Author
If you’ve picked up Soul Focus , you may be facing significant trials of your own or are well-acquainted with the heartache they bring. It is my prayer that within these pages you’ll find comfort and hope as you face your hardship or tackle the mourning process that comes after. I began writing devotionals after being healed of nearly two years of intense physical pain. Soul Focus is the fruit of that pain. Through various trials, God proved himself faithful, and I discovered that joy and peace can be found during the darkest nights of the soul. Soul Focus offers daily, life-giving encouragement to help remind you that you’re not alone. Journaling pages are included throughout to record personal inspirations and reflections on the path to healing and hope.
: Word Alive Press
: 12 November 2019
: English
: 120 pages
See what others have to say about their experience reading Soul Focus:
"I have traveled alongside someone who lived the kind of chronic pain that led Melanie to write this devotional journal. The writing is so powerful and authentic, I cried as I read it, feeling the encouragement it holds for all of us, especially for people in pain. I recommend you buy two copies—one for you and one for a friend; it holds the hope we all must share.”
Author, Speaker, CEO Awana
“Melanie has written a book for when we can’t sleep, when we pray through the nights but wonder why God has become so distant and silent, when the physical pain bends our bodies and disables our souls. Keep it on your bedside, buy a few to share and, above all, be mightily comforted.”
President of China Partner
“Melanie is a faithful wife, a devoted mother, a talented painter, and a creative writer who loves Jesus and loves people. Her 30-day devotional, Soul Focus, is practical and challenging, while at the same time constantly encouraging you to focus on God, for He is the One who created you, loves you and desires a relationship with you. Soul Focus will draw you closer to Him. Get ready to be changed.”
Award-winning author, speaker and associate professor, Heritage College & Seminary
“We all go through seasons of immense suffering: sometimes short-lived, sometimes sustained, but always complicated and intense, and usually leading one to feel desperately alone. The gift of author Melanie Stevenson’s devotional Soul Focus reminds us of the very present reality of Emmanuel, or God with us – that we are not alone. We are never alone. And that ultimately, as Melanie puts so beautifully, with every mountain climb comes a breathtaking view.”
President, New Apostolic Church Canada
“I very much enjoyed reading Melanie Stevenson’s 30-day devotional and journal. Although she tackles a serious topic, the book is well written with wit and humour, and Stevenson’s spiritual maturity is evident. She encourages the reader to love God without expecting Him to fix all our earthly problems, and to praise God and continue to practice faith in Jesus Christ even in difficult times. I hope you find her devotional as inspiring as I did.”
See what others have to say about their experience reading Soul Focus:
Crossroads CEO & Host of Context, Beyond the Headlines
"I have traveled alongside someone who lived the kind of chronic pain that led Melanie to write this devotional journal. The writing is so powerful and authentic, I cried as I read it, feeling the encouragement it holds for all of us, especially for people in pain. I recommend you buy two copies—one for you and one for a friend; it holds the hope we all must share.”
Author, Speaker, CEO Awana
“Melanie has written a book for when we can’t sleep, when we pray through the nights but wonder why God has become so distant and silent, when the physical pain bends our bodies and disables our souls. Keep it on your bedside, buy a few to share and, above all, be mightily comforted.”
President of China Partner
“Melanie is a faithful wife, a devoted mother, a talented painter, and a creative writer who loves Jesus and loves people. Her 30-day devotional, Soul Focus, is practical and challenging, while at the same time constantly encouraging you to focus on God, for He is the One who created you, loves you and desires a relationship with you. Soul Focus will draw you closer to Him. Get ready to be changed.”
Award-winning author, speaker and associate professor, Heritage College & Seminary
“We all go through seasons of immense suffering: sometimes short-lived, sometimes sustained, but always complicated and intense, and usually leading one to feel desperately alone. The gift of author Melanie Stevenson’s devotional Soul Focus reminds us of the very present reality of Emmanuel, or God with us – that we are not alone. We are never alone. And that ultimately, as Melanie puts so beautifully, with every mountain climb comes a breathtaking view.”
President, New Apostolic Church Canada
“I very much enjoyed reading Melanie Stevenson’s 30-day devotional and journal. Although she tackles a serious topic, the book is well written with wit and humour, and Stevenson’s spiritual maturity is evident. She encourages the reader to love God without expecting Him to fix all our earthly problems, and to praise God and continue to practice faith in Jesus Christ even in difficult times. I hope you find her devotional as inspiring as I did.”
~ Lorna Dueck
Crossroads CEO & Host of Context, Beyond the Headlines