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January 14, 2020 - January 13, 2021
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Pre-writing
All my time in journal & prayer - being still is pre writing
pre-writing is a conceptual activity.
gather thoughts, sort through raw material, organize ideas, and eliminate rabbit trails.
sense of direction
muddy messaging.
observed what was happening to his nation and his people. He
about rather then with. principle not presence. Western NOT Eastern mindset.
Conversational- write the conversation between God & Me
righteous.
sounds like the WORLD 2019
He wrestled to understand God’s movement in what was happening.
Riots if 7/1/21
Politically and pandemic are all part of God’s work in the world.
Father give me faith to understand and be unafraid during this season of distress. Truly I believe that we are on the cusp of your second return
Just because ideas were all around me did not mean that I could grasp them.
“Write down what you have seen” (NLT).
He said to write down what YOU have seen.
while he was in exile.
What You have shown me in the exile - the aloneness if the writing life
God has used ordinary people as His mouthpiece and in His work.
You are qualified because you have a unique perspective and because your observations are one-of-a-kind.
Unique style - STORY TELLER
- PROMPTED
willing to obey God’s call to “write down what you have seen” no matter how unqualified you feel about it.
An established platform can be a humility-killer
get back to the business of looking at God’s movement from your God-given unique perspective.
“the receiving antenna is up,”
When “the receiving antenna is down,” it cannot receive signals.
you are the antenna
God regularly sends out signals, too.
Make a decision to be an antenna and receive the signals God continually sends to you.
“Write down what you have seen.” The verb “see” means to see both literally and figuratively.
By writing devotionals from your point of view, you share an observation from a particular angle — yours.
Your distinct way of observing is a gift from God.
Wow❄️❄️❄️🌟🌟🌟
Different points of view offer different spiritual lessons, even when rooted in the same incident.
different versions of the same story in different gospels?
Others in the scenario have other priorities
But to find the “Why” and the “Wherefore” (“So What?”), you need more information.
you stopped on your way into the grocery
store, noticed an elderly woman and her flying grocery cart, and thought of a scripture verse … And it’s become YOUR story.
devotional when you use it to illustrate a truth from God’s Word.
God uses ordinary people like Joseph - used simple dream - simple faithfulness. Ordinary people
Write it down. Write down what you have seen.
How that verse or story impacted me
Joseph in Christmas story
mistakenly thought
some of the most profound ideas often come from the most ordinary circumstances.
Most of the time it is a simple word prompt
Observe them … and then see what God shows you through them.
