Week 1, Day 7: A Review Day

SUNDAY

Read everything you prayer journaled since the last weekly review and summary. Then, answer these questions:

PRAYER JOURNALING QUESTIONS

Answer each of these questions:

1 What jumped out at you?

2 What did you learn?

3 What can you apply to your life?

4 What did you say to God?

5 What did God say to you?

6 What did you learn about Jesus, if anything?

7 Who is Jesus?

8 What did He do, think, feel, say?

9 What does He want us to do, think, feel, say?

10 What does He not want us to do, think, feel, or say?

11 How can this passage deepen your knowledge of Jesus Christ?

12 What does this mean for me and my life?

13 How can I apply these lessons learned, and answers received, to my life?

14 How can all of this help me live a life of Jesus?

15 Write out a summary prayer.

Now, read the next page after this, for there is additional material you can do for this week and next. 

Week 1, Day 6 Catch-Up and Review

CATCH-UP

If you missed a day, make sure to go back and do that day or section.

NOTE: Please do not read ahead until you catch-up. Then, do the review for today and tomorrow.

WEEKLY REVIEW AND SUMMARY TEMPLATE

Every weekend, it’s important to review. I will assume your weekend is Saturday and Sunday. If not, adjust this study to suit your needs as far as when you will do your two Weekly Review and Summary Days.

Use this template on your weekends:

SATURDAY OR DAY 6 REVIEW

Review everything this book, or blog post series said. Re-read everything from the last review up to this point. Then, answer these questions.

PRAYER JOURNALING QUESTIONS

Answer each of these questions:

1 What jumped out at you?

2 What did you learn?

3 What can you apply to your life?

4 What did you say to God?

5 What did God say to you?

6 What did you learn about Jesus, if anything?

7 Who is Jesus?

8 What did He do, think, feel, say?

9 What does He want us to do, think, feel, say?

10 What does He not want us to do, think, feel, or say?

11 How can this passage deepen your knowledge of Jesus Christ?

12 What does this mean for me and my life?

13 How can I apply these lessons learned, and answers received, to my life?

14 How can all of this help me live a life of Jesus?

15 Write out a summary prayer.

Rest, Review, and Journaling: A journaling exercise or prompt

How do you plan on resting this weekend?

What do you want to journal this weekend? 

How is 2013 so far?

how is your journaling in 2013 so far?

How is your writing in 2013?

Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author

* My Storykeeper Odyssey in 2013: Journaling & Memoir

* The Journaling & Storykeeping Encyclopedia of 2013

Your Bedroom: A Journaling prompt or exercise

Do the first part of this exercise while not in your bedroom.

Journal about your bedroom. What does it look like. How does it make you feel? What do you think there? What plans have you made there? What ideas have come to you? Is it a place of refuge? 

Now, go sit in your bedroom and journal about what you see. Describe what you see. Then, describe what you cannot see. 

What memories come to mind about your bedroom--now or in the past? 

Write whatever else comes to mind. 

Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author

* My Storykeeper Odyssey in 2013: Journaling & Memoir

* The Journaling & Storykeeping Encyclopedia of 2013

Why?: A journaling exercise or prompt

Why do you write and why do you journal?

Take some time to answer that question. Be thorough. 

Then, put it down and take a break for an hour to two and answer the question again. Take some time to do so.

Then, wait 24 hours, do it again.

Then, wait a week and do it again. 

Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author

* My Storykeeper Odyssey in 2013: Journaling & Memoir

* The Journaling & Storykeeping Encyclopedia of 2013

Meaning and Purpose: Journaling Exercise or Prompt

Journaling helps us to understand the meaning of our lives and the purpose of our lives.

JOURNALING EXERCISE OR PROMPT

What gives your life meaning?

What is the purpose of your life? 

Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author

* My Storykeeper Odyssey in 2013: Journaling & Memoir

* The Journaling & Storykeeping Encyclopedia of 2013

Journal Check-In Journaling Prompt and Exercise

Please grab your favorite beverage and your journal and answer the following questions:

* So, how is your journal and your journaling coming along?

