Help for the Hungry Soul: Eight Encouragements to Grow Your Appetite for God’s Word
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Encouragement to Treasure the Bible and Grow in Your Desire for God’s Life-Giving Word
In our never-satisfied world, our souls hunger for more, and it’s tempting to reach for the wrong “food” to satisfy our needs. Thankfully, God offers a life-giving and sustainable feast through Scripture. But how often do we sit at Christ’s table, truly hungry for his word?
Help for the Hungry Soul offers 8 encouragements to spur an appetite for God’s word. Each chapter includes interactive elements such as reflection questions, practical activities, and anecdotal testimonies that allow readers to reflect on their journey with their Bible and uncover why they should treasure God’s word. For those feeling discouraged or guilty about a waning desire for Scripture, author Kristen Wetherell will spark excitement in their spiritual life—ultimately encouraging them to put God and his word at the center of it all.
Encourages Readers to Love God’s word: Teaches why readers should treasure the Bible to spark enthusiasm for reading Scripture
Interactive Elements: This practical book provides reflection questions, habit trackers, and scriptural interaction to spur appetite for the word
Contains Anecdotal Stories: Each chapter ends with an individual’s unique testimony related to their personal journey with the Bible
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- Offers eight encouragements to spur an appetite for God’s word
- Contains anecdotal stories
- Provides reflection questions, habit trackers, and scriptural interaction to spur appetite for the word
- Introduction: A Hunger to Hear from God
- Chapter 1: Know Your Hungry Heart
- Lydia’s Story: A Growing Affection for God’s Word
- Chapter 2: Plead for a Holy Hunger
- Josh’s Story: Hungry to Be Hungry Again
- Chapter 3: Don’t Miss Jesus
- Aubrey’s Story: A Treasury of the Lord’s Compassion
- Chapter 4: Remember the Privilege
- Davis’s Story: Reviving the Soul, Rejoicing the Heart
- Chapter 5: Feast with Your Church
- Amanda’s Story: The Long, Good Work of God’s Word
- Chapter 6: Feed Yourself Creatively
- Bill’s Story: Many Ways to Grow in God’s Word
- Chapter 7: Trust God’s Nourishing Work
- Linda’s Story: God’s Power, Our Persistence
- Chapter 8: Embrace Your Hunger
- Appendix 1: How to Get Started
- Appendix 2: Reading Lists
I pray almost every day that the Lord would create in me a greater hunger for his word and his ways. But for that to happen, my appetites must be reoriented. In Help for the Hungry Soul, Kristen Wetherell reveals our deepest hunger pains as she points us to the only source of true satisfaction. So pick up this book, and you will taste and see that the Lord is good.
—Courtney Doctor, Director of Women’s Initiatives, The Gospel Coalition
At last! A book that is full of encouragement in an area where many Christians feel only defeat. Help for the Hungry Soul will stir your heart to feed on God’s word. It will entice you with the why and equip you with the how.
—Colin Smith, Senior Pastor, The Orchard, Arlington Heights, Illinois; Founder and Bible Teacher, Open the Bible
Reading Help for the Hungry Soul will be a ministry of grace to you. Not only will this book stir your appetite for the deep things of God, but it will also give you a satisfying and nourishing meal along the way.
—Jared C. Wilson, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Author in Residence, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Title: Help for the Hungry Soul: Eight Encouragements to Grow Your Appetite for God’s Word
- Author: Kristen Wetherell
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Pages: 148
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Bible › Study and teaching; Christian life
- ISBNs: 9781433588617, 9781433588648, 9781433588624, 1433588617, 1433588641, 1433588625
- Resource ID: LLS:HLPHNGRYSGDSWRD
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-08-04T16:00:33Z