We are wrapping up what has been an amazing year of Scripture writing on so many topics pertaining to Biblical womanhood. We have seen what the Word has to say about motherhood, friendship, love and marriage, growing in Christ, finances, our identity, homemaking, and so much more. Our prayer is that you are coming away from this year of Scripture writing with a newfound perspective and encouragement that will last.
I’m really excited to be embarking now on a new year of study, and I’m ready to see what all the Lord has for us to learn in 2020, first in January! Once again, a huge “thank you!” and shout-out goes to my friend, Amber Durgan, who came up with the passages for this month’s plan!
“Renewed Life” is our theme for January, and rightfully so as we are celebrating the beginning of a new year of our lives! As we are all thinking right now about goals, resolutions, productivity, and the like, we want to pause and see what God’s Word has to say about renewed life. It is our prayer that a particular passage or passages would be of especially great encouragement to you in the month ahead and would inspire you to walk away from the stress and the overwhelm, the expectations and the distraction that can come with a new year, and usher you into a more peaceful, memorable, calm, meaningful, and beautiful beginning to 2020.
Each day’s passage will take no more than about 5, maybe 10, minutes to write out, thereby making the plan easily accessible for even the busiest of women to follow. And, though it won’t at all be time-intensive, our Scripture-writing will aid us well in our desire to get into the Word of God, actually ponder and meditate on it, and study it for ourselves. Studies show that when we stop and actually write out something as opposed to simply reading (or typing it!), we retain far more of the material we are going over. So, I’m excited to see how this Scripture writing plan will equip us to better study and even memorize the Word of God.
How This is All Going to Work
For those of you who may be new to the plan, here’s what we are going to do:
Beginning Wednesday, January 1, 2020, we will daily be writing out together the passage for the day as laid out in this plan. You can write out your passage in your journal, a notebook, your planner, a chalkboard, a calendar, a paper on your refrigerator, whatever you want! The whole point is to get into the Word and get the Word into us! So do what will work best for you!
As we go through the Scripture writing plan together, we are going to (as we feel led to and want to, there is no strict obligation!) take a picture of our writing for the day, post it to social media (along with, if you so choose, a note on what stood out to you from that day’s writing), and use the hashtag #homeandhearthscripturewriting. That way, we can keep track of who all is going through the plan, invite friends to join us, see how it’s going, encourage each other, and find likeminded ladies to journey together with through this plan. In fact, we have now formed an entire Facebook Group centered around the Home and Hearth Scripture Writing! There are already over 260 ladies in the group, several of whom daily post about what the Lord taught them through that day’s writing, how the passage was exactly what they needed in that moment, etc. It’s a super encouraging place, so please do consider joining us over there, as well!
I’m so excited to embark on this new plan with you ladies and can’t wait to see how the Lord uses it in our lives! Comment below if you’re planning to join us! See y’all on Wednesday, January 1st!
As always, if you have any questions, just reach out!
January 1- Psalm 19:7
January 2- Psalm 23:3
January 3- Psalm 51:10
January 4- Psalm 103:5
January 5- Psalm 104: 30
January 6- Isaiah 40:31
January 7- Isaiah 41:1
January 8- Isaiah 57:10
January 9- Lamentations 5:21
January 10- Romans 12:2
January 11- 2 Corinthians 4:16
January 12- Ephesians 4:22-24
January 13- Colossians 3:9-10
January 14- Titus 3:5
January 15- Isaiah 38:16
January 16- Hebrews 13:19
January 17- 2 Peter 3:18
January 18- Hebrews 6:1
January 19- Jeremiah 12:2
January 20- Luke 17:5
January 21- Colossians 1:9-10
January 22- Colossians 2:6-7
January 23- Romans 5:20-21
January 24- Psalm 9:12-14
January 25- Proverbs 1:1-5
January 26- Romans 5:2-6
January 27- 2 Corinthians 9:6-10
January 28 – John 15:5
January 29-James 1:2-4
January 30- 2 Corinthians 3:18
January 31- Colossians 3:9-10
This will be my first year and month with you. I lost my little boy March 23rd and spiritually I really really need to get closer to the Lord. I mean I have stayed with the Lord but I just feel I need to be even closer. I’ve done scripture writings before many many times but for some reason this one stuck out to me when I was doing a search. I think it’s called lead and I love that there’s a Facebook group in a way to connect with others.
We’re so glad you’re here, Tamijoy! Praying that this plan and community would be a comfort and help to you in this time!
Hi! Thank you for this resource! I am starting scripture writing for the first time in 2020. I want to be a woman in the word! I’m in a valley right now! I need this a lot! Thanks again excited to get started!
I’m so happy you’re here, Amie! Praying that the study would be an encouragement to you!
Very thankful to be a part of this community.
I’m thankful you’re here!