* What do you think of your journal?

* What do you think of your journaling?

* How often are you trying to journal?

* How often are you journaling?

* What have you experienced with journaling?

* What do you want to do more with your journaling?

* What do you want to do less of with your journal (at this time)?

* What have you learned from your journal or from journaling?

* What has been most memorable with journaling?

* How have you changed because of your journal or because of journaling?

* Is your journaling a habit yet? (If not, hang in there. Keep journaling. It will become one.)

* Do you comprehend yet how important journaling is in your life? (If not, hang in there. In time, you will be able to say yes--emphatically.)

* What do you like to do most in your journal or with your journaling?

* Describe your journal and your journaling.

* If you could do the ideal journaling, what would that look like? What would it take for you to do today, this week, this month, this quarter, and this year, for you to do it?

Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author

* My Storykeeper Odyssey in 2013: Journaling & Memoir

* The Journaling & Storykeeping Encyclopedia of 2013

The Journaling Path Blog Network: http://thejournalingpath.blogspot.com

Email: storykeeper2121@gmail.com

Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Storykeeper 2121

A Review Day

Take some time today to have a Review Day of your journaling in 2012.

If at all possible, do a review of 2012 until 31 December 2012.

Here is where to find the information as to how to review your journaling for 2012:
http://storykeeper2121.blogspot.com/2012/11/review-of-your-journaling-with.html

~ Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Storykeeper

One-Word & 6-Word Summaries of 2012: A journaling prompt or exercise

2012

JOURNALING EXERCISES OR PROMPTS:

* Write an 1-word summary for 2012.

* Write a 6-word summary for 2012.

~ Stacy Duplease

Journaling Review Template Reminder (To Do)

Don't forget to do the Journaling Review Template. Review your journal entries in the segment suggested here on my blog:

http://storykeeper2121.blogspot.com/2012/11/review-of-your-journaling-with.html

It is important to go back through and review periodically. Do this today or plan sometime this week to do so. Put it in your calendar now. 

Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author

The Remembering Your Present Journal Keeping Series

Email: storykeeper2121@gmail.com

Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Storykeeper 2121

(Image Credit: Microsoft Images Online)

Review of Your Journaling (with Journaling Review Template)

INTRO (AND WHEN?)

Every week, month, 3 months, 6 months, year, 2 years, 4 years, 5 years, 7 years, 10 years, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 years, etc., it is important to review your journaling. 

WHAT IS REVIEW?

It is re-reading your journaling from the past periods listed previously in the Intro section of this blog post. Then, you summarize that period of time. Finally, you analyze that period of time in your journal. 

WHY?

Review is important to review for several reasons:

1. Review helps you remember--where you are, have come from, and are going--so you do not forget. 

2. It helps you to analyze things of/in your life.

3. You can see what patterns/repetition there is in your life.

4. It's important to take a look at the lessons learned.

5. Review helps you know what to change.

6. It reminds you of how far you've come.

7. It helps you to count your blessings.

8. It gives you a fresh/new perspective and point-of-view.

9. It gives you more manageable segments of your journaling so in 30 years, you do not have to re-read everything on a yearly basis. 

HOW?

Do this Review Journaling Exercise for each of the segments listed above. 

If you have journaled before, do this:

Do whichever of the steps are applicable below, according to how many days, weeks, months, and/or years of journaling you have.

1. Go week by week through your journaling and fill out the Journaling Review Template (JRT). Start at the beginning of your journaling. Do the JRT for each week until you catch-up to today. (TIP: If you did not journal every day, do the weekly for every 5 or 7-days of journaling.)

2. Take four of your weekly reviews (the Weekly JRTs) and do a month review for them (even if it's a period of time longer than a month).

3. Take three of your monthly reviews (the Monthly JRTs) and do a 3-month review for them (even if it's a longer period of time than 3-months).

4. Take two of your 3-month reviews (the 3-months JRTs) and do a 6-month review for them (even if it's a longer period of time than 6-months).

