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My faith journey and walk with the Lord have been rollercoasters. Why? Some of it is my stubbornness, and some of it is this crazy thing called life. But no matter what, Jesus is my savior, and I will follow Him no matter what. These blog posts are some lessons and tips I’ve learned as I’ve gotten closer (and further away) from the Lord during my faith journey. As you’ll see, writing my feelings, thoughts, and ideas in a Bible and prayer journal has been a huge part of my story and I highly recommend ya’ll get one too!

Prayer Journal Sections: 8 Powerful Pieces Of A Life-Changing Prayer Journal!

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Can I be honest with you and say that I don’t pray like I should. I pray every single day without fail but even still I feel like I don’t spend nearly enough time with the Lord.

And I know why…it’s because I haven’t used my prayer journal in a while. That’s when I feel the most connected to God and that’s why I feel so off in my relationship with Him.

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Hey ya'll! I'm Nicky Johnson, owner and creator of Healthy As You Can & I'm delighted that you stopped by my neck of the (internet) woods! I'm a Christian girl on a unique health journey & I'd love it if you'd join me! I'm striving to be spiritually, physically, mentally, and financially, healthy and at HAYC I'll share tips, insights, and resources to help you do the same!

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25 Passionate Prayer Journal Prompts To Reignite Your Faith!

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Passionate Prayer Journal Prompts To Reignite Your Faith!

You know when you’re praying and it almost feels like another task to check off your list as opposed to a genuine conversation with God? For many of us, prayer can feel like an obligation. Something we have to get through in order to be good Christians.

But what if there was more to it?

What if praying was more than just checking off a box on your Christian bucket list? And what if you could use your words as well as actions to strengthen your faith?

A prayer journal is one amazing way to do just that!

I love journaling and I’m excited to share with you prayer journaling prompts that will set your prayer life on fire.

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Hey ya'll! I'm Nicky Johnson, owner and creator of Healthy As You Can & I'm delighted that you stopped by my neck of the (internet) woods! I'm a Christian girl on a unique health journey & I'd love it if you'd join me! I'm striving to be spiritually, physically, mentally, and financially, healthy and at HAYC I'll share tips, insights, and resources to help you do the same!

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8 Simple Bible Journaling Ideas To Deepen Your Devotional Time & Walk With Christ!

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 – 8 Bible Journaling Ideas: Inspirational and Creative Ideas for Your Devotional Time

Bible journaling is the perfect way to breathe new life into the time you spend with God.  

It allows you to be creative and study the Bible in a whole new way. Just something as simple as drawing lines and arrows between different scriptures can help you gain fresh new insight into a Bible passage. 

I discovered this when I decided to create my own journaling study Bible which I will discuss more a little later. 

All of a sudden, through Bible journaling, I was able to see a familiar passage in a whole new way. 

That’s why I’m excited to share with you 8 easy Bible journaling ideas that I hope will help you deepen your relationship with God and learn more about His will for your life.

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Hey ya'll! I'm Nicky Johnson, owner and creator of Healthy As You Can & I'm delighted that you stopped by my neck of the (internet) woods! I'm a Christian girl on a unique health journey & I'd love it if you'd join me! I'm striving to be spiritually, physically, mentally, and financially, healthy and at HAYC I'll share tips, insights, and resources to help you do the same!

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7 Creative Ways To Spend Time With God Even When You’re Short On Time!

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7 Creative Ways To Spend More Time With God Everyday Even When You’re Short On Time!

Spending time with God is always important but right now, with how crazy the world seems, it feels even more vital. 

But even as essential as it is to spend quality time with God, it still seems like so much of life gets in the way of this happening. 

In our busyness, our time with our heavenly Father gets pushed to the side in favor of “more pressing” things.

We’ll say “I’ll do my study tomorrow” and then 10 tomorrows go by and we still haven’t spent any time with the Lord. 

So what’s a Christian woman with a busy schedule supposed to do?

We could say no more often but if you’ve already committed to long-term, time-consuming commitments, it’s a bad witness to abandon your responsibilities. 

You need some creative ideas that can help you spend more time with Jesus whether it be in prayer, Bible study, through worship and singing, Bible journaling, etc. 

Being alone with God on a frequent basis is one of the best ways to obtain the spiritual growth that God wants us to have (and that we want too).

