Scripture writing plan for the month of August.
Theme: Strength From The Lord
5 days of writing each week- Monday – Friday with the weekend free or catch-up
The plan begins on Monday so download your free printable today.
A number of readers have asked about continuing the practice of scripture writing. And, Yes, there is a new scripture writing plan for August. Look for the post about that coming soon! (later today)
Today is the last day of July and last day of the June – July scripture writing plan.
I hope you have participated and found benefit in scripture writing.
Please take a moment to share one of your favorite verses from the many you’ve written.
Next week will be the end of our 9-week scripture writing plan for June and July. I hope you are reading, writing, and enjoying an increased love of God’s word.
I just finished rereading a book that seemed to fit well with the scripture writing plan. I had read it many years ago but it seemed fresh and new to me. The book is A.W. Tozer’s well-known book The Pursuit of God.
The quote below expresses what I pray you are experiencing as you spend time in the scriptures each day.
For it is not mere words that nourish the soul, but God Himself; and unless and until the hearers find God in personal experience, they are not the better for having heard the truth. The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, that they may enter into Him, that they may delight in His presence, may taste and know the inner sweetness of the very God Himself in the core and center of their being, their spirit
–The Pursuit of God
We are beginning week 3 of scripture writing on the topic of God’s Word.
As you open your Bible to Psalm 119, I hope you will choose to spend plenty of time in this beautiful Psalm. We could have based the entire two month long scripture writing plan on this one Psalm. Please consider writing out more verses from Psalm 119 than what are listed on the plan.
The entire purpose of Psalm 119 is to show the value and greatness of God’s word. It is not only the longest chapter in the book of Psalms but the longest chapter in the entire Bible. Here you will find different words used to refer to God’s word. In the particular translation I am reading (NKJV), I find many different words for God’s word. Here are some of the words.
What words do you find for God’s word?
Plan to spend time this week and beyond in this amazing Psalm. Perhaps read it in more than one translation, select some words to do a word study, meditate on the verses and let it guide you in prayer.
The longest chapter in the Bible is proclaiming the greatness of God’s word!
How does that change your perspective on spending time in God’s word and scripture writing.
Open my eyes that I might see wondrous things from Your law. ~Psalm 119:18
Welcome to week 2 of the June and July Scripture Writing Plan.
How did you like the first week of the plan? Did you write more verses than what are listed on the plan each day? I found that reading the surrounding verses to understand the context usually resulted in my choosing to write out a few more verses. After writing the verses I like to underline or circle key words and make a few notes in my notebook. Also finding this scripture writing activity to be a helpful guide for praying.
I’m really enjoying this theme of God’s Word. How about you? Please share something about your scripture writing experience in the comments below.
If you don’t know about the scripture writing plan, please see – Starts Today
Be sure to download a copy of the plan, grab a notebook along with your Bible and join us in the Psalms this week.
June 1, 2020
Today is the start of the June and July scripture writing plan. The theme is God’s Word.
Reading the Bible can be compared to eating food. Here are a few of the ways and you can probably think of more.
Scripture writing helps you to slow down and focus on a single verse or small portion of scripture. Slowing down gives more opportunity to notice things that might have been missed before. You will find that the practice of writing scripture will help you listen carefully for what God is saying through His word.
If you have not printed out your copy of the scripture plan yet please click on the link below.
This blog post is your invitation to join me on an adventure of scripture writing!
Let’s enter the month of June with a plan for writing out Bible verses and then continue on through July. The theme of the plan is God’s Word.
All you need to do is click on the link below to download your PDF and then print out your free scripture writing plan. You can still easily participate even if you do not have access to a printer. Simply look on the PDF to see the verses for each day. These verses have been carefully selected for the theme of God’s Word.
If you have never tried the practice of scripture writing, this is the time to start.
Reading the scripture for the day and then writing it is such a rewarding practice. There are many reasons to love scripture writing and the verses selected for the June and July plan highlight many of these. You will immediately notice that it causes you to slow down, absorb the words and meditate on the verses as you go through the day.
Later there will be a follow-up blog post about scripture writing. But for now download your free plan, find a notebook and choose the time of day you will be writing.
Please leave a comment below to let me know you are planning to participate 🙂
You are always welcome to contact me directly by email. I will quickly respond!
Send me an email – Lynn@everydaywiththeking.com
This blog post is your invitation to join me on an adventure of scripture writing!
Let’s enter the month of June with a plan for writing out Bible verses and then continue on through July. The theme of the plan is God’s Word.
All you need to do is click on the link below to download your PDF and then print out your free scripture writing plan. You can still easily participate even if you do not have access to a printer. Simply look on the PDF to see the verses for each day. These verses have been carefully selected for the theme of God’s Word.
If you have never tried the practice of scripture writing, this is the time to start.
Reading the scripture for the day and then writing it is such a rewarding practice. There are many reasons to love scripture writing and the verses selected for the June and July plan highlight many of these. You will immediately notice that it causes you to slow down, absorb the words and meditate on the verses as you go through the day.
Later there will be a follow-up blog post about scripture writing. But for now download your free plan, find a notebook and choose the time of day you will be writing.
Please leave a comment below to let me know you are planning to participate 🙂
You are always welcome to contact me directly by email. I will quickly respond!
Send me an email – Lynn@everydaywiththeking.com
The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen, to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:1-8 NKJV
The above portion of Scripture contains the last words Jesus spoke before He returned to heaven. So much is packed into a few precious words.
In the next chapter of Acts, we read the account of the Holy Spirit’s entrance.
Read Acts 2
It is good to read the account and study the entire book of Acts but are we living it?
We long for Jesus to return. He is not with us physically at this time but we have the Holy Spirit. We need to stay focused on being witnesses of Jesus. The ability and the power to accomplish this quest is through the Holy Spirit. We have a mission of the highest honor.
As Pentecost approaches this year, spend some prayerful time dwelling on what the Holy Spirit will empower you to do if you are willing. Take Acts 1:8 to heart. Ponder, pray and respond.
Yes, there is much darkness all around us but we have the light! How awful to be keeping it to ourselves instead of sharing.
Let us serve with joy and love.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Today is Ascension Day
We don’t seem to take much note of this important day each year. It seems lost between the Resurrection and Pentecost. I do wonder why we don’t put more focus on the Ascension.
What an amazing time the disciples were experiencing with Jesus after His resurrection! They must have eagerly listened as He taught them. Jesus spent time preparing them for His departure and the coming of the Holy Spirit. The time was approaching quickly when the disciples would be sent on the mission to share Jesus with all the world.
Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel,who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” – Acts 1:9-11
In his book, Encounters with Jesus: Unexpected Answers to Life’s Biggest Questions, Timothy Keller writes “At the ascension, Jesus leaves the space-time continuum and passes into the presence of the Father. He is still human, still our second Adam . . . and still our Advocate—yet now he has been so glorified that everything he does has a cosmic scope . . . any time-space limitation passes away.”
Today Jesus is continuously present with us through the Holy Spirit and He is also present in Heaven. He is King over all always!
Let us be included with all those who have loved and yearned for and welcomed His appearing and His glorious Return! (see 2 Timothy 4:8)
And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. – 1 John 2:28
