My Personal Experience At The Bible - 875 Words

Last month, I challenged my readers, my friends, and my fellow Family Christian bloggers to spend 30 Days in the Word. The challenge ran from August 3rd-September 2nd. During that time participants pledged to read from the bible everyday (any book) and also to create one piece of bible journaling worship art each of the 4 weeks. Now that the 30 days have come to a close I wanted to share some of my artwork, and to ask you to share how spending time in daily communion with God and worshiping through bible journaling has effected you. My Personal Experience On August 1st, days before the bible journaling challenge began, I completed a 1 year bible reading plan. It marked the 1st time since I had surrendered my life to Christ that I had read the entire bible in a year. Over the past year God has expanded my view of His goodness and grace, challenged my thoughts and motives, and encouraged me to persevere in my journey towards becoming more like Christ. 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