Monday, February 12, 2024

Journal

Please use one of the prompts below to get your journaling started.

  • Explore your fears and what’s behind them.

  • Write about a relational conflict you are experiencing.

  • List out all that you are grateful for.

  • Recall a significant reaction, conversation or event.

Bible Text

2 Timothy 2:3-7

3 Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. 5 An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. 6 It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. 7 Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

Reflection & Application

  • What is the picture of Christian life depicted in these verses? How does this match my view of Christian life?

  • What are the qualities of a soldier, an athlete, and a hardworking farmer that I need to emulate?

  • What are the “civilian pursuits” that hinder me from being a “good soldier of Christ Jesus”?

  • Why does Apostle Paul encourage Timothy to “think over what I say,” and are there ways I can cultivate the practice of thinking over the teachings I’ve received?