Thursday, August 22, 2024

Journal

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

  • Recall a significant reaction, conversation or event.

  • Explore your fears and what’s behind them.

  • Write about a relational conflict you are experiencing.

  • List out all that you are grateful for.

Bible Text: Luke 3:22-38 (ESV) 

  • Reflection & Application 

  • Reflect on the fact that Jesus got baptized along with all the people. What does this reveal about him? 

  • Reflect on the words of the voice from heaven: “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” 

  • How applicable are these words to me personally? See the passages below: 

John 1:12 (ESV) 

12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 

1 John 3:1 (ESV) 

1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are… 

Galatians 3:26 (ESV) 

26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 

Galatians 4:4–7 (ESV) 

4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. 

What are the implications for me that I am a “beloved son/daughter” with whom God is “well pleased”?