ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to thank my teachers—Mom and Dad, Ben Jacobs, Daniel Banks, Jonathan and Karen Welton, Ben Valence, Terry Wiegand, and Jay Bean. You have been a direct influence, a source of encouragement, and a constructive guide for this work.

Also, my very first class from which this devotional was birthed—thank you Christy Berryman, Fran Ellsaesser, Jennifer Jacobs, Tiffany Goodin, Doug and Terry Wiegand, Stefanie Beck, Lorella Moss, Connie Walker, Mitzi Hannah, Joy-Lynn McCavit, Gwen Tucker, and Jon and Whitney Weddle for your patience, trust, and participation in being a part of my dream to equip the saints in hearing God’s voice!

And to Linsey Wallace, Melody Botha, and Larry Sparks—favor is always found through relationships. I thank God you all came along and helped me or connected me to my next steps.