Inhale Exhale

40-day devotional experience inspired by MercyMe’s best-selling album, inhale (exhale) follows the sixteen-track record to create a path for readers to breathe in and absorb God’s grace in their lives.

Inspired by MercyMe’s album of the same name, inhale (exhale): A 40-Day Journey Breathing in Grace and Living Out Hope follows the sixteen-track record to create a path for readers to breathe in and absorb what God can do, and then release His spirit of grace by offering hope in the world.

The heart of this devotional is found in two days of entries, an “inhale” day and an “exhale” day, designed to coincide with each song as readers work their way through the album and devotional. Each entry ties to a particular song and couples those thoughts and lyrics with scripture passages, application questions, meditative verses, prayers, and space to journal.

Marking the twentieth anniversary of the band, after being named Billboard’s Top Christian Artist of the Decade from 2010-2020, coupled with the breakout success of the 2018 film I Can Only Imagine, songwriter and lead singer Bart Millard said, “Going to these dark places that you have to go to write, I didn’t know how to make music that wasn’t connected to something painful, especially when I associated that with the songs that mean the most to me. It’s been hard to go to that place, but I love the results when I do. For the first time, with inhale (exhale) it was more about other people’s stories than mine. I was writing out of something that I witnessed more than I experienced myself.”

This devotional helps readers to reflect on themes like:

• Letting go of the past

• Allowing God to teach you how to love yourself

• Believing that when we are broken, hope is never far behind

• Wrestling honestly in the battle between faith and doubt

• Trusting Jesus through the chaos in this crazy world

Listeners will be challenged and encouraged on this 40-day journey with MercyMe as they meet with God, accepting His invitation to breathe in grace and live out hope.

1. Opening Credits
2. About this Devotional
3. Day 1: When the World Suddenly Stopped
4. Day 2: Just Breathe
5. Day 3: The Breath of Life
6. Day 4: Inhale Glory, Exhale Obedience
7. Day 5: Inhale Trust, Exhale Trying
8. Day 6: Inhale Grace, Exhale Hope
9. Day 7: "inhale"
10. Day 8: "Blessed"—inhale
11. Day 9: "Blessed"—exhale
12. Day 10" "On Our Way"—inhale
13. Day 11: "On Our Way"—exhale
14. Day 12: "So Yesterday"—inhale
15. Day 13: "So Yesterday"—exhale
16. Day 14: "A Little Love"—inhale
17. Day 15: "A Little Love"—exhale
18. Day 16: "Whiplash"—inhale
19. Day 17: "Whiplash"—exhale
20. Day 18: "Bright Side of Broken"—inhale
21. Day 19: "Bright Side of Broken"—exhale
22. Day 20: Intermission
23. Day 21: "Let Yourself Be Loved"—inhale
24. Day 22: "Let Yourself Be Loved"—exhale
25. Day 23: "Hurry Up and Wait"—inhale
26. Day 24: "Hurry Up and Wait"—exhale
27. Day 25: "Brand New"—inhale
28. Day 26: "Brand New"—exhale
29. Day 27: "Uh Oh (Here I Go)"—inhale
30. Day 28: "Uh Oh (Here I Go)"—exhale
31. Day 29: "The Moment"—inhale
32. Day 30: "The Moment"—exhale
33. Day 31: "Then Christ Came"—inhale
34. Day 32: "Then Christ Came"—exhale
35. Day 33: "Say I Won't"—inhale
36. Day 34: "Say I Won't"—exhale
37. Day 35: "Almost Home"—inhale
38. Day 36: "Almost Home"—exhale
39. Day 37: "Exhale"
40. Day 38: Inhale Faith, Exhale Fear
41. Day 39: Inhale Trust, Exhale Life
42. Day 40: Inhale Community, Exhale Possibility
43. After the Exhale
44. Closing Credits