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Journey with Hope
Online Bible Study - Bible Teaching to Help Believers Grow in Faith and Obedience
Carol Plafcan -author and writer
Christ our hope in life and death!



How to Be Spiritually Awake: A Biblical Call to Watchfulness
Being spiritually asleep rarely happens all at once. It begins with small compromises, neglected prayer, and forgetting God's Word. Yet throughout Scripture, Jesus, Paul, Peter, and John all give the same urgent command: Wake up! Discover what it means to be spiritually awake, why it matters, and how living watchfully prepares us for Christ's return and strengthens us for the spiritual battles we face every day.
Carol Plafcan
Jul 146 min read


The Cross and the Defeat of the Powers of Darkness
The cross wasn’t defeat—it was victory. On it, Jesus disarmed the powers of darkness and silenced Satan’s accusations (Col. 2:15).
The war is won, but the battle is daily.
Carol Plafcan
Aug 12, 20257 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 leader would be him, but each one rose and fell. Our Savior was called by the Holy Spirit of God to go into the desert for 40 days to show who the Messiah really was—a suffering servant sent to heal His people. Old Testament Parallels in Jesus’s Temptation When we see Jesus in the desert we can see Old Testament parallels. Jesus, the second A
Carol Plafcan
Dec 2, 20246 min read


Fighting Darkness With Light
Paul tells us in Ephesians 6:12 that we are not struggling against a flesh and blood enemy that we can see. We are struggling, Paul...
Carol Plafcan
May 14, 20244 min read


A Stranger in the Earth
Have you ever had the experience of being somewhere very different, very strange. Someplace where you just simply didn't fit in? Maybe...
Carol Plafcan
Feb 9, 20244 min read


Wrestling Against Evil
In Ephesians 6: 10-13 Paul tells us several times to stand against the devil. However in Ephesians 6:12 Paul says, "For we do not...
Carol Plafcan
Feb 2, 20245 min read
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