PIBC_Journaling.jpg (7025 bytes) Emphasizing the "Bible"
In PIBC

Why Journal? Because…

  • The Bible is DIFFERENT than any other book

Heb 4:12 For the word of God is LIVING and ACTIVE Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

 

Why Journal daily? Because…

  • We tend to FORGET what we have already learned

Proverbs 3:1 My son, do not FORGET my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart

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Why follow the Journal daily reading plan? Because…

  • ALL Scripture is useful, not just some

2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness

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But how can I put one more thing into my busy schedule? Because…

  • It’s worth carving out the TIME

Haggai 1: 5 Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways.

6 You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it."

7 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways.

8 Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored," says the LORD.

9 "You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?" declares the LORD Almighty. "Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with his own house.

S Scripture — Hunt for one scripture that stands out

O Observation — Observe context and write general commentary

A Application — So What? How does this apply to me? Use first person pronouns

P Prayer — write out a simple prayer to God affirming the truth you have gleaned


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