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January 14, 2020 - January 13, 2021
bring your captured ideas to God and let Him do the sorting with you.
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Process Ideas One Dot at a Time
biblical truth,
illustration,
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Think of each of these three elements as “dots.”
Some are biblical principles. Some are illustrations. Some are takeaways.
what kind of “dot” it is.
Three ideas leap out at you.
Think of these ideas as “dots” in a dot-to-dot puzzle. What kinds of dots are each of them?
Idea #1 is a biblical principle.
Idea #1 clearly alludes to the powerful spiritual truth that a spiritually-nurtured soul is a healthy soul.
amazing illustration in Idea #2! It’s got vivid details and a brief story line with a beginning
Idea #3 is a little trickier. It’s not a scriptural principle … it’s not technically an illustration. Rather, you record a nudge in your spirit
A sticky devotional connects the dots between those three elements.
As a stickable writer, you develop the ability to connect those dots.
But more often, you capture ideas one dot at a time. That’s why processing is so helpful.
can use any idea as a launching point for writing a devotional.
getting ideas is more circular than that.
News flash: ideas for any of the three can come first.
Sticky Ideas Are Circular
the process of writing a devotional is more of a circle than a line. You can
As long as you keep going around the circle, you can eventually complete the devotional.
other words, that area of your life doesn’t get much “water.”
one area is flourishing, while the other is withering.
Start with the dots God gives you. When you get a “green light” idea, just jump into the circle. And keep writing until you’ve made it all the way around.
more often than not, I have to think about what I’ve observed and ask God to help me make the connection.
“What does this show me about You, Lord?”
What does it show me about me?
Politics and Pandemic
Devotional ideas that are authentic — that show how YOU made the connection to God’s truths — are the ones that stick.
“Speak, Lord. I’m listening. What do you want me to see? ” Ask this one question. Do your part to observe and to capture your thoughts. God will help you connect the dots.
was ready to get some answers about hearing God in the midst of a chaotic life. I was stickable.
Is He asking me to listen so I can hear Him speak, even if it is in a way I have not heard Him before?”
Do you know what grabs your readers?
Go back and look for what FB posts get response. What makes them stickable? Simple quotes on background. Pictures that spark a response.
Lisa Tekhuerst. Susie Larson- seem too long. Toby Mac- almost always. The image, title or quotes leads them into the content.
Photos especially one’s with a quote.
Short posts with the ‘so what question answered’
sharing a particular message with a specific segment of readers.
Busy 30 somethings.
The why of what I write
Both the physical and the spiritual process. My readers read in their phones .
when you are a stickable writer, you will grow, too (as we discussed in the last chapter),
if you don’t grow as a result of writing devotionals, then perhaps you can become more stickable.
Has to have transformed my life first.
“green light” truth he had received from God and presented it in a way that his audience could receive it.
all of it starts with you, but it’s not about you.
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reader
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cultivating a receptive heart is the job of the Holy Spirit and the choices made by the reader.
you know who you’re writing to, then you’ll frame content to relate to her.
Simply put: know your reader and her needs.
A reader is stickable when the devotional content is placed in his path.
you know how to get your devotional into your reader’s hands, then he can read it.
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simply too many readers, too many needs, and too many complex issues
