Becoming One with Christ: A 40 Day Devotional Journal

By Sereta Collington

This journal is a combination of a guided journal, bullet journal, and devotion all in one. It allows you to track your prayer, gratitude, and testimony for the lent. It will give you more insight into the words by having you answer questions about the Scripture you read. Below is the structure of the daily journal. As you will see, the Holy week is a different format and follows a shorter devotional.

Journal daily structure:
Day 1: read, write, reflect
Day 2: Write the scripture from the NLT or Message Bible (version compare)
Day 3: Write a prayer using the scripture as a guide
Day 4: Thankful Thursday using your creativity and be thankful
Day 5: Bible Study (answer questions about the scripture to gain a deeper understanding.)
Day 6: Devotional
Day 7: Meditate on the Scripture

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Dec 30, 2019
• ISBN: 9781973681540

Sereta Collington

Reverend Sereta Collington, better known as the journaling pastor. is a wife, mother of three, puzzle lover, runner, Sherlock Holmes fan, pastor, teacher and author of three inspiring books for those who seek to fall in love with the Bible: "Scripture Memorization Journal," "Becoming One with Christ" and "The Through Journal." Her desire to study to show herself an approved worker prompted her to pursue theological studies, receiving a Master of Divinity from Knox Theological Seminary. Furthermore, she also has two Bachelor's degrees: A Bachelor of Arts in Humanities, a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, and a Master of Education. Additionally, Rev Sereta is a presenter for many journaling workshops

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Contents

Introduction

How to Use This Journal

Fasting Plan (Optional)

Suggested Devotion Routine

Spiritual Goals

Prayer Request

Discipline Tracker

Testimony

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Notes

Introduction

Growing up, I always had a book in my hands. When I get older, I transition from reading to reading and writing; here, I discovered the sheer pleasure of writing out my thoughts, quotes, or things I wanted to remember for a long time. I follow this same process in my devotional life. I read, write, and draw. I tried to have meaningful devotion with just reading my Bible, but I found that I wasn’t satisfied with the result. I wanted to do something that would imprint the words and the experiences I had with God in my mind for the rest of the day. This imprinting was achieved with my process of reading, writing, and reflecting with creativity. As I have explained at many workshops, reading the Bible was like listening to God, while writing was for hearing what he is speaking to us. Writing during our devotional time allows us to develop an intimate conversation with our Creator.

As I matured in my faith, I struggled during any forty days of fasting. I want to do, feel, and accomplish something different after forty days. In the past, I could get all of this from my regular devotion to reading and writing, but as the Bible says, When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. (1 Cor. 13:11 NIV) I needed more, and I found more when I expand my journaling to include various activities such as planning, tracking, drawing, etc. All these activities keep me longer in the Words of God and satisfy my spiritual growth and mindset.

I am sharing this process that allows me to accomplish a unique forty-day journey each year. The Lent or any forty-day journey can be powerful if we can practice spiritual discipline beyond just reading a devotion and prayer. This journal will take your time in God’s presence to another level. It allows you