5. Take two of your 6-month reviews (the 6-months JRTs) and do a year review for them (even if it's a longer period of time than a year). 

6. Take two of your 1-year reviews (the year JRTs) and do a 2-year review for them (even if it's a longer period of time than 2 years). 

7. Take two of your 2-year reviews (the 2-year JRTs) and do a 4-year review for them (even if it's a longer period of time than 4 years). 

8. Take two of your 2-year reviews  plus a 1-year review and do a 5-year review for them (even if it's a longer period of time than 5 years).  

9. Take two of your 5-year reviews (the 5-year JRTs) and do a 10-year review for them (even if it's a longer period of time than 5 years).  

10. Then, do the 10-year, 15-year, 20-year, and every 5 year denomination after that.

11. Do the next section after this one when you are caught up to today.

If you have not journaled before, or have done any fo the previous 11 steps, then do this:

The Journaling Review Template.

THE JOURNALING REVIEW TEMPLATE (EXERCISE) INSTRUCTIONS:

1. At the end of every week, do the Weekly JRT from your previous 7-days of journaling. 

2. If you have a total of 4 Weekly JRTs at this point, do the Monthly JRT. If not, skip to the JRT Section. 

3. If you have a total of 3 Monthly JRTs, do the 3-Month Review. If not, skip to the JRT Section. 

4. If you have a total of 2 3-Month JRTs, do the 6-Month Review. If not, skip to the JRT Section. 

5. If you have a total of 2 6-Month JRTs, do the Year Review. If not, skip to the JRT Section. 

6. If you have a total of 5 Year JRTs, do the 5-Year Review. After this, do in segments of every 5 years. If not, skip to the JRT Section.

JRT: JOURNALING REVIEW TEMPLATE

1. Write an one-sentence summary of this time period.

2. Write an one-paragraph summary of this time period.

3. List the top 7 memories, or top 7 memorable things, from this time period.

4. What went didn't go so well?

5. What went well and you want to repeat?

6. What lessons were learned?

7. What did you remember from the past?

8. What did you plan for the future?

9. Do a Stream of Consciousness (SOC) and write about whatever comes to mind about this time period. 

10. Write more about 3 of your 3 strongest memories or memorable things from this time period (as a continuation of #3). 

11. Write a 2-paragraph summary. 

12. Write anything else that comes to mind. 

~ Stacy Duplease

(Image Credit: Stacy Duplease. 17 Nov. 2012. Virginia Beach.)

Review of Your Journaling (with Journaling Review Template)

INTRO (AND WHEN?)

Every week, month, 3 months, 6 months, year, 2 years, 4 years, 5 years, 7 years, 10 years, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 years, etc., it is important to review your journaling. 

WHAT IS REVIEW?

It is re-reading your journaling from the past periods listed previously in the Intro section of this blog post. Then, you summarize that period of time. Finally, you analyze that period of time in your journal. 

WHY?

Review is important to review for several reasons:

1. Review helps you remember--where you are, have come from, and are going--so you do not forget. 

2. It helps you to analyze things of/in your life.

3. You can see what patterns/repetition there is in your life.

4. It's important to take a look at the lessons learned.

5. Review helps you know what to change.

6. It reminds you of how far you've come.

7. It helps you to count your blessings.

8. It gives you a fresh/new perspective and point-of-view.

9. It gives you more manageable segments of your journaling so in 30 years, you do not have to re-read everything on a yearly basis. 

HOW?

Do this Review Journaling Exercise for each of the segments listed above. 

If you have journaled before, do this:

Do whichever of the steps are applicable below, according to how many days, weeks, months, and/or years of journaling you have.

1. Go week by week through your journaling and fill out the Journaling Review Template (JRT). Start at the beginning of your journaling. Do the JRT for each week until you catch-up to today. (TIP: If you did not journal every day, do the weekly for every 5 or 7-days of journaling.)

2. Take four of your weekly reviews (the Weekly JRTs) and do a month review for them (even if it's a period of time longer than a month).

