More Lost Journal Entries (Part 2)

My mind and heart spun back to a time when God grew rapidly from far off to close and personal, intimate and relational in my life.

A blue and brown journal with cofffee cups on the front stared back at me. I open it, thinking it might be empty, so my daughter could tackle Pre-Algebra in it.

But instead God had a different surprise.

My mind swirled to a past season, the journal was written from. Memories, thoughts, miracles, Scripture; God used in that season to radically transform me.

I saw sin in myself. I discovered hypocracy, in my own heart. And I learned about a Kingdom that couldn’t be shaken, unaltered by the fallacy of man.

In my last blog post, I shared some of the things I learned then. (If you missed that post you can find it here, “20 Short Truths from my Lost Journal”.)

Today, I want to keep adding to what I shared, because, well honestly, I have been enjoying this jolt back into memory lane. Hope you enjoy it too.

Again, these quotes are just a small sample of the ample of Scripture shared while there, at our previous church.

And to be honest, I do not even recognize the person I am in the mirror, today, because of what God did in that short three year season.

Let me know which quote impacts you most. And please, don’t be afraid to share these on social media.

1. Have we forgotten, we are the “body of Christ”? So why did we start to think, the body could live, cut off from one another?
2. The enemy loves flirting with your “Spirit of Independence”.
3. Why do we think we have liberty to whatever we want to, instead of what God has called us to?
4. We fear EXPOSURE. (As a result of worship, community with other believers etc.)
5. We should be running INTO the lighht, so that God can expose us. Yet, we love our darkness. Why?
6. A woman well loved by her husband, emulates JOY & FREEDOM! You can see it!
7. What might happen if we lived a life worthy of what God has given us?
8. God doesn’t just fix us, bandage up our wounds. Christ makes ALL THINGS NEW!
9. If you wrote your own obituary, what should be changed?
10. A pearl is created through suffering. How might we look different if we accepted suffering as well?
11. We, as believers, are meant to be build together.
12. When the prophet’s spoke, God’s people became courageous!
13. Excel in the gifts that build up the church.
14. When a person receives GRACE, the natural response is generosity.
15. When people live without grace, they begin collecting for themselves, and take more than they need or deserve. (i.e. Zacheaus)
16. If Jesus was in full submission to His Father, why aren’t we?
17. One of the biggest questions we as believers wrestle with, “Can I trust God to take care of me?”
18. Often we are saturated in fear, when we trust man or ourselves, instead of God.
19. 3 doors to maintaining freedom: Grace, faith, & Love
20. Grace properly received, begets holiness.

Thanks for sharing your feedback in the comments below! Part three, coming soon….