Your 40 Day Journey: Getting Closer to God Each Day

By Bev Hurlburt

Through life's love and heartache we can maintain peace and joy through our Savior, Jesus Christ. Go on this personal 40 day journey to begin, renew, or strengthen your relationship with the Lord. Read personal stories of everyday life. Learn how God's Word is still relevant to today's situations. Love the Lord deeper through scripture. Begin "Your 40 Day Journey".

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Dec 23, 2010
• ISBN: 9781449709471

Bev Hurlburt

My life took a drastic change in 1999. Steve, my husband of 18 years, died suddenly. I became a 39-year-old widow and single mother of two daughters, ages 14 and 10. I had known “of” God all my life but not until His love brought me through to the other side of grief did I realize the peace and joy that comes by having an intimate relationship with Him and His Son, Jesus Christ. My Christian journey soared once I realized that I needed to read and study the Bible on a daily basis. How would I ever get to know Him better if I didn’t know His Word? I was fortunate to have taken a two-year Bible study with my then preacher and teacher, Pastor Ed Groff. He is so passionate about God, Jesus Christ and His Word and I learned so much. I am now a certified lay speaker with the United Methodist Church. I have the privilege of filling the pulpit for vacationing pastors. In 2008, I began a public speaking ministry and have had the joy of sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with hundreds of people. In 2004 I remarried. My husband, Joe Hurlburt, is a kind and gentle man of God. I will spend my lifetime trying to repay the love and support he has given me. My ministry may not have come to fruition if not for the gentle shoves he gave me along the way. Joe recently retired and we are looking forward to being in ministry together. We have six amazing daughters, three tremendous son-in-laws, a smart, handsome grandson and an ornery, adorable granddaughter – and hopes of many more. Joe and I feel so blessed with the family God has given us. Life gets better and better with Him in the center.

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GOD KNOWS BEST

This is what the Lord says—your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel:

I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go (Isaiah 48:17).

God talks to each of us in different ways. He knows us so well—so personally—that He can speak our language. He allows us to hear Him in ways each one of us will understand.

Creativity has never come to me in an instant. When I have a project presented to me, I have to think about it and mull it over in my mind—perhaps even dwell on it for days at a time. I go through many images and scenarios until I’m able to sort through them to the perfect plan. It’s in those moments of contemplation that God speaks to me. It’s when I’m the most open-minded, most available to receive fresh ideas—His ideas. He may talk to you through music or opening the Bible and focusing on one Scripture, or perhaps He wakes you in the middle of the night with a profound thought. He will speak to you in the way you best