3. Take three of your monthly reviews (the Monthly JRTs) and do a 3-month review for them (even if it's a longer period of time than 3-months).

4. Take two of your 3-month reviews (the 3-months JRTs) and do a 6-month review for them (even if it's a longer period of time than 6-months).

5. Take two of your 6-month reviews (the 6-months JRTs) and do a year review for them (even if it's a longer period of time than a year). 

6. Take two of your 1-year reviews (the year JRTs) and do a 2-year review for them (even if it's a longer period of time than 2 years). 

7. Take two of your 2-year reviews (the 2-year JRTs) and do a 4-year review for them (even if it's a longer period of time than 4 years). 

8. Take two of your 2-year reviews  plus a 1-year review and do a 5-year review for them (even if it's a longer period of time than 5 years).  

9. Take two of your 5-year reviews (the 5-year JRTs) and do a 10-year review for them (even if it's a longer period of time than 5 years).  

10. Then, do the 10-year, 15-year, 20-year, and every 5 year denomination after that.

11. Do the next section after this one when you are caught up to today.

If you have not journaled before, or have done any fo the previous 11 steps, then do this:

The Journaling Review Template.

THE JOURNALING REVIEW TEMPLATE (EXERCISE) INSTRUCTIONS:

1. At the end of every week, do the Weekly JRT from your previous 7-days of journaling. 

2. If you have a total of 4 Weekly JRTs at this point, do the Monthly JRT. If not, skip to the JRT Section. 

3. If you have a total of 3 Monthly JRTs, do the 3-Month Review. If not, skip to the JRT Section. 

4. If you have a total of 2 3-Month JRTs, do the 6-Month Review. If not, skip to the JRT Section. 

5. If you have a total of 2 6-Month JRTs, do the Year Review. If not, skip to the JRT Section. 

6. If you have a total of 5 Year JRTs, do the 5-Year Review. After this, do in segments of every 5 years. If not, skip to the JRT Section.

JRT: JOURNALING REVIEW TEMPLATE

1. Write an one-sentence summary of this time period.

2. Write an one-paragraph summary of this time period.

3. List the top 7 memories, or top 7 memorable things, from this time period.

4. What went didn't go so well?

5. What went well and you want to repeat?

6. What lessons were learned?

7. What did you remember from the past?

8. What did you plan for the future?

9. Do a Stream of Consciousness (SOC) and write about whatever comes to mind about this time period. 

10. Write more about 3 of your 3 strongest memories or memorable things from this time period (as a continuation of #3). 

11. Write a 2-paragraph summary. 

12. Write anything else that comes to mind. 

~ Stacy Duplease

(Image Credit: Stacy Duplease. 17 Nov. 2012. Virginia Beach.)

What Have You Done This Year? How Have You Been?

My last blog post was about remembering what the Lord and you have done for Jesus over the last year. This blog is about what you have done for, and how you have been with, Jesus this year.

This is another Christmas tradition I have. It's analysis of the past year (and all my Christian life), review, and of my faith.

Before I continue, let me stress that it's far more important to be with the Lord. It's having your mind and heart focused on him--than to do any action for him. That's what matters most and above all. After all, we can do all sorts of what we would call godly acts, and never have our hearts and minds focused on him. They are rote acts for a checklist. 

Or, we can be focused on the Lord and his Word all the time. That's the being component of our faith and is what matters above all else. After all, we have to work for a living--in order to have shelter and food. So, while we work, we can be focused on the Lord and his Word. That goes for all the things we have to do: housecleaning, showering, driving, exercise, etc. We can be with him while we do other things. 

That's not to say acts of faith aren't important. They are necessary. The book of James reminds us of this. However, as we do those acts, our minds and hearts must be on him do they are not just for a check-mark to sign off on our to do list. 

So, that being said, it's important to reflect upon, and analyze, the past year of our walk with the Lord and the Word of God. This is where prayer journaling comes in to the equation. If you just answer these questions in your mind, you won't remember in 6 months, let alone in a month, what was said between you and God. 

PRAYER JOURNALING

A What did I do that worked well over the last year?

