Sermon Notes-Faith

Your faith has made you.

Your faith has made you a child of God. John 1:12

Your faith has made you an overcomer. Revelation 12:11

Your faith has made you victorious. 1 John 5:4

Your faith has made you Spirit-filled. Luke 11:13

God has called us.

We are called to throw off anything that hinders us

from coming to Jesus!

Your faith has made you.

2016 word

in the past i have chosen a word
to concentrate on for the year.


words such as:
smile
shine
hope
and last year's word which was
compassion...

i decided to really wait on God
what was the word He would whisper
in my ear?

i prayed about it.
that He would show me.

while doing my bible journaling
i decided instead of using my
many sets of devotionals
i would pray and then open the bible
to where He led me to.

i read the whole book from paul  to the
romans.

words kept popping off the page:
hope, faith, promises, glory, grace
believe and TRUST.

over and over
verses stood out about
believing and trusting.

believe. trust.

i journaled in three different bibles.
three completely different versions...
The Living Bible.
New International Bible
and The English Standard Version
all were consistent. all had the same result...
same words jumped off the pages at me.

hope, faith, promise, glory, grace
believe and trust.

today as i prayed for His words
to touch me.

TRUST was the underlying
meaning to all...
to trust and believe in Him and His promises.

my word for 2016
i believe is...TRUST.

journaling through the bible.

i have been taking sermon notes
for our church's facebook page
about 4 years now.
i update the facebook page
and take quite extensive notes
during the sermon-
on monday morning,
i get out my journal and start to
decorate the notes i took,
which helps me to re-live the sermon
and study a bit more of what was preached.
it helps to really 'store it in my heart'.

when along came a community
i had no idea existed.
bible journaling!

since i enjoyed taking notes and making them
all pretty,
it seemed like an automatic fit for me
to study God's Word and then
worship through art!

i have grown so much in my quiet time
with the Lord.
bible journaling
helps me to study His Word
and to really store it in my heart!

art worship!? Yes!
 journaling my faith? Yes!

i encourage you if you have been feeling
a bit stagnate in your walk with Him,
having a hard time sitting and being 'still'
or need a bit of push
to open that bible and let Him talk to you...
to speak to your heart...

to start slowly-
and bible journal!!!

it doesn't have to be fancy
you do not need all the right products or doo-dads...
your hand-lettering doesn't have to be perfect-

you are doing this for you,
for your time in the Word.
for your walk with the Lord.
for your relationship with Him.

i leave you with some of my examples...

i usually share on my IG account:
https://instagram.com/melodymaeolson/

but, here are some of my favorite
sermon notes and  some of my
bible journaling in pictures!

Sermon Notes:

i have been highlighting in my bible for years.

i recommend dating your entries

because i came across this one

which i highlighted after i had lost my dad!!!

he died in November of 89.

i love that i dated this almost a year later! 

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and then here are some of my 

latest

bible journaling entries:

 this one below

shows me working out of three 

separate bibles.

i am leaving one to each of my daughters.

it also shows that you do NOT need a special bible!

write in the columns or wherever

you feel like!

i hope this inspires you to journal

and get in the Word a bit more.

i know it has been a HUGE help in my life

and my daily walk with Jesus!

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blessings,