Being candid with God and yourself deeply enhances spiritual growth. It is meant to be a place where you can safely record and reflect on your raw thoughts and feelings, ask questions, search for patterns, and develop your own thoughts with the Holy Spirit as your guide. Then we’re better able to talk to God with both mind and spirit.” A Scripture journal is a conversation with God. It provides an opportunity for the intangible grays of mindwork and heartwork to distill clearly into black and white. In Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, Donald Whitney writes, “By slowing us down and prompting us to think more deeply about God, journaling helps us feel more deeply (and biblically) about God. Journaling Scripture is not just about a better understanding of the content of the Bible it can also help increase your expectation of meeting God in his Word. Writing down your thoughts about a passage helps you to engage the Bible more deeply. This same principle holds true when you journal Scripture. Most of us, when we take notes for a class or during a sermon, engage with the content at a deeper level and remember it more completely-and, as a result, the content has more impact on our lives. Writing often helps us clarify our thinking. Journaling Scripture helps you to reflect on a passage, focusing your mind and helping you concentrate. Though all journaling is useful for general mental health and spiritual growth, journaling can become richer when integrated with Scripture. A Scripture journal is not meant to be primarily a diary or a log of daily events. Journaling Scripture is distinct from journaling to record daily life.

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