Bible Journaling - What I Wish Someone Told ME!

Bible Journaling - What I Wish Someone Told ME!

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Hey lovely 😊 Bible Journaling can be a wonderful way to connect with God and His word, however, if I could start all over again, there are some things I would definitely pay attention to differently! In this video, I walk you through my journey with Bible Journaling and then a few key things that I wish I knew before I started!

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C H A P T E R S

0:00 Intro

0:46 My Story

1:57 What is Bible Journaling

4:10 What I Wish Someone Told Me

4:17 Prioritize God’s Voice

5:33 Perfectionism

7:49 A Time for Everything

10:11 It Can Become Sinful

12:00 Summary

13:50 Prayer

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The overcoming overwhelming thoughts bible study I spoke about:

[The.Hummingbird.Homestead]

I found myself in your words. I remembered my husband saying that, “You are just doing this to show that you are smarter than everyone else.” That hurt. Truthfully he was just voicing that I was making him feel inadequate. I was not studying for my own understanding of my relationship with God’s word. In my zeal, I found myself voicing a humble brag of what I had learned that day. God had to reel me back.

[thissweetlife]

Perfectionism is exactly why I haven't started bible journaling. I have beautiful journaling bible and I study it but I haven't taken the leap to bible journaling.

[barbaraclemons]

I have a wide margin Bible, but I don't journal. But, when God does speak to me thru a verse, I underline the verse, write the date and a note about what God spoke to me. I have used the same Bible for about 10 years now and I love coming across those dated notes. It reminds me of God's faithfulness.

[___itsmelara__]

The last one felt personal. I realised I just wanted to bible study to put it in my instagram story. Thank you for this video, and for making me realising what truly matters.

[golgibella]

"the devil may make you think if you dont have the right color highlighter, you shouldn't do it at all". This is true, or that you should spend money you need somewhere else or better suited somewhere else while making you feel bad about it. ❤ This is true, thank you.for sharing your experience!

[reviewsbySu]

I started Bible journaling today so this is truly the Holy Spirit convicting me about not idolising the journaling but focusing on the Word itself! Thank you for sharing your vulnerability because it helps use in the faith

[faithmatthews]

Awesome advice!! Bible journaling for me is the same as note taking. I take my notes in a separate notebook. Sometimes I'll add pictures or doodling but not in my Bible, only in my notes book. My Bible remains a fresh slate so that every time I open it, I start afresh and ready for the Holy Spirit to show me new things, not my old notes.

[barbaramatthews]

I use two methods to study.

1. Read the Bible as a whole. Yes, I read it like a literary book. Why? I get the whole picture and connect the dots of smaller studies. I connect verse with verse and understand the chronological context of the verses.

2. I read individual verses and individual study. I find meaning in situations that I may be going through. I dive deeper and try to understand meaning.

3. I reflect on how I can best serve God. What does He command? I look for guidance on daily living.

My three aren't in order. Number 3 is most important to keep coming back to.

Journaling to me is a tool. My journaling is a journey. I don't have a lot of colors, lists, notes, or flashy embellishments. That's too much for me.

I like the coloring pages so I can do meditation and color a page while thinking about the verse it represents.

I'm grateful for your video. I was beginning to think my method was overly simple, and I wasn't putting much into it. In reality, I'm doing enough. I don't have to be fancy to connect with God.

I recently bought a few highlters so I can highlight "better". I'll still use them whenever I get my package, but I will be sure to reflect on the passages more before I do.

This was affirmation that I'm on the right track. Thank you for sharing.

[mickeyroth]

I rarely leave comments. GOOD JOB! You have covered the most common problems with grace, kindness, and compassion. The voice of the Holy Spirit came through loud and clear.

[marcijo]

This is the thing that has kept me from Bible journaling or making a prayer bible. I follow several groups on Facebook on both methods and cant get started because i feel that many, many posts are about see how pretty I have made my Bible, like it's a competition. I would rather just read and underline as I feel led, or write my own notes organically. Maybe that's Bible journaling and maybe it's not. But it's what my heart feels comfortable with as i pursue my relationship with God.

