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Journey with Hope
Online Bible Study
Christ our hope in life and death!
A good Bible study resource is Bible Gateway



Steadfast Faith: Enduring Trials with Hope
Discover what it means to have steadfast faith in trials. Learn from Scripture, endurance, and God’s steadfast love how to remain faithful through every storm.
Carol Plafcan
Sep 97 min read


Saint Defined: Meaning, Prayer and Eternal Promise
What is a saint? The answer is found in 1 Corinthians 1:2. Here Paul says, " To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are...
Carol Plafcan
Jun 106 min read


When God Meets Us in the Struggle of Faith
Lessons from Jacob’s Night of Prayer When we wrestle with God, we are changed. Genesis 32:24-29 relates one of the strangest stories in...
Carol Plafcan
May 306 min read


The Difference Between Belief and True Faith
Believing is not faith. One of the misunderstandings today among many people is that simple believing in God, that He exists, makes...
Carol Plafcan
May 136 min read


How Can We Please God? Biblical Traits That Delight Him
What pleases God? What is it that you and I can do to bring joy to His heart? Let's look at some of the characters in the Bible that...
Carol Plafcan
May 66 min read


Hear and Understand: Seeing Jesus Clearly
Faith Grows Through Hearing and Understanding Over and over the Bible explains the importance of truly understanding what God is telling...
Carol Plafcan
Apr 187 min read


Rahab’s Redemption: From Harlot to Heroine
Are you ashamed of your past? Do you feel like God can never use you for His Kingdom because of the things you have done? Of the four...
Carol Plafcan
Jan 315 min read


Known by Jesus: Trusting the One Who Knows Your Heart
One of people's greatest desires is that someone truly knows them and then still love them. Of course this also brings with it fear. ...
Carol Plafcan
Jan 35 min read


Jesus's Temptation: Lessons on Overcoming and Faith
Suffering servant or conquering Messiah? Israel had long awaited their conquering Messiah. Many sects had arisen claiming that their...
Carol Plafcan
Dec 2, 20246 min read


Jehoshaphat’s Prayer: Trusting God in Hard Times
Imagine a battle you might be facing: a sick child, a job lost, a family member who is not a Christian, loneliness, illness, loss of...
Carol Plafcan
Nov 26, 20244 min read


Faith as a Trumpet Call: Lessons from Thessalonica
Does your faith ring forth in the community where you live? Does it resound? Is it a trumpet call for God? When Paul writes to the...
Carol Plafcan
Nov 22, 20244 min read


From Death to Life: God's Grace in Ephesians 2 Explained
All of us were born. If you are reading this right now, then you are alive. At least you are alive in the scientific sense. Some of...
Carol Plafcan
Nov 19, 20245 min read


Jesus Have Mercy On Us
Leprosy is referred to many times in the Bible. Leprosy is often used symbolically to represent sin and how sin separates us from God....
Carol Plafcan
Aug 23, 20244 min read


There Is No Difference All Have Sinned
So much focus today is on how we humans are all very different. Actually we have much more in common than we might think. Paul reminds...
Carol Plafcan
Jul 5, 20244 min read


Be Ready to Give a Defense
Faith and Hope Faith and hope surrounded by love are the great foundations of Christianity. We have faith; therefore we hope. But what...
Carol Plafcan
Feb 13, 20244 min read


Grow in Grace and Knowledge
Peter, the Lord's disciple, was a fisher of men. The Lord had much to teach Peter and Peter learned much about what it meant to truly...
Carol Plafcan
Nov 11, 20233 min read


Rest for our Souls
Following rules isn’t the same as loving God. The Pharisees followed every law but missed the heart of worship—love, mercy, and faith. Jesus calls us to something greater: a relationship, not a checklist. Only in Him do we find true rest for our souls.
Carol Plafcan
Oct 21, 20234 min read


Great Faith or Little Faith?
Would Jesus say that you have great faith or little faith? Jesus scolds the disciples several times for having little faith. We read...
Carol Plafcan
Aug 20, 20234 min read


Our Faith Still Speaks
I heard a story today I would like to share about faith that still speaks across generations. A Christian college professor shared with...
Carol Plafcan
Jul 8, 20234 min read


Be Like Children
In many places in the New Testament we are told to be like a child in order to believe in Jesus. If you are a parent this might seem a...
Carol Plafcan
Mar 8, 20234 min read
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