Alone time with God is one of the most important aspects of Christian living.

That’s why I’ve come up with some unique ways to spend more time with Jesus even when you’re short on time!

These are ideas that you probably haven’t considered.

In fact, some of the ideas are a little outside of the box so to speak so you’ll have to be a little open-minded with me here 🙂

None of these ideas are meant to take the place of a true deep dive Bible study.

But they will still help you stay connected to the Father because you’ll be spending time with Him throughout the day. 

Okay now, let’s go ahead and get started.

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Hey ya'll! I'm Nicky Johnson, owner and creator of Healthy As You Can & I'm delighted that you stopped by my neck of the (internet) woods! I'm a Christian girl on a unique health journey & I'd love it if you'd join me! I'm striving to be spiritually, physically, mentally, and financially, healthy and at HAYC I'll share tips, insights, and resources to help you do the same!

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35 Eye-Opening Journal Prompts To Find Forgiveness & Peace When Anger Plagues You!

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35 Journal Prompts For Forgiveness To Help Release Pain & Anger

If you’re struggling to forgive yourself or someone else, I know exactly how that feels.

Trust me…you’re not alone. 

We all have a past, one that we’re sometimes not proud of… but how can we ever move past our guilt if we don’t forgive ourselves for our sins and past mistakes? 

The same goes for when someone we love hurts us; even when (or if) they apologize, it can seem almost impossible to forgive them.

Because it feels like we are letting them off the hook or like they got away with something. 

As Christian women, yes, the Bible tells us to love our neighbor as ourselves, but when someone deeply hurts us and we cannot seem to heal, how can we move on from this pain? 

One powerful way is with journal prompts!

Let me tell you… journaling has been a powerful tool for exploring my feelings and working through my emotions. 

Penning down my thoughts and feelings helped me understand them better and became a great way to release the negative energy that seemed trapped inside me.

Have you found yourself in this same situation? Well, it’s time to let go of your anger and forgive yourself and others.

Grab a pen and paper; let’s get through this journaling journey together!

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Hey ya'll! I'm Nicky Johnson, owner and creator of Healthy As You Can & I'm delighted that you stopped by my neck of the (internet) woods! I'm a Christian girl on a unique health journey & I'd love it if you'd join me! I'm striving to be spiritually, physically, mentally, and financially, healthy and at HAYC I'll share tips, insights, and resources to help you do the same!

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30 Inspiring Christian Faith Journal Prompts To Creatively Elevate Your Walk With God!

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30 Christian Faith Journal Prompts To Elevate Your Faith & Get Closer To God

Okay, my loves! Today we are going to talk about using faith journal promptsDo you ever ask where God is when everything in your life seems to be going wrong?

I know I have plenty of times!  Sometimes it seems like God isn’t even trying to answer our prayers even though He tells us to pray without ceasing.

It can get to be so frustrating that we start doubting Him.

Thoughts like “Does He hear our prayers?” “And if He does, hear them, does He care” begins to run through our minds.

These doubts and uncertainties are one of the main reasons why I love Christian journaling.

Writing down your prayers, thoughts cares, and fears in a journal is a wonderful way to be able to reflect back on your faith journey and remind yourself that God does indeed care and answer your prayers!

And using Christian journaling prompts is a great way to spark some inspiration when you aren’t sure what to write.  Let’s learn about some of the spiritual benefits of using a Christian journal.

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Hey ya'll! I'm Nicky Johnson, owner and creator of Healthy As You Can & I'm delighted that you stopped by my neck of the (internet) woods! I'm a Christian girl on a unique health journey & I'd love it if you'd join me! I'm striving to be spiritually, physically, mentally, and financially, healthy and at HAYC I'll share tips, insights, and resources to help you do the same!

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35 Powerful Grief Journaling Prompts To Help You Overcome A Searing, Painful Loss!

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35 Grief Journaling Prompts To Help You Overcome A Searing, Painful Loss

When you lose someone you love (either through death or a painful divorce or breakup) it feels like your world is ending.

You may feel as if you will never be okay again and even begin resenting other people who aren’t suffering like you are. 

How is it that other people can go on about life normally when yours is falling apart? 

When your heart has been shattered, you need to deploy every resource available to help you cope.

