Day 1 1 Corinthians 8:6

Day 2 Philippians 4:19

Day 3 James 1:17

Day 4 Deuteronomy 28:12

Day 5 Psalm 121:2

Day 6 Genesis 22:14

Day 7 Psalm 31:19

Day 8 Exodus 33:18-19

Day 9 Ephesians 3:20

Day 10 Psalm 16:2

Day 11 Psalm 23:1-2

Day 12 Psalm 65:11

Day 13 Psalm 107:8-9

Day 14 Proverbs 10:22

Day 15 Genesis 1:27-28

Day 16 Genesis 14:22-23

Day 17 Genesis 15:1

Day 18 1 Timothy 6:17

Day 19 1 Chronicles 29:12

Day 20 1 Chronicles 29:14

Day 21 Genesis 9:3

Day 22 Romans 11:36

Day 23 Ephesians 1:3

Day 24 2 Peter 1:3

Day 25 Deuteronomy 28:2

Day 26 Galatians 4:4-7

Day 27 Romans 8:17

Day 28 Hebrews 1:1-2

Day 29 Colossians 1:12

Day 30 Proverbs 8:17-21

Day 31 Matthew 6:33

Day 1 Hebrews 6:17-20

Day 2 Psalm 32:6-7

Day 3 Psalm 46:1-3

Day 4 Psalm 57:1-2

Day 5 Psalm 9:7-10

Day 6 Psalm 143:7-9

Day 7 Psalm 18:1-3

Day 8 Psalm 31:1-5

Day 9 Psalm 31:14-15

Day 10 Psalm 31:19-20

Day 11 Psalm 144:1-2

Day 12 Psalm 59:16-17

Day 13 Psalm 61:1-4

Day 14 Psalm 62:5-8

Day 15 Psalm 71:1-3

Day 16 Psalm 71:4-6

Day 17 Psalm 71:7-9

Day 18 Psalm 94:19-23

Day 19 Psalm 118:8-9

Day 20 Psalm 5:11-12

Day 21 Psalm 11:1-4

Day 22 Psalm 34:8-10

Day 23 Psalm 91:1-3

Day 24 Psalm 91:4-6

Day 25 Psalm 36:7-9

Day 26 Psalm 17:6-9

Day 27 Deuteronomy 33:27-29

Day 28 Isaiah 26:3-4

Day 29 Isaiah 40:9-11

Day 30 Nahum 1:7

Day 1 Psalm 17:8

Day 2 Ephesians 2:4-5

Day 3 1 John 2:3-6

Day 4 Exodus 3:14

Day 5 1 John 2:15-17

Day 6 1 Corinthians 6:17

Day 7 Ephesians 2:6-7

Day 8 2 Corinthians 5:20

Day 9 John 8:36

Day 10 Colossians 2:9-10

Day 11 Romans 8:14

Day 12 Colossians 3:12

Day 13 Galatians 5:1

Day 14 Colossians 3:2-3

Day 15 1 Corinthians 1:30

Day 16 Ephesians 3:12

Day 17 Philippians 4:13

Day 18 Genesis 1:27

Day 19 Romans 8:1-2

Day 20 Revelation 17:14

Day 21 Hebrews 13:8

Day 22 Galatians 3:28

Day 23 Isaiah 43:4

Day 24 Psalm 23:1-3

Day 25 Exodus 19:5

Day 26 Hebrews 4:16

Day 27 2 Timothy 1:9

Day 28 Isaiah 49:16

Day 29 Luke 1:37

Day 30 John 3:3

Day 31 Romans 5:17

I have always loved to write. Even as a child I wrote notes to my parents, poems for my grandmothers and stories that I dreamed of turning into published books. For years I wrote a Christmas poem each year to include in cards to our friends and family. My mother kept a special folder with all of my writings she collected over the years. I found it when I cleaned out her home office following her passing in March 2017. My mother was a devoted servant of Christ and a dedicated prayer warrior. Each night she read her Daily Guidepost Devotion, Billy Graham “My Answer” syndicated column, and wrote in her prayer journal. She set a powerful example of what daily writing can do for one’s faith.

