See the City

In an era of unprecedented hopelessness, God wants you to experience abundant life on this side of Heaven.

Richard Blackaby, author of Experiencing God (which sold 7 million copies), says in the foreword, "See the City is a beacon of hope in an increasingly complex and challenging world. David Joannes masterfully unpacks the truth that we are all travelers, taking the arduous journey through a beautiful but broken-down world, longing to one day enter God's joy-filled, eternal kingdom. This book is a timely reminder of the hope we have in Christ and the incredible future that awaits us."

Taking cues from Saint Augustine's 1,500-year-old classic, The City of God, David paints a portrait of two realms: the city of man destined to pass away and the city of God, a kingdom that stands the test of time. In See the City, author David Joannes unearths the one-of-a-kind hope meant for everyone-a hope that will encourage you to fix your eyes on the city of God and focus your attention on the God of that city.

Inspired by a ten-year-old refugee girl in Myanmar named White Flower, these pages point to the grace of God that restores all who are bruised, battered, and broken-hearted.

White Flower's father, mother, and baby brother were killed by a mortar that struck her hutted home. As her torched village burned behind her, she ran through the Southeast Asian jungle for two days in search of safety on the border of Thailand. Her only remaining hope was to "see the city" because the jungle was filled with bombs, bullets, horror, pain, and sadness.

Though your pain is different than the little refugee girl, you share in the troubles of a fallen realm, a beautiful but broken-down world, a shadowland under the curse of sin. And in this era of unprecedented hope deficit, Jesus Christ remains the only long-lasting comfort in this life and the life to come.

Once you start reading See the City, you won't want to put it down

Journeying through the three sections

1. A City That Will Pass Away
2. A City That Lasts Forever
3. Two Cities Entwined

will help you experience Jesus' gift of abundant life on Earth and grow in your anticipation for Heaven.

And don't forget about Glorious Hope, the coloring book companion for adults and teens based on See the City by David Joannes. These two books will awaken the one-of-a-kind hope God made you to experience