A Godly Vision: 2011-10-30

Saturday, November 5, 2011

how to keep a journal of answers and review

HOW TO KEEP A JOURNAL OF ANSWERS AND REVIEW:

If you have never journaled before, it's okay. The type of journaling I am talking about here is simply answering the questions I ask. It's like treating the questions as a question and you write your answer like you would in a workbook. The only difference here is you create the workbook for yourself. That way, you are not limited to how you have to do it. You can be as creative or as simple as you prefer. You can write as little or as much as you desire as well.

It really is that simple.

Now, as to the actual format... Refer to the next blog post: "FORMAT OF YOUR JOURNAL. "

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author & Bible Study Writer
A timeless kind of love... and a loyal faith...
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answer the questions: part 2: why keep a journal of answers and review?

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

In an earlier blog post today (05 November 2011), I requested you to answer every question I ask in the blog, and in every blog post, in your own journal.

That sounds like a great idea. But, what does that look like? How should you keep a journal for your answers and for review? More importantly, however, is why. Why should you keep a journal of answers and of review?

WHY TO KEEP A JOURNAL OF ANSWERS AND REVIEW:

A loyal faith is one that is:

~ Reflective (thought through)

~ Planned (Scheduled)

~ Evaluated

~ Implemented/Applied

~ Re-Evaluated

Why keep a journal?

Can you remember every single thought you think today? How about your thoughts from yesterday? What about the day before? What about from 20 May 2003?

Do you see the point?

There is another point which needs to be made about why it is important to keep a journal. Something you think today will be different tomorrow, in a week, in a month, in three months, in a year, etc. It is one thing to work it through in your mind. But, when it is written down on the page, and you are forced to look at it, you will see it differently. Therefore, it is important to work things through and keep the progression of thought. If gives you something to evaluate and re-evaluate later.

Another reason to journal is because thoughts are fleeting. You can forget to think about something. Journaling it will help you keep on track.

Stacy Duplease

Inspirational Historical Romance Author & Bible Study Writer
A timeless kind of love... and a loyal faith...
Find my books at/store: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction

My historical fiction blog & latest book information: All of my blogs

My writing fiction & NaNoWriMo blog: All of my blogs

Journaling Chronicle: All of my blogs

Answer the questions

This blog is meant to serve as a vehicle to bring us closer to God and to have a more loyal faith to God and his Word.

I have a request. Actually, it's rather a requirement.

Allow it to deepen your loyalty of your faith.

What does that look like? You might wonder. That is a good question. The answer might seem complicated. But, it really isn't. This is a:

~ Bible study

~ Devotional

~ Journaling tool/starter

~ Workbook

all in one. Use it as such.

Do not merely read it. Rather...

Think about it and chew on it. Ponder it. Do so for a day, then a week, then a month, then quarterly, then yearly.

TAKE ACTION. Apply it to your life.

Additionally, please use this as a Bible study workbook first and foremost. That means, you will need to write your answers to every question. This is true even if it is not asked of you. Think about it for at least a couple of hours and then add to your answers and anything new which came to mind. Then, do it 24 hours later.

Do your weekly reviews. There will be more to follow about them.

But, do answer all of the questions every single time a question is addressed on the blog. They are not rhetorical. They are asked for a very specific reason--and that is to get you to think, evaluate, and apply.

Just reading this blog and pondering it only will take your faith so far. It is important to be active in faith. That leads to a loyal faith. So, use this blog as a tool. Allow it to bring you to a loyal faith.

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love...
Find my books at/store: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction

My historical fiction blog & latest book information: All of my blogs

My writing fiction & NaNoWriMo blog: All of my blogs

Journaling Chronicle: All of my blogs

My blog: Books and Store

My faithful his fiction blog: All of my blogs

a loyal faith blog: Bible study, writing, and a loyal faith

Hebrews 12:2: Focus

Hebrews 12:2 (NIV) states:

2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

The verse of the day for today at one of my favorite websites, http://www.biblestudytools.com/, is Hebrew 12:2. It got me thinking.

I think most of the issues we have in life, and regarding keeping a loyal faith, lie in the issue of our focus.

Where do we put our attention? What do we think about? What is our top goal? Why do we live? Why do we do the things we do? Who are we? Where do we hope to be in 5 years? 10? How do we live? When do we focus on what is most important? How often do we?

Are the answers to these questions seeped in God, faith, and the Word--or in something else? Are we God and Word focused? Or are we world and action focused?

Take some time to ponder what your true answers are to all of the questions above.

Then, take some time to ponder what your answers should really be.

Pray to God today about this.

Stacy Duplease

Bible study, writing, and a loyal faith

It happened yesterday.

I went online and discovered something disturbing. It was quite disturbing actually. I went and did internet searches looking for new Christian Bible Studies. I was disturbed by how few there were.

Greatly disturbed.

I even looked at several publishing houses. I did not find many. I found few.

Huh.

So, why is this the trend?

The moment I asked myself the question, I had part of the answer. I knew the answer before God even spoke to me.

I will help reverse the trend.

The moment I thought that was the moment I heard the Lord say, "Yes."

My next thought process was how I plan to write 5 books per year. So, I will write 3 historical fiction and 2 bible studies.

Oh. There is another disturbing new trend. Shorter Bible studies...

Oh. My blog will turn into a bible study book. So 3 -4 books per year.

My Book Ideas:
~ a loyal faith thru technology
~ a loyal faith thru time... finding time for faith