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On the Blog – March 2018

By LisaNotes March 31, 2018 Archives 2 Comments

Summaries and links to blog posts for March 2018

 

Have You Memorized the Beatitudes? Want to Try Now? {New Scripture Memory Challenge}

By LisaNotes March 28, 2018 Bible, Memorization 12 Comments

Beginning next week, April 2, the community at Do Not Depart is going to tackle a new Scripture Memory Challenge. You’re welcome to join in!

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Our plan is to memorize Matthew 5:1-19, one to two verses per week. We intentionally go slowly so the words can sink into us as we can sink deeper into the Word.

The goal of memorizing isn’t to check off boxes on a spiritual checklist, but rather to swap words back and forth with God. It’s a conversation by choice.

The words in Matthew 5 are straight from the lips of Jesus. They include the Beatitudes (“Blessed are the…”), passages on being light, on being salt, and more. Read it all here.

See the full schedule here.

If you want to join in, sign up here.

You’ll then receive a link to resources you can download and print. And for each week we do the challenge, you’ll receive a short email on Monday mornings reminding you what the verse-of-the-week is.

We have an active Facebook group you also can join, Hide His Word. We meet there each week and share what we’re learning and tips to help each other along the way.

This will be good!

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Have you ever memorized the Beatitudes? Do you have a favorite chapter you’d like to commit to memory? Please share in the comments.

3 Books I Recommend – March 2018

By LisaNotes March 26, 2018 Books I Recommend 26 Comments

Here are three books I recommend from what I read in March. Once a month we share our current reading lists at Jennifer’s.

3 Books I Recommend March 2018 LisaNotes

Books I Recommend

1. The Path Between Us
An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships
by Suzanne Stabile

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My review of The Path Between Us

This book on the Enneagram, a personality typing system, specializes in relationships. Specifically, how to deal with your own personality type and those of the other eight types. Suzanne Stabile is also the author of The Road Back to You, a great primer on the Enneagram. This newest book goes one step further, focusing on practical ways to get along better.

2. An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones

An American Marriage

This novel caught me off guard. It begins with a love story between Celestial and Roy. And continues through ups and downs of an unexpected situation. It was painful to read at times (I still have mixed feelings about it). But it is a culturally-signicant book for insights into circumstances I have no experience with. It’s an Oprah’s Book Club Selection.

3. A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles

A Gentleman in Moscow

This sweet novel started a little slow to me, but I’m glad I didn’t give up. Beginning in 1922, Rostov the Count receives an unorthodox sentence: house arrest in a hotel across the street from the Kremlin. For years. It gives insight in Russian history and provides laughs as well as tears.

Reading Now

  • The Way of Abundance
    A 60-Day Journey into a Deeply Meaningful Life
    by Ann Voskamp
  • Girl, Wash Your Face
    Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
    by Rachel Hollis
  • 42 Seconds
    The Jesus Model for Everyday Interactions
    by Carl Medearis
  • The Life You Can Save
    Acting Now to End World Poverty
    by Peter Singer
  • Still Evangelical?
    Ten Insiders Reconsider Political, Social, and Theological Meaning
    edited by Mark Labberton
  • In Search of Wisdom
    A Monk, a Philosopher, and a Psychiatrist on What Matters Most
    by Matthieu Ricard, Christophe Andre, Alexandre Jollien
  • Why Evangelicals Need the Wilderness
    (Evangelicals After the Shipwreck Book 2)
    by Ed Cyzewski
  • Tears We Cannot Stop
    A Sermon to White America
    Dyson, Michael Eric

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What good book have you read this month? Please share in the comments.

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My books on Goodreads
Previous reading lists

How Does Jesus Love You?

By LisaNotes March 23, 2018 Guest posts, Jesus No Comments

How do you know Jesus loves you?

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It’s one thing to believe a fact. It’s another thing to experience it.

  • We think we know someone…until we live with them.
  • We think we know how to parent…until we have a child.
  • We think we know the love of Jesus…until we experience it for ourselves.

Maybe we know in theory that Jesus loves us. But do we understand HOW to receive his love?

Here are 12 ways we can let Jesus love us.

Read all 12 ways here

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I’m writing today at Do Not Depart. Will you join me there for “12 Ways to Let Jesus Love You“?

Drench Your Words in Grace

By LisaNotes March 21, 2018 Grace, One Word 2018: Mystery 35 Comments

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It starts here,
Man A says, “The scripture means this.”

Responses follow,
Man B says, “You’re wrong; I’m right.”
Man C says, “Interesting; tell me more.”
Man D says, “Maybe yes, maybe no?”
Man E says, “You’re a heretic and a liar!”

The screaming of Man E
echoes
the loudest.

Whether right or wrong on interpretation,
may voices question motives
cautiously.

Christians condemning Christians
does not
make God look good.

Grace in the discussion
is a more godly path
for advancing the Kingdom.

I wish we could
live it
that simply.

May it begin
with me.
What will I say?

Let every word you speak
be drenched with grace and tempered with truth and clarity.
For then you will be prepared
to give a respectful answer
to anyone who asks about your faith.
Colossians 4:6

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When you disagree on scripture interpretations,
how do you still hold to truth
without maligning others’ character?

revised from the archives

2018 Enjoy the Word Online Bible Conference

By LisaNotes March 9, 2018 Bible 14 Comments

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There’s a different kind of conference coming up.

About stirring up your enjoyment in the Word.

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But you don’t have to get a plane ticket or drive to another city or book a hotel. You don’t even have to get out of your pajamas. It’s all online.

Watch on your computer or smartphone live on May 2-4 with a fun private Facebook group, a pajama kick-off party, and live Q&A’s with the speakers. (I’m doing a session on Memorizing Scripture.)

Or watch (and re-watch) whenever is convenient for you (you get lifetime access). You can also listen to audio-only versions if you prefer. Co-hosted by Katie Orr and Jami Balmet.

Includes:

  • 6 teaching sessions through the book of Jonah
  • Lifetime access to over 20 sessions
  • Sessions on “Practical & Everyday Faith”
  • Sessions on “What the Bible has to say about ____”
  • Sessions on “God’s Word & Our Family”
  • Digital Conference Notebook so you can follow along
  • Access to the private Facebook group
  • Live discussions with the speakers

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Best price is now through March 20, $39.95. On March 21, the price goes up to $49.95, so if you’re interested, register here now.

Register 2018 Enjoy the Word Conference