Journal

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation… present your requests to God.” — Philippians 4:6

1. What is the specific worry on your mind right now? Write it out completely — don’t summarize. Let it take up space on the page.
2. What is the worst realistic outcome you fear? Then ask: how would I cope if it happened? What resources, people, or faith would I have?
3. What would you tell a close friend who had this same fear? Say it to them in writing — then read it back as if it were addressed to you.
4. What is true about this situation that anxiety isn’t letting you see? What is the larger, calmer story that includes this fear but isn’t controlled by it?
5. Where do you feel this anxiety in your body? Describe the physical sensation without judgment. What does that part of you need right now?
6. What would it mean to trust God with this specific thing — not in general, but this particular fear, today?

“How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?” — Psalm 13:1

1. What have you lost that you haven’t fully let yourself grieve? Name it specifically — a person, a season, a version of yourself, a dream.
2. What do you miss most? What did that person, place, or season give you that nothing else did?
3. Where are you in Psalm 13 right now — the raw complaint (v.1‑2), the petition (v.3‑4), or the fragile trust (v.5‑6)?
4. What has grief taught you that you couldn’t have learned any other way?
5. What would you want the person or thing you are grieving to know? Write directly to them.
6. What does God feel like in this grief — present, absent, silent, near, confusing? Be honest. God can handle it.

“You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.” — Song of Songs 4:7

1. What lie about yourself do you return to most often? Where did it come from? How old were you when you first believed it?
2. How do you define your worth — and where did that definition come from? What would it mean to derive it from something else?
3. What would it feel like to be fully known and fully loved at the same time? Does that feel possible to you?
4. What is one thing about yourself you have never fully accepted? Hold it with curiosity, not judgment.
5. What does it mean to be made in the image of God — for you, specifically? Which of your traits or ways of being reflect something of God?
6. If shame is a distortion, what is the truer version of your story? Write a short description of yourself from the perspective of someone who loves you well.

“I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” — Mark 9:24

1. What question about God are you afraid to ask out loud? Write it here. The page won’t judge you.
2. Where has your faith felt most alive? What was happening in that season? What conditions allowed faith to grow?
3. What would you need to believe differently about God to feel less afraid? Is that belief supported by Scripture or experience?
4. When has doubt strengthened rather than weakened your faith? Describe a time when hard questions led you somewhere true.
5. What does honest prayer look like for you right now — not the polished version, but the real one? Write it out.
6. If God were to speak one sentence into your current season, what do you most need to hear? Write it. Then sit with whether you believe it.

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” — Psalm 147:3

1. What does healing look like for you — not the final destination, but the next step? Be concrete and small.
2. Where have you seen God redeem something painful in your past? Where is there even a hint of something good coming from something hard?
3. What small thing today could you do as an act of hope — a concrete action taken in the direction of what you believe could be true?
4. What would it mean to live with open hands? Where are you holding your plans or timeline too tightly?
5. What in your life is slowly, quietly getting better that you haven’t stopped to notice? Look carefully.
6. Who in your life embodies hope? What quality do they carry, and what would it look like to cultivate it in yourself?