B What didn't work well?
C What all did I do to bring God glory this year?

D How close did I come to praying without ceasing?

E How close did I come to praying the Word, and meditating on it, morning, noon and night?

F How much time did my calendar literally reflect I spent with my Lord and his Word?

Now, answer questions A-F about the last two years, three years, five years, and every 5 years thereafter.

(Photo is from: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/)

Stacy Duplease
Prayer Warrior and Faithful Writer
USAGC 2026

Part 2 and what commitment is required

We learned in part one how we are to pray without stopping. Therefore, we are going to continue to pray. We will learn more ins and outs of prayer and different types as we continue. 

We also learned in part one how we should read the Bible all the way through every 2-3 years. If it takes us 2-3 years to get through, we should not take any time off in-between. If we get all the way through the Bible in a year, we can do more in-depth reading of different books of the Bible for 1-2 years. So, we should spend some time in the Word--just reading and pondering it every day. 

Studying the Word is critical as well. When we read it, we can gloss over and skip several important facets and lessons without even realizing it because we might not fully understand the text. Bible study makes us go deeper with the Word. 

Applying the Word to our lives helps us grow our faith as we learn to depend on God and be obedient to him and his Word. 

It's important to keep track of the interchange we have with God and his Word. It's also important for us to remember what we have decided to apply to our lives regarding the Word. It's also important to remember the memories of our lives and of our walk with God. Most importantly, we learned our faith cannot grow as much unless we review and analyze our faith periodically. Hence, we keep a journal workbook. 

What commitment is being asked of you now that we have moved to Part Two?

Daily:

A Pray without stopping.

B Read and ponder the Word night and day.

C Study the Word. 

D Apply the Word.

E Write it down.

Weekly: 

Review of A-E.

See templates. 

Monthly: 

Review of A-E.

See templates. 

Quarterly:

Review of A-E.

See templates. 

Yearly to 4 Years:

Review of A-E.

See templates. 

Every 5 Years:

Review of A-E.

See templates. 

Part 1 is closing

We are now at the end of Part 1 of this Bible study blog book, "A LOYAL FAITH: AN INTRODUCTION, VOL. 1."

Part 1 was called, "Where We Came From."

Now, I hope you understand why we went template crazy. 

That being said, we are going to do two final templates. 

Grab all of the Review Templates that this blog post had you do on the date 21 November 2011 and do these templates in the following order:

A Do the Monthly Review Template with all of the templates from 21 November (Days ??? to ??? in the book of this blog). Call this the PART 1 FINAL REVIEW: 1 OF 2.

B Do the Seeking More Template from all of them, along with the PART 1 FINAL REVIEW: 1 OF 2. Call this the PART 1 FINAL REVIEW: 2 OF 2.

Stacy Duplease
Bible Study Writer & Blogger
A Loyal Faith
Find my books at/store: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction 

a loyal faith blog: Tuesday is our Memorize the Word and Deeper Study Day

Application Template

This is going to take some time, I need to warn you now.

Grab your journal workbook at this time, please, and start at the very beginning. 

Start from Day 1 and every time you were asked to write a list of 3 ways you plan on applying the day's lesson to your life, list the one that is most important to you now. List each and every day's top choice, in other words.

RULES:

Do not repeat any applications. List a new one each time. 

Do not look at your review templates yet. Only look at your journal workbook.

Remember that there should be some inward activities as well as outward activities for the applications. 

JOURNAL WORKBOOK APPLICATION LIST:

1 Make a list of top favorites.

2 Pick your top 20 and make a new list.

3 List why you chose each of the 20.

4 How have you applied each of the 20 to your life already? 

5 What has worked with each?

6 What has not with each?

7 List your top 10.

8 What does God tell you about each?

9 What do you tell God about each? 

10 How do you plan on applying these to your life now? 

TEMPLATE APPLICATION LIST:

REPEAT USING ONLY YOUR REVIEW TEMPLATES

Do not repeat any of the applications you listed above. 

