The app I mentioned is called enduring word- highly recommend!! The Bible color code was adapted off of my abiding journey’s system. I added other categories but some of the categories are her original categories 🫶🏻
I sometimes think the Bible journaling "movement" has spoiled Bible study for so many people. The expectations of creative decorating and color codes can be totally overwhelming. The point of Bible study is to STUDY, not decorate. I think the same with too many Bible reading plans. I’m actually glad you discovered how much more enriching and fulfilling it is to just study the Word.
this!! i ruined so many bibles with leaky messy high lighters and markers. trying to make them look "aesthetic." nope! mine i use now i only use one kind of black ink pen to underline and make notes. sometimes it smears and the pages don't look aesthetic or instagram but that's not the point!! the point is for me to be in the word and getting something from it. i think a lot of people use bible journaling and posting pictures of their pretty bibles for likes make it into an idol of sorts. there's one instagram user i follow whose pages are so so covered she can't even read what's underneath but she gets so many likes and followers praising how pretty and aesthetic it is. its sad.
I can totally see how that would be the case! For me it’s very discouraging to have a vision of how I want to do something and not be happy with its fulfillment and then giving up. I would much rather know God and seek Him sincerely, with some element of creativity mixed in because that’s just how He made me, but without pressure or expectation
@@elyselovesjesus , and isn’t that a problem with social media? We used to only feel pressure about XYZ from people we actually knew or had direct contact with. Now we allow ourselves to feel it from the entire world. We each have to learn to stop seeing expectations every time we see someone else do something better than we do or even want to do.
Aww appreciate this so much!! Yes!! I think it’s so important to hear about real struggles so we know we aren’t alone and we can keep pressing on ❤️🩹🫶🏻
I have had a similar experience with bible journaling…I was into the decorating, and it did take me deeper in to the Bible, helping me look closer than I might otherwise. However… it was taking soooo long. I’ve gone to a a much simpler style now, if I do it at all. I’m still a huge proponent of it, but for me personally it became too much to do daily.
Yes!!! I am glad it’s not just me 🥲 I think it would be a cool thing to do maybe once a week, make a little Bible journaling date night with myself lol.
I was searching for “Bible Study planner” and your video came up. I saw that I liked it and remembered watching this back in February shortly after I saw saved. Thank you for this. I jotted down your four tips on “how to study the Bible.” Are you finding the 40 day Bible planning books helpful? Thank you again so much for sharing 🙏
Joy2plan is Sharon. I love her channel! I love all things Bible study and using planners to stay on track! I use my Sterling Ink Weeks full year planner for daily Bible devotions. New subscriber, TFS!
This video has been incredibly helpful and comforting to me thank you so much for aharing. I spend about 6-10 hours listening to bible study videos and also a lot of people's videos of their methods and plans ect. I am recently delving back into the word after like 7 year hiatus after i left ministry school, and in that hiatus i had a lot of traumatic experiences that impacted my memory and a lot of my comprehension, but i wasnt aware of that until i sat down to really dig in. Ive been slowly collecting some resources and most days I struggle with depression and anxiety that prevents me from doing what i really want to be doing, and your video really resonated with me in a lot of those ways. Thank you
Ah I am so so sorry to hear about your trauma and struggles 😭❤️🩹 I will pray that the Lord would be with you and uplift you with His strength and start showing you one step at a time forward. I just finished genesis last night and Joseph’s story really impacted me. He suffered for 13 years unjustly but God allowed it for His good purposes. May we both hold on to that truth.. He is the same God and He sees and loves us and knows our every struggle.
I have had similar experiences! The study and bible journaling is something I enjoy, but also is time consuming and I need to sometimes just read the word and dial back the extent of the note taking. No time in the word is wasted ❤
@elyselovesjesus I also was interested in why the tower of babel was such a sin so I dug a little deeper. Nimrod (Noah's great grandson) and his wife Semiramis were calling themselves "gods" and people were worshipping them as such. Nimrod was building the tower to reach the heavens so he could rule as "god" of course this was a direct sin, and an abomination to the Lord. Nimrod and Semiramis, who gave herself the title Queen of Heaven and would later be referred to as Isis in the pagan religion, were committing terrible acts. Such as blood sacrifices (human) and a bunch of other stuff you can read about. So it wasn't necessarily the tower that was a sin, but everything it represented and who was building it. When Nimrod was murdered....Semiramis claimed she gave birth to his reincarnated soul and married her own Son and ruled. She has a ton of titles and names (besides Isis) she had people leave gifts for Nimrod under an evergreen tree and many say this is actually how we got the tradition of a Christmas tree and leaving presents under it....but there is a ton of conflicting opinions about this theory. It's a can of worms for sure! It's hard to say if that's correct or not as I've read so many articles for and against this theory and they are all convincing in their own way. Anyway hopefully you found this as interesting as I did!