In 2015, my mother became very ill and suffered with rapid onset dementia. It is an unforgiving and traumatic illness. For two years we cared for my mother at home. During that time, I felt as though I was wandering far from God. Prayer did not come easily and neither did scripture reading. I desperately wanted to feel the peace and comfort my faith had always provided. One day a friend of mine at work shared that she was doing a daily scripture writing. She shared the monthly schedule she was following. All it required was for me to keep a scripture journal and each day write the scripture and prayerfully reflect upon its meaning. Most days it was a verse or two. As soon as she shared this activity with me, something clicked. I knew that if I used writing in my daily time with God, I would find my way back.

Writing scripture in my journal helped me get through that time and then again through the subsequent illness, caregiving and passing of my father less than two years after my mother. As soon as I would begin to write the scripture for the day, I would feel a sense of peace and the sensation of being held. I continue to do this in my walk with God. Sometimes I skip days when I get tied up with other things or just forget to sit down and do it. I can tell a difference on those days. They seem more chaotic. Less meaningful.

I figure there are people in our church family who, like me, find pleasure in writing. There is something comforting about picking up a pen or pencil and copying words inspired by our Almighty Father. If you would like to give it a try, I am preparing a monthly scripture writing schedule and offering it to our church family as a gift. Feel free to share with anyone who might like to give it a try. I will do my best to align the theme of the month with the messages brought by our pastors and with the special events in the life of the church.

I recommend that you write with your favorite pen, marker or pencil. Use colors that inspire you or make you happy. Use a notebook or special journal that you keep with your Bible. My method is to keep a copy of the scripture schedule folded on the inside of my Bible cover. When I sit down to write and pray the scripture, I open my Bible to the book and the verse and I begin to copy. After I have copied the verse(s), I go back and underline it in my Bible and add the date I copied it. I enjoy opening my Bible and seeing all of the underlined verses and when I read and copied them. Finally, I go back to the verse(s) in my journal and, using two colors of highlighters – blue and green – I highlight in blue the promise God is making and in green the action I am to take in response to the promise. I have been overwhelmed with the number of promises and calls to action that exist in nearly every verse. My prayer for you is that you will find through writing scripture that you draw closer to our Savior, Jesus Christ and experience His grace and peace in new and profound ways.