Do 1-10 with only the review templates.

COMBINED APPLICATION LIST:

Look at these two lists and then answer 1-10 in regards to those 40.

REPEAT APPLICATION LIST:

One month after your first time through this template, do this step.

Look at your Combined Applications Lists from all previous times, plus the one you just filled out.

For every list you compile, add 5 more to the original 20. So, if this is your second time through, list 25 and then answer questions 1-10. If this is your third time, do 30. Etc. You get the idea. 

Do this template at least once a month. 

Stacy Duplease
Bible Study Writer & Blogger
A Loyal Faith
Find my books at/store: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction 

a loyal faith blog: Seeking More Template

Stop with the templates already!!!

That is what I would be thinking if I were you at this point. As a matter of fact, since I take place in the Bible study as I write them, that's precisely what I am saying!

However, there is something that I know... 

The more you get things written down, the less you will forget and the more you will remember.

The more you remember, the more loyal in your faith you will become and the closer to God you will become. 

One more template to go and then you will have a break for a few days.

Stacy Duplease
Bible Study Writer & Blogger
A Loyal Faith

Seeking More Template

Even if you just did this template, do it again at this time. 

http://aloyalfaith.blogspot.com/2011/11/seeking-more-additional-review-template.html

Stacy Duplease
Bible Study Writer & Blogger
A Loyal Faith
Find my books at/store: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction 

a loyal faith blog: Where were you? Where are you? Where do you hope to be? (Regarding your faith)

A loyal faith review template

Even if you just did a review of this Bible study and of your journal workbook, do this now.

Please do this review from three different perspectives:

A Do it from the last time you did this template.

B Do this template now--just looking at previous "A Loyal Faith Review Templates," which are all the review templates you've done so far.

C Do it from the very beginning to this point, and do not look at and of the previous templates.

This template can be found at:

http://aloyalfaith.blogspot.com/2011/11/review-of-loyal-faith-vol-1-template.html

Stacy Duplease
Bible Study Writer & Blogger
A Loyal Faith
Find my books at/store: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction 

a loyal faith blog: Where were you? Where are you? Where do you hope to be? (Regarding your faith)

Seeking More: Additional review template

Sometimes, it is necessary to do more. Sometimes, it helps to do a little more review and look at things from a new perspective. It provides a freshness.

TIP: I recommend doing this template once every 3 months at least--on top of the others (in addition to). I also recommend doing this once a year (preferably 3 times a year) with ALL of your review templates you've completed. 

INSTRUCTION: Do this template AFTER you do your other reviews. 

So, here it is:

ADDITIONAL REVIEW TEMPLATE

Look at all of the review templates you have filled out over the last three months at least (or any other period of time you decide beyond that).

1 When in this period of time did you feel furthest from God? Explain.

2 What evidence do you have that you strayed from God at that time?

3 What did you learn from that time? 

4 What did you apply to your life from that lesson?

5 How has your life changed, and been shaped, because of this? 

If you feel far from God at this time, answer 1-2 in the present tense. Answer 3-5 as to what you might learn (could learn). 

6 When did you feel closest to God? Explain. 

7 What evidence is there you were close to God at that time? 

8 What lessons did you learn?

9 What can you apply to your life in the future so you can repeat with similar results?

10 What has been your least favorite application during this period of time? Explain.

11 What has been your favorite application? Explain.

12 What are your top 5 to 10 memories from this time. Explain with each.

13 Give a snapshot as to where you are in your walk with God now. 

14 Give a snapshot as to where you were in your walk with God during this period of time.

15 Give a snapshot as to where God is leading you in the future.

16 How will you get to the future snapshot? List 5 applications from this period of time which will lead you there to that future snapshot. 

17 List three new applications which will get you to the future snapshot.

18 Pick the top 3 applications from 16 and 17 and apply them to your life--starting immediately.

Stacy Duplease
Bible Study Writer & Blogger
A Loyal Faith
Find my books at/store: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction 

a loyal faith blog: An example for you: My 10.5 years of wrongdoing