Hope in Him

By Lorenzo Johnson Jr EdD, Victor Small and Ralph Wilson Jr.

Have you ever felt like you were pleasing everyone but yourself? What about trying to juggle too many hats? Entering life as a young adult can be challenging. Young adults spend their days trying to balance college coursework, keep up with the demands of a job, wanting to appear cool to friends, all while attempting to maintain the perfect image to their family. You don’t have to say it but we will: This can be overwhelming.

This 31-Day Devotional Guide is designed just for you - as you try to figure this thing called life. Its purpose is to assist young men and women, like yourself, in discovering who you are in Christ Jesus, and to provide daily “progress work” for you to process in order to create steps in reaching your God given destiny.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jan 28, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664218680

Lorenzo Johnson Jr EdD

Min. Ralph Wilson, Jr. is a healthcare administrator for a nationally recognized healthcare system. As the leader of the youth and young adult ministry in the church he and his family attend, Min. Wilson is passionate about seeing young people become born again through Christ and develop an intimate relationship with Him. Min. Victor Small serves as an associate minister at Joshua Temple Church under Dr. Cedric Walker, Sr. He has a passion for youth and a heart to serve Christ through ministry, the teaching of the gospel, and community activism. Lorenzo Johnson, Jr., EdD is a current secondary school administrator whose passion is leadership/administration and mentoring youth into becoming productive adults. His heart’s desire is to see people develop a love for Christ and to realize their God-given potential and destiny.

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Contents

Introduction

A Letter With You In Mind

Day 1     Change Your Perspective

Day 2     Your Name Carries Weight

Day 3     Operate in Silence

Day 4     Favor over Beauty

Day 5     Trust Your Instinct

Day 6     Guiding Principles

Day 7     My Boundaries

Day 8     All or Nothing

Day 9     Culture Changer

Day 10   Emotional Issues

Day 11   Being Real in Pain

Day 12   Childhood Trauma: Abandoned and Unwanted

Day 13   Decisions vs Consequences

Day 14   Change is Good. Don’t Settle for Average.

Day 15   I am in Christ. Christ is in Me.

Day 16   No One Knows My Pain

Day 17   Everybody Can’t Go

Day 18   It’s Okay to Grieve

Day 19   Speak and You Will Have It

Day 20   If You are not Growing, then You are Dead.

Day 21   The Comforter, Part I

Day 22   The Comforter, Part II

Day 23   Delayed, not Denied

Day 24   The Spirit of Fear

Day 25   Beware of the Distractions

Day 26   Think Before Posting

Day 27   The Spirit of Rejection

Day 28   The Spirit of Offense

Day 29   The Misfit

Day 30   God, I’m Angry

Day 31   Learn How to Rest

About the Authors

Introduction

College and young adult life can be challenging. Young adults spend their lives trying to balance academic life, social life, work life, and personal life’ and sometimes this can become overwhelming. Life has its share of challenges and hardships. Often, these can often be difficult to navigate without the voice of assistance or help from others who have been in similar situations.

This 31 Day Devotional Guide is designed for the active young adult on the go. Its purpose is to assist young men and women everywhere in discovering who they are in Christ Jesus and provide daily destiny work for them to think about while they take the steps to reach their God-given destiny.

A Letter