Crossway ESV Prayer Journal: 30 Days on the Gospel (Paperback)

These journals are the perfect graduation gift! Loved them!

I thought that such a well respected publisher spending good money on beautiful art work and journalling pages would make sure that there was something to meditate and journal on. The devotionals do usually include an interesting point you may not have thought of before, but there is no guidance on how to meditate on the scripture, no questions to get you thinking or ways to enter into the text. Just a devotional and then a whole page on which to write your thoughts, which I found to be not very forthcoming.

Amazing scripture and commentary!

Very concise and clear! Helpful Bible study and prayer tool!

This softcover devotional book is a devotional with spaces for journaling as well. Its study is laid out very well and quite accessible with each week consisting of 5 days (not 7), but I think that the other 2 days can be used for going over one’s completed studies for that week more in depth, if one chooses.Week 1 is a study in Atonement, Week 2 in Regeneration, Week 3 in Justification, Week 4 in Grace, Week 5 in Adoption and Week 6 in the Resurrection. Because this is a foundational study on the Gospel, the author goes over each topic in light of the Gospel with corresponding verses, with each week surrounding a particular book out of the Bible, with insights and meditative questions for the reader to consider and answer.The devotional is written in such a way that isn’t like an intense study guide on only the facts, nor is it written in just a feeling-based way. It’s written in a way that is inviting and encouraging, gentle and very nice for quiet time in studying and meditating on God’s Word and His wonderful plan for salvation and our walk with Him girded with foundational truths.The aesthetics of the book are lovely, with a dark charcoal black background overlaid with beautiful watercolor florals in pinks. The book has a soft tactile texture that simply feels nice to hold. The fonts inside correspond with one another and apparent that a lot of thought went into even the design of that. There are spaces to journal, although I did find some of the lines didn’t give me enough space to write out all of the reference passages. It’s possible that those spaces were meant for me to write out my synopsis of the passages’ meanings, however, which seems more likely.Perusing through the pages, I like this devotional quite a lot and find the many inclusions of Bible verse references refreshing, the author’s writing style inviting, and the content excellent. Thanks for reading.