If you don’t, your grieving process will seem never-ending.

One way to release your emotions is through grief journaling.

No, it won’t take away your pain but journaling will help you process the excruciating thoughts, overwhelming fears, and uncertainties that are swirling around your head right now.

I truly pray that starting a grief journal will be a tool that will bring healing and hope to you during this difficult time. 

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Hey ya'll! I'm Nicky Johnson, owner and creator of Healthy As You Can & I'm delighted that you stopped by my neck of the (internet) woods! I'm a Christian girl on a unique health journey & I'd love it if you'd join me! I'm striving to be spiritually, physically, mentally, and financially, healthy and at HAYC I'll share tips, insights, and resources to help you do the same!

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How to Start Journaling: A Step-by-step Guide For Beginners (& How It Improves Your Health)

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How to start journaling for beginners

 

If your brain is a jumbled-up mass of scatterbrained thoughts, moods swings, and ruminations then learning how to journal will be an answer to your prayers. 

Journaling is a great way to untangle all of the emotions swirling around in your mind that you can’t get sorted. 

Plus, there are some unexpected benefits to journaling that you probably haven’t even thought about! 

If you’re ready to start journaling but you’re a complete beginner then don’t worry.

We are going to go over how to get started journaling as a beginner and so much more! 

These tips will not only help you get started with journaling, but they will make it easier for you to continue the task every day!

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Hey ya'll! I'm Nicky Johnson, owner and creator of Healthy As You Can & I'm delighted that you stopped by my neck of the (internet) woods! I'm a Christian girl on a unique health journey & I'd love it if you'd join me! I'm striving to be spiritually, physically, mentally, and financially, healthy and at HAYC I'll share tips, insights, and resources to help you do the same!

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25+ Beginner Journaling Prompts For Mental Clarity, Deeper Faith, Weight Loss, & Financial Freedom! 

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25 Journaling Prompts For Beginners

Have you just gotten a new journal but don’t know what to write in it? 

Did you end up writing just a few boring things randomly and closing the notebook after a few minutes? 

Did it feel like a chore rather than a rewarding or inspiring practice? 

If your answers are here are yes, you are not alone. 

While you may find tons of articles on the internet posting about the importance of journaling and how it can enhance your life, it may not be enough to get you started. 

This is another possible reason why many people give up their journaling practice before they even get started. 

You start off all excited, but eventually, it just begins to feel like another tiresome chore on your to-do list.

Well, don’t worry. If you feel like you don’t know where to start, try these beginning journaling prompts.

I’ve created journaling prompts to help you with mental health, weight loss, financial goals, and connecting with God.

Using these journal writing prompts over time, will help you start journaling without overthinking or being too overwhelmed by an empty page. 

So today, let’s just walk through some of the most effective journaling prompts that will help you start journaling effectively.

These easy journal prompts are divided into 4 categories.

Thus, you can simply scroll and choose the best journaling prompt that works according to your own personal goals.

Let’s get started.

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Hey ya'll! I'm Nicky Johnson, owner and creator of Healthy As You Can & I'm delighted that you stopped by my neck of the (internet) woods! I'm a Christian girl on a unique health journey & I'd love it if you'd join me! I'm striving to be spiritually, physically, mentally, and financially, healthy and at HAYC I'll share tips, insights, and resources to help you do the same!

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3 Printable Bible Study Journals To Beautify Your Binder & Connect Deeper With God!

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Printable Bible Study Journals To Put In Your Binder 

Sometimes my Bible study time can be so haphazard.

I’ve been struggling to find a really good deep study (any suggestions are welcome) and sometimes I’m ready to start studying and I feel lost.

That’s why lately I’ve been loving Bible study journaling printables.

Even if you don’t have a specific study you’re doing, using printables not only makes your Bible study time more focused and organized but it’s also more colorful and creative.

Today I’ll share 5 Bible study printables you can use so you can have the same experience. 

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Hey ya'll! I'm Nicky Johnson, owner and creator of Healthy As You Can & I'm delighted that you stopped by my neck of the (internet) woods! I'm a Christian girl on a unique health journey & I'd love it if you'd join me! I'm striving to be spiritually, physically, mentally, and financially, healthy and at HAYC I'll share tips, insights, and resources to help you do the same!

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