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30 DAY SCRIPTURE WRITING CHALLENGE DOWNLOAD
To download a printable plan, please click the link below: Get a daily group text going with some friends and discuss some aspect of that passage that jumped out at you.Discuss that day’s scripture with a friend, your children, and/or your spouse.
Write your scriptures in a journal, spiral notebook, or on a blank sheet of paper, highlighting any key words/concepts with a different colored pen/marker/highlighter.Send that index card to a friend in need of encouragement!.Write the passage on an index card and post on the refrigerator, bathroom mirror, or computer screen so you can meditate on the message you copied that day.Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.Īs I mentioned in last month’s scripture writing post, here are some different ways you can use this plan: There are also passages talking about our joy, like the one in 1 Peter: Most of these scriptures contain examples of people who rejoiced for the following reasons: Unfortunately, we often look to other fires to bring us warmth because they look higher or brighter, but they are ultimately inferior.įor this month’s scripture writing plan, we will focus on scriptures about this joy we have in Christ. Our job is to warm ourselves in His glow and remain in His light. These promises are not mere fickle feelings, they are anchors. No matter what curveballs we face as we walk by faith, the Lord is the source of our joy, and he is inextinguishable. When we don’t feel loved, hopeful, peaceful, or joyful, we get discouraged. When we obey the gospel, we are promised love, hope, peace, and joy, but we expect to feel all these things. We have joy because He rose from the dead, showing us that He has the power to raise our souls to eternal life. We have joy because Jesus loved us enough to be the sacrifice of atonement for our sins, bringing us peace with God. We have joy because the Son of God came to earth to fulfill God’s prophesied plan of salvation. The joy we have in the Lord does not depend on how we’re feeling, how tired we are, or our status in life. When life is good, we’re happy when something goes wrong, we are not. Joy is a stronger, lasting fire.Įarthly happiness depends entirely on circumstances. Even if you throw water on this fire, you’ll have to bury it with sand to truly extinguish it. The temperature is much hotter compared to the happiness fire, but you have to be closer to feel it’s heat. The coals glow for hours, occasionally flickering with blue flames. Joy, by contrast, is more like hot coals that have been slowly started and carefully tended.
Happiness requires constant fueling or it will burn out. Happiness is like a fire started with lighter fluid it flares up for a short while with bright and beautiful flames, but dies quickly without additional fuel. When the Bible refers to “joy inexpressible” or “rejoicing always,” it is not referring to “happiness.” Happiness and joy are like two different types of fires. During this festive season, one of the buzzwords you’ll see on ornaments, t-shirts, and farmhouse chic boards is “joy.” We are surrounded and bombarded with this concept of “joy,” particularly as we gear up to celebrate Christmas, but do we as Christians understand joy? Do we grasp what it means to “rejoice always”?
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