Sunday, March 11, 2018

Journaling Toward the Cross: Fourth Week in Lent, March 11th-17th



This is meant to be used for devotional purposes during Lent. Grab a journal, read the passage, pray, look at the questions, think about your answers and then journal.

Thoughts for the Week:
What does it mean that God works in mysterious way?  Are God’s mysterious ways sometimes hard to understand and see?

Day 1:  1 Samuel 16:1-13
Has God ever asked you to do something that went against the way things are normally done?
Have you ever been one of David's brothers?
What does it feel like when you are not chosen?
Have you ever been David?
What does it feel like when you are the chosen one?
Have you ever been Samuel?
Has God ever surprised you with the things and people that God chooses?


Day 2:  Psalm 23
What does this passage actually say?
Read it again slowly, pay attention.
What does the valley of the shadow of death look like in your life?
Do you let God comfort you?
What does God's table look like in your life?
If goodness and mercy are following you, what would it mean for you to slow down, or stop, so they can catch up with you?
What is God saying that God wants to for and with you in this passage?


Day 3:  John 9:1-41
Does this man seek out Jesus?
Has God ever come to you or done good in your life before you even asked?
How do you think this man felt when he was in the middle of these events? When they were questioning him and his parents?
Do you think it felt like his life was better or worse there in the middle of everything?
Sometimes is it hard for your to trust that God has actually performed miraculous things in your life and the lives of those around you?



Day 4:  Ephesians 5:8-14
What did walking in darkness look like in your life?
What does it mean to be a child of the light?
How is your life light now compared to the former darkness?
What do you think are unfruitful works? 
Do you ever find yourself participating in such things?

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