How to Use the LifeJournal
Step 1:
Find the scriptures for today in the Bible Reading Plan. Step 2: Read the passages. Read with an open heart and Jesus will give you words of encouragement, direction and correction. (2 Tim. 3:16) Step 3: When Jesus gives you a life lesson, turn to a fresh page in your Daily Pages to record what He has just shown you.
S.O.A.P.S = Scripture
"What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops." (Matt. 10:27) O = Observation "If I am not hearing Him in the darkness, what will I speak in the light?! If I am not hearing Him whisper in my ear, what will I proclaim on the housetops?!" A = Application "What a great word! This scripture reminds me not to only talk to God in prayer, but equally important is to hear Him in prayer!" P = Prayer "Dear Jesus, help me to hear You today! I want to be still that I may hear Your marching orders for my day, for my week, for my life. Speak Lord! Your servant is listening!" |
“Begin reading your Bible this very day. The way to do a thing is to do it, and the way to read the Bible is actually to read it. It is not meaning, or wishing, or resolving, or intending, or thinking about it; that will not advance you one step. You must positively read. There is no royal road in this matter, any more than in the matter of prayer. If you cannot read yourself, you must persuade somebody else to read to you. But one way or another, through eyes or ears, the words of Scripture must actually pass before your mind.”
~ J.C. Ryle |