Love In Christ,
Laura Padgett

Day 1 Romans 5:3-5

Day 2 Romans 5:6-8

Day 3 1 Peter 5:7

Day 4 Ephesians 1:3-6

Day 5 Ephesians 1:7-8

Day 6 Ephesians 4:22-24

Day 7 Galatians 2:20

Day 8 John 8:58

Day 9 Deuteronomy 32:10

Day 10 John 14:6

Day 11 Philippians 4:19

Day 12 Colossians 1:13-14

Day 13 Revelation 1:18

Day 14 Philippians 4:7

Day 15 Romans 12:1-2

Day 16 1 John 4:7-8

Day 17 Romans 8:31

Day 18 1 Thessalonians 1:4-5

Day 19 Ephesians 5:8

Day 20 Exodus 6:7-8

Day 21 1 Corinthians 12:27

Day 22 Jeremiah 1:5

Day 23 2 Corinthians 2:14

Day 24 Romans 8:28

Day 25 1 John 5:11-12

Day 26 Romans 3:24

Day 27 Revelation 1:17

Day 28 Colossians 3:1

Day 29 Romans 6:23

Day 30 John 11:25-26

Day 31 Ephesians 6:10-11

Day 1 1 John 3:16-20

Day 2 Psalm 139:13-16

Day 3 1 Peter 2:9

Day 4 Galatians 4:7

Day 5 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Day 6 John 1:12

Day 7 2 Corinthians 5:17

Day 8 John 15:14-15

Day 9 Jeremiah 29:11

Day 10 1 John 3:1

Day 11 Philippians 3:20

Day 12 Isaiah 62:3-5

Day 13 Ephesians 2:8-10

Day 14 Romans 8:17

Day 15 1 John 4:4

Day 16 Romans 8:1-2

Day 17 Galatians 3:26-27

Day 18 John 3:16

Day 19 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Day 20 2 Timothy 1:7

Day 21 1 Peter 2:24

Day 22 Isaiah 41:10

Day 23 Matthew 5:13-16

Day 24 1 John 1:5-7

Day 25 Romans 8:37-39

Day 26 2 Corinthians 1:21-22

Day 27 John 15:5

Day 28 Psalm 107:2-3

Day 29 2 Peter 1:4

Day 30 Romans 5:1-2

Day 1 II Corinthians 5:17

Day 2 Jeremiah 29:11

Day 3 John 3:16

Day 4 I John 4:9-10

Day 5 Romans 10:9

Day 6 Psalm 119:105-107

Day 7 Ephesians 2:8-9

Day 8 Psalm 32:8

Day 9 Matthew 28:20

Day 10 Psalm 46:1

Day 11 Roman 12:2

Day 12 Psalm 37:4

Day 13 Philippians 4:6-7

Day 14 Psalm 23:1

Day 15 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Day 16 Psalm 139:14

Day 17 1 Peter 5:7

Day 18 Isaiah 41:10

Day 19 Isaiah 40:31

Day 20 Philippians 4:13

Day 21 Colossians 3:17

Day 22 Psalm 121:1-2

Day 23 Philippians 1:6

Day 24 Proverbs 3:5-6

Day 25 Psalm 121:7-8

Day 26 II Timothy 3:16

Day 27 Matthew 11:28

Day 28 James 1:5

Day 29 Romans 8:28

Day 30 Psalm 51:10

Day 31 Galatians 2:20

Day 1 Romans 12:10-13

Day 2 Romans 12:14-15

Day 3 I Peter 4:8

Day 4 I Peter 4:9-10

Day 5 Genesis 18:3-5

Day 6 Hebrews 13:2

Day 7 Isaiah 58:6-8

Day 8 Hebrews 13:16

Day 9 Luke 14:12-14

Day 10 2 Kings 6:22-23

Day 11 Romans 2:19-21

Day 12 Titus 1:7-9

Day 13 Job 31:32

Day 14 Acts 16:14-15

Day 15 Acts 16:31-34

Day 16 Acts 21:8-10

Day 17 Acts 28:1-5

Day 18 Acts 28:6-10

Day 19 Luke 10:38

Day 20 James 2:1-4

Day 21 James 2:7-10

Day 22 James 2:14-17

Day 23 James 3:17-18

Day 24 James 5:9

Day 25 James 5:19-20

Day 26 Galatians 6:7-8

Day 27 Galatians 6:9-10

Day 28 Ephesians 4:29

Day 29 Proverbs 31:13-15

Day 30 Proverbs 31:20

Day 31 Proverbs 31:26-27

Day 1 Numbers 6:24-26

Day 2 Psalm 86:6-7

Day 3 John 1:14

Day 4 John 1:16-18

Day 5 Acts 15:11

Day 6 Acts 20:24

Day 7 Acts 20:32

Day 8 Romans 1:3-6

Day 9 Romans 3:23-25

Day 10 Romans 4:16

Day 11 Romans 5:1-2

Day 12 Romans 5:8

Day 13 Romans 5:15-17

Day 14 Romans 5:20-21

Day 15 Romans 6:1-2

Day 16 Romans 6:14-15

