In need of encouragement? Or perhaps hope, comfort, or joy?
Here is a powerful reminder of God’s love.
Consider Come Away My Beloved your invitation to deeper intimacy with your loving heavenly Father. This classic devotional from Frances J. Roberts, featuring lightly-updated text and scripture from Barbour's Simplified KJV Bible, shares the ministering spirit of the heavenly Father just when you need it—His encouragement, hope, comfort, and conviction. Through compelling prose and poetry, written as if God Himself is speaking directly to you, author Frances J. Roberts will challenge you to a deeper intimacy with your heavenly Father.
Frances J. Roberts was a prolific Christian author and musician best known for her devotional classic Come Away My Beloved, which has sold over a million copies and been translated into multiple languages. In 1964, she founded The King’s Press, where she wrote and published nine devotional books over three decades. A graduate of Moody Bible Institute, she served as Florida’s state director for Child Evangelism Fellowship and wrote the popular Wordless Book Song during that time. A gifted musician, she composed eighty-eight published hymns and worked as a church accompanist. Her ministry work also included teaching at a Spanish mission school and contributing to music ministries across various congregations.