Near to God

A Devotional Bible Study of God's Character in Our Suffering

You are invited to discover hope, faith, peace, and comfort in this book’s 30-day journey of Scripture, prayer, and song.

• Believer in Christ, are you suffering right now?
• Has your suffering lasted long?
• Does it seem like you’re far from God as you suffer?
• Do you sometimes wonder if you even know Him?

In nearly eight years of undiagnosed and progressively serious illness, this was Lauri’s desperate experience, beckoning her to a deeper Scriptural understanding of God’s character. As the Spirit illuminated God’s Word to her suffering heart, God came near. The Lord provided hymns and songs to sing in response to Him. He helped her endure overwhelming suffering with strengthened faith.

This short, yet powerful, Bible study will help you draw near to God as you suffer, re-discovering who He is. Each of the thirty short studies focuses on one attribute of God’s character, with a gospel-centered focus on Jesus Christ. The Scripture and hymn-saturated devotional book uniquely provides you an opportunity to journal in response to the Lord’s character with intimate prayers and your favorite worship songs, into your suffering.

Lauri A. Hogle, PhD has served as a church music/children’s/women‘s ministry leader, music educator, music therapist, research scholar, and author. Her words and musical offerings have touched lives across the globe. Her lifelong passion is to glorify God through music, teaching, research, and writing. By God’s grace in healing, her greatest joy is as wife, mother, and Nana.