Reading our Bibles regularly can be a challenge,

but we're all on this journey together.

We're praying that this podcast inspires you,

helps you better understand God's word,

and builds your faith.

This is Join the Journey with your host, Emma Daughter.

Thanks for joining.

We're about to start the Book of James,

but before we dive in, I wanted to give you all a quick reminder that volume two of this year's guided journal is now available on Amazon. If you're reading along throughout the first half of the year with a journal, your journal's definitely out of pages. You can get a new one on Amazon, just, Join the Journey Journal, Volume 2. And if you've

never checked out the journal, now might be a great time to pick one up. For me personally, I often

am easily distracted when I read my Bible or pray. Writing down my study notes and writing out my

prayers really helps me stay engaged as I seek to meet with the Lord. The journal gives you

some prompts to aid you in Bible study, some additional helpful resources, and space to record your prayers.

It's always neat to flip back months or even years later and see how God answered them.

If you're local to Dallas, we'll be selling the spiral journals again in person in August. So if you don't live in

Dallas or you want one before then, you can order a cheaper one on Amazon. And today,

we're preparing to study the book of James. We'll start with Chapter 1 on Friday. So in the

meantime, I'd encourage you to think about who you might want to invite to read along with you.

The beauty of Join the Journey is that we all get to read God's Word together,

and now is a great time to invite your community group, family members, friends, neighbors,

or even classmates to read along with us.

And as we get ready to study James, here are a few things that might be helpful to know.

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