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Journaling can be an effective tool for healing and relieving anxiety. It can help people focus on what’s bothering them one by one and identify patterns in their thoughts. But, it’s not always easy to write about anxiety in a meaningful way without some guidance. Thankfully, you can find lots of helpful prompts to get started with your journaling practice!
When starting a book club, it's important to choose books that your group members will enjoy reading and discussing. The right selections can spark lively discussions and even lead to new friendships!
When my mother passed away, I remember the day my siblings and I went through her belongings. Among the books damaged by conditions in a storage unit was an old, water-stained Bible that was close to thirty years old. I had fond memories of my mother resting on her bed at night after a long day, reading and writing in this Bible – and so I kept it.
Everyone’s weight loss journey is different, and no one tactic is universally applicable to achieve success. There are countless diets, exercise plans, supplements, and holistic techniques to choose from when you’re beginning to research how to lose weight. The overwhelming number of strategies that exist can become daunting, causing many people to quit before they even begin. Whatever approach you choose to take, journaling your weight loss process is a game changer.
When I was in college, my friends and I had a group called: The Library Monkeys. Every few weeks, we would study for an upcoming test or project. More often than not, meetings became excuses to catch up on gossip and eat junk food. They were fun at the time. Who does not love hanging out with friends? But these meetings did not help me improve my grades. It was not until later that I formed a more focused study group that my grades significantly improved.
Similar to the book of Genesis, it is disputed who exactly wrote this book. The book of Exodus does not point us directly to an author, but it does point to God as the author of our lives and our identity. Whether it was written by Moses or a later writer, these accounts originated as oral stories that were passed on from one generation to the next. The people of God were rescued from being in slavery in Egypt - this is the story of their exit (Exodus).
In this book of laws, we explore how the people of God were expected to live once they arrived in the promised land. This is seen as one of the most difficult books to Bible Journal about by many, right next to Revelation! - but we will discover what lies behind all the rules and regulations to uncover beautiful truths for us today.
In this book of Numbers, we read the next part of the story that is developing between God and his people, the Israelites. This book is written for the generation that was wandering the wilderness, searching for the promised land.
In this book of Deuteronomy the story of the Israelites and their wilderness journey comes to a conclusion. This book is deemed as important by many scholars today, since it is referenced very often in the New Testament, and since this Scripture was used by Jesus to resist the temptation of Satan in Matthew 4.
This article is part of a series on the topic of Bible Journaling. You can start at the very beginning by reading this post to see how the very first hearers of the Word responded and where wide-margin Bibles started. In this series, we will be using the following simple structure to generate ideas of how to Bible journal each individual book in the Bible.
A diary is a personal record of thoughts, feelings, and experiences that is often kept confidential. Whether it's a traditional paper journal or a digital one, keeping a diary has been a cherished tradition for centuries. Writing in a diary has numerous benefits, including self-reflection, stress relief, and memory preservation.
In this article, we will deep-dive into the history of how readers of the Bible have digested the Word over centuries and what that means for us who wish to engage with the Bible in creative ways today.
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