Reflecting on Peace with Others

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 notebook, 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 make 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:

Jesus,
Will You please help me to love others as You love me? I have succeeded and failed at the opportunities You have given me to love this past week. Forgive me and then sustain me and empower me to love others Your way. As I take time to reflect today on the specific things You are calling me to grow in, will You lead me and guide me? In Jesus’ name, 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. How has God shown you the love He has for you this week?

Second, focus on your current reality. What has God shown you about yourself that is a hinderance to loving others? Are there ways that God encouraged you to love others using Jesus’ example?

Lastly, focus on a step God has challenged you to take. Did God speak something to you this week that you need to do? If so, what was it, and when and how do you plan to do it?