Reflecting on Jesus’ Calling to be Born Again

From those of us on the Tree Church Daily team, we hope that you have had an amazing week in your purposed time with God. We pray that you were challenged and encouraged by God’s word and His presence in your daily life.



Today, we want you to do something simple, yet incredibly important. We want you take time to write in a journal or record a voice memo in your phone answering the prompts below. This does not need to be profound, poetic, or polished. It is a record for you to visit later to see and remember all that God is doing in your life. Journaling is a way to remind you of what God is speaking to you. And speaking something out or writing it down makes what we are thinking tangible and makes us accountable to it. If God has challenged you or called you to do something specific this past week, making it tangible makes it real. So don’t skip today…today is about faith building, and that is what we pray happens for you.



Before you get started, though, let’s pray together:



Father,
The fact that You have invited me into new and everlasting life is mind blowing sometimes. I am thankful, yet also scared at what the path to this life looks like. I know I will need Your help. Guide me. Strengthen me. Keep my heart soft to the ways in which You are speaking so I can follow where You lead. Amen.




Here are today’s prompts for you to process through in your written or voice journal:



First, focus on God’s promises to you. What is one promise that God has made about giving new life that stood out to you this week?



Second, focus on your current reality. Have there been any ways you have seen tension between the new life God invites you into and your old ways of doing things?



Lastly, focus on a step God is challenging you to take. Identify and reflect on one area where God is calling you to take a step of faith into the new life He has for you.