[peggyfewlass]

One thing that has helped me is getting a Bible to read, just for don't put any marks or notes or anything in it, so that, as I read it, it becomes ready for new and fresh meanings from the Holy Spirit as I study, meditate, and pray over
This was so you!

[ritablanco]

I like your comments on Bible journal, you are right but not everyone does it like that, I saw videos that they just show the art work but they don’t say anything about the Word of God
I thank you for this video and the Bible verses that you used to showed it
Thanks

[mrs.snyder]

This is awesome, thank you! After after 45 years of serving God, and struggling to find the time to develop consistency in my Bible reading, I have often fallen off one extreme or the other. All or nothing. So true! Now I catch myself…in the morning, when I’m tempted to just say, no, I have to get to work… Even if I don’t have time to do my Bible study or journal anything, I force myself to at least read one chapter & take it in like fresh water. God never disappoints me! He still meets with me, with or without my highlighters. 😅 very well done video, never stop seeking Jesu!! 💞

[donnaschmidt]

Use pencil for you margin notes, and when the graphite starts to fade, you can either write over it again or erase and study the passage again, putting in new insights.
When highlighting ... use Crayola Erasable Color Pencils – you can easily erase the wrong color, and it does not bleed through the paper to the other side. Just do not use the eraser that comes on the pencil, instead use a hi-polymer (white) eraser. The ones that come in a pencil style holder allow you to see what you are erasing.
If you are truly concerned about straight lines ... keep an index card handy and since it is so flexible that it will curve with the open Bible, you can use it as a ruler.

The reason I use the above for marking my Bible, is that they are not bold in your face, instead they have a softer look and do not distract me from the text of the Bible passage.

[somewheretheheartis]

Words of wisdom, to be sure! More then anything Satan does not want us in the word of God, and if we are, his aim is to get us sidetracked from drawing closer to God. Thank you for sharing! I just recently started bible journaling and found that on those days I don’t feel like studying, I use my prayer bible instead. Even if it’s just praying the word. And yes, a prayer bible can be used wrongfully as well, it’s truly the intent of the heart in every way.

I also found relying on commentaries to be troublesome. Yes, they can certainly help us gain deeper understanding, but they can also be wrong. We must be discerning, and ultimately the bible is the Holy Word of God, not a commentary. If we are born again the Holy Spirit is our ultimate teacher!

Hope you keep posting. I’d be glad to hear more from you 🤗🙏🩷

[mauraramsay]

This also encourages me too in that I was thinking I had to fill in every section on my Bible Soap notes. I actually felt bad about leaving portions blank or hardly writing anything at all. I’m grateful that can go back and add later. I’m grateful for this video

[robinwilliams]

Bible journaling can be so meaningful!

[MsLuvFilled]

This was a very humble approach, while I may not struggle with these concerns, I believe the desire to study God’s word is rewarding and consistency is paramount which is my struggle. I probably highlight and take notes to track what I am reading and my Bible is not cute, but I love your encouragement. There may be accusations that you are trying to “act” better than others but I want to encourage those who benefit from journaling and may feel the need to hide or dim your light…Mary sat at Jesus feet and Marta was concerned by Mary’s approach, but Jesus highlighted that few things are needed and Mary chose the better part and it will not be taken from her. Bible journaling can be worship and you don’t need to apologize for studying the Word of God with sincerity.

[Gabriellems]

I wanted to get into Bible journaling so bad. I try to read my Bible every day and do bulleted recap notes on the chapter I read. It worked well in the beginning, but I eventually started to focus more on the writing than reading. I get unmotivated to read my bible sometimes so I might skip a week or more and the note taking part continues to unmotivate me. I do have a bible with margins so I might try to make notes on them instead of in a separate lined notebook. I think I feel that I can only learn through notes even though I’m good with just annotating and reading normally. Comparing my notes and looking at aesthetically pleasing posts before I started to grow my relationship with God definitely caused this mindset and now I’m realizing that it’s sinful to view it that way. Thank you for making this video and I appreciate everyone else’s comments that helped me too♥️

[carolynw]

Thank you for being a voice to focus on God. You did this in many ways. Praise be to His name.