Day 17 Romans 12:5-8

Day 18 2 Corinthians 4:15

Day 19 2 Corinthians 8:9

Day 20 2 Corinthians 9:8

Day 21 2 Corinthians 12:9

Day 22 Galatians 2:20-21

Day 23 Ephesians 1:5-6

Day 24 Ephesians 1:7-10

Day 25 Ephesians 2:4-6

Day 26 Ephesians 2:8-10

Day 27 Ephesians 4:7

Day 28 Ephesians 4:29

Day 29 Titus 2:11-15

Day 30 Titus 3:5-7

Day 31 Hebrews 12:15

Day 1 Colossians 4:5-6

Day 2 Proverbs 28:26

Day 3 Proverbs 2:6-8

Day 4 James 15:6

Day 5 1 Corinthians 1:18-19

Day 6 1 Corinthians 1:20-21

Day 7 1 Corinthians 1:22-24

Day 8 1 Corinthians 1:25

Day 9 1 Corinthians 1:26-27

Day 10 1 Corinthians 1:28-31

Day 11 1 Corinthians 2 :14-16

Day 12 James 3:13-18

Day 13 Proverbs 1:5-6

Day 14 Proverbs 1:7

Day 15 Proverbs 3:7-8

Day 16 Proverbs 4:7-9

Day 17 Proverbs 8:33-34

Day 18 Proverbs 8:35-36

Day 19 Proverbs 10:8

Day 20 Proverbs 11:30

Day 21 Proverbs 12:15-16

Day 22 Proverbs 15:7

Day 23 Proverbs 15:31-33

Day 24 Proverbs 16:23

Day 25 Proverbs 21:22

Day 26 Proverbs 24:5-7

Day 27 Proverbs 29:11

Day 28 Proverbs 30:24-28

Day 29 Psalm 119:97-99

Day 1 Hebrews 6:17-20

Day 2 Psalm 32:6-7

Day 3 Psalm 46:1-3

Day 4 Psalm 57:1-2

Day 5 Psalm 9:7-10

Day 6 Psalm 143:7-9

Day 7 Catch up day

Day 8 Psalm 18:1-3

Day 9 Psalm 31:1-5

Day 10 Psalm 31:14-15

Day 11 Psalm 31:19-20

Day 12 Psalm 144:1-2

Day 13 Psalm 59:16-17

Day 14 Catch up day

Day 15 Psalm 61:1-4

Day 16 Psalm 62:5-8

Day 17 Psalm 71:1-3

Day 18 Psalm 71:4-6

Day 19 Psalm 71:7-9

Day 20 Psalm 94:19-23

Day 21 Catch up day

Day 22 Psalm 118:8-9

Day 23 Psalm 5:11-12

Day 24 Psalm 11:1-4

Day 25 Psalm 34:8-10

Day 26 Psalm 91:1-3

Day 27 Psalm 91:4-6

Day 28 Catch up day

Day 29 Psalm 36:7-9

Day 30 Psalm 17:6-9

Day 31 Deuteronomy 33:27-29

Day 1 James 1: 1 – 4

Day 2 James 1: 5 – 8

Day 3 James 1: 9 – 12

Day 4 James 1: 13 – 16

Day 5 James 1: 17 – 20

Day 6 James 1: 21 – 24

Day 7 James 1: 25 – 27

Day 8 James 2: 1 – 4

Day 9 James 2: 5 – 7

Day 10 James 2: 8 – 10

Day 11 James 2: 11 – 13

Day 12 James 2: 14 – 17

Day 13 James 2: 18 – 21

Day 14 James 2: 22 – 26

Day 15 James 3: 1 – 3

Day 16 James 3: 4 – 6

Day 17 James 3: 7 – 10

Day 18 James 3: 11 – 14

Day 19 James 3: 15 – 18

Day 20 James 4: 1 – 3

Day 21 James 4: 4 – 7

Day 22 James 4: 8 – 11

Day 23 James 4: 12 – 14

Day 24 James 4: 15 – 16

Day 25 James 5: 1 – 4

Day 26 James 5: 5 – 8

Day 27 James 5: 9 – 11

Day 28 James 5: 12 – 14

Day 29 James 5: 15 – 18

Day 30 James 5: 19 – 20

Day 1 James 1: 1 – 4

Day 2 James 1: 5 – 8

Day 3 James 1: 9 – 12

Day 4 James 1: 13 – 16

Day 5 James 1: 17 – 20

Day 6 James 1: 21 – 24

Day 7 James 1: 25 – 27

Day 8 James 2: 1 – 4

Day 9 James 2: 5 – 7

Day 10 James 2: 8 – 10

Day 11 James 2: 11 – 13

Day 12 James 2: 14 – 17

Day 13 James 2: 18 – 21

Day 14 James 2: 22 – 26

Day 15 James 3: 1 – 3

Day 16 James 3: 4 – 6

Day 17 James 3: 7 – 10

Day 18 James 3: 11 – 14

Day 19 James 3: 15 – 18

Day 20 James 4: 1 – 3

Day 21 James 4: 4 – 7

Day 22 James 4: 8 – 11

Day 23 James 4: 12 – 14

Day 24 James 4: 15 – 16

Day 25 James 5: 1 – 4

Day 26 James 5: 5 – 8

Day 27 James 5: 9 – 11

Day 28 James 5: 12 – 14

Day 29 James 5: 15 – 18

Day 30 James 5: 19 – 20