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If you are interested in more of John Wesley's journal, here are some sources for this:
If you are interested in more of John Wesley's journal, here are some sources for this:
May 24th, 1738 Wesley recounts highlights of his spiritual journey https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/issues/issue-2/john-wesley-from-journal.html
Traveling With Wesley, Phillip Yancey https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/november/37.104.html
John Wesley’s entire journal abridged: http://www.revival-library.org/index.php/catalogues-menu/1725/the-journal-of-john-wesley
"Many people have found that keeping a spiritual diary (journal) heightens their understanding of the unique process of spiritual formation through which God has been taking them. By recording our insights, feelings, and the streams of our experiences, we clarify the progress of our spiritual journey. . . Journaling enhances personal reflection, encourages us to record perspectives we have received from Scripture, and serves as another form of prayer."
"Many people have found that keeping a spiritual diary (journal) heightens their understanding of the unique process of spiritual formation through which God has been taking them. By recording our insights, feelings, and the streams of our experiences, we clarify the progress of our spiritual journey. . . Journaling enhances personal reflection, encourages us to record perspectives we have received from Scripture, and serves as another form of prayer."
Kenneth Boa
Kenneth Boa
Practicing Journaling
Practicing Journaling
Write down your experiences, perhaps focusing on where God was active or present in your day (Examen).
Write out what you are praying for.
Write out what stood out to you in your scripture reading today.
Feel free to be artistic, including art or clippings; your journal could even take on a scrapbook format.
Pick up a journaling Bible to help with writing down your thoughts as you read.
Resources
Resources
An article from Relevant: 6 Ways to Make Journaling Work
Two articles from Desiring God: Journal as a Pathway to Joy and Five Ways to Flourish in Journaling
Prayer Journaling: How to Start a Prayer Journal and Prayer Journaling: Styles and Examples (Renovaré US)
"Journaling is a way of paying attention to our lives - a way of knitting the vast ball of our experiences into something with shape that attests to the state of our soul. . . On the pages of a journal, in the privacy of a moment, we can take tentative steps into truth . . . Over time repetitious themes, sins, compulsions, hopes and concerns emerge. We begin to recognize our besetting sins, limitations and desires. . . The ongoing nature of a journal catalogs the journey of a soul into God. It reveals how we hammer out our identity as a Christ-follower through the ups and downs of daily routines as well as in times of crisis."
"Journaling is a way of paying attention to our lives - a way of knitting the vast ball of our experiences into something with shape that attests to the state of our soul. . . On the pages of a journal, in the privacy of a moment, we can take tentative steps into truth . . . Over time repetitious themes, sins, compulsions, hopes and concerns emerge. We begin to recognize our besetting sins, limitations and desires. . . The ongoing nature of a journal catalogs the journey of a soul into God. It reveals how we hammer out our identity as a Christ-follower through the ups and downs of daily routines as well as in times of crisis."
Adele Ahlberg Calhoun
Adele Ahlberg Calhoun
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