a question that is still lingering. Share this with someone before moving on to the next passage. 

Important Features:

·      Diving in Deeper: Looking to take your study to the next level? Explore this helpful guidance for your personal study! Each type of literature has different components which need different approaches. You do not read a love letter like a legal document, so we shouldn’t read the Song of Solomon like Romans. This addition helps point you in the right direction no matter what you are studying.

·      Other Tips & Tricks: This assortment of practical tips and tricks are here to help you get to studying! There are so many hinderances that get in the way, even some with easy solutions.

·      Regular Structure: Each study is structured with the same big ideas that should be applied every time you study the Bible. By repeating these, you will develop and start to naturally study the Bible at a deeper level. 

Whether you are trying out Bible study for the first time or you have tried out many methods, Fountain for the Thirstywill help guide and teach you through new and exciting activities that will help you raise questions, make rich connections, summarize your study, and enjoy the Book of Life.