Hi! I appreciate your honesty, but also showing your plan forward. I took have struggles lately and part of it is more demands on my time but mostly is that superficial reading/studying is not enough but I feel overwhelmed trying to fit in deep study everyday. I believe the Lord is guiding me toward something that is going to pull my focus on Him and not on being good enough or doing it "right". I'm still working out my plan. Lol. This video is encouraging. I hope you are encouraged and continue to grow closer and closer to God, as we all seek to do. Have a great day!
Thank you soo much for your comment and sharing your struggles too! Yes!! I believe we can make it too much about our performance rather than meeting and adoring our God. But He is gracious and gentle to direct us back to His truth and love. We keep pressing forward sister to the upward call!! 💝💝💝💝
This was so encouraging! I am feeling the same way and feel like I get so overwhelmed when I study because I feel like I need to learn everything about the passage I’m reading and write it all down but then it slows me down and I get too worried about it so it stops me. I needed this! Thank you!
Yes!! Overthinkers unite lol!!! I also looking at it as- it’s fun to leave space and not learn every single thing or fill every single inch of margin because then we can go back and learn more and write more in months and years to come!! We don’t have to know and do it all right this minute 😅❤ May He meet you and bless you in your studies this week 💘
You encouraged me, thank you ❤ I had wanted a new Bible and I stumbled onto the world of coloring bibles and Journaling. It is really cool, but I'm not artistic in this way. It became overwhelming for me too. Life is hard for me too some among the blessings. I've been wanting to just read and study and journal and learn without all the extra. Just getting g started but I do feel better. Blessings sister.
Yayyy I'm so glad I found your channel ❤ I love bible time and ink pens and planning (I do more prayer planning but same thing almost) thank you for sharing 😊
Praising the Lord that you're feeling refreshed in the Word. Praying you continue to find the rest that He promises us in Matt 11:28-30. Simple reading and journaling can feel so freeing sometimes!!
Thanks for sharing your plans as well as your struggles, it is an encouragement to me. I’m currently using the READ Bible study method from Cyndee Ownbey, as I need something a little more structured right now (menopause allowed ADHD to enter the chat 😂 it’s a struggle.) Praying your time with the Lord is beautiful!
Oooh I will have to look into that! I love a structured plan! Lol thank you so much for being here and I pray you would be blessed in His presence as well!!
I thought those holman bible handbooks were a dupe of the daily grace co. but honestly they look like they have SO much cool information!! And tables are honestly my brain food
Those days come every year 😂😂😂 I was just thinking this as I was reading just now lol. I don’t want the stress of trying to catch up so I’ll go at the pace I can go. I’ve been getting through 2-3 days a night because they are not big chunks. Thank you for confirming my thoughts!! 😬🤣😅📖💕
Thank you for this video I started it months ago and I finally finished watching I apologize. Like you I’ve been going through and it’s also left me feeling exhausted, broken overwhelmed. So much so my phone and tv has become my idols/distraction because I need comfort. Thank you for sharing I just told myself to use my daily walk bible and just a simple note God had already mentioned this so… but thanks again. I’ll be praying for us that are going through this season.
This was so good, Elyse. Thanks so much for sharing. Lots of great resources, and I love your heart! Would love to get to reconnect sometime and chat. ❤
Hi . thanks for sharing your video . I note that you mentioned that your Bible does not have pretty art and other decorative items. I don't think ones bible need to have these over elaborate art and stickers. To me it very distracting. The Bible is for us to know The LORD better and grow in our walk with Him.
It is good to make sure you aren't falling victim to "The captivity of activity" in that you are spending all your time distracted by making your bible study notes pretty and RU-vid/Instagram worthy and you forget that the purpose of bible study is a relationship with God and to learn and hear from Him. How pretty it is, what colors and accessories you use is irrelevant. I have found that the prettier someone's bible is with Modge podge, water colors, cutsy stickies, the less time they are actually seeking God and the more time they are spending seeking the approval of "man".
