I know I am a little behind but today I decided to open my bible as I feel I haven't been as invested as I should be. Reflection Questions: What verse did you choose this week that stood out to you the most? The verse I selected comes from James 1:26 " If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless." How did applying it change your attitude or decisions? Lately I feel like I have been struggling with this aspect of my life. I find myself cussing, which is something I've always struggled with in my journey of faith. While reading over this, this verse stuck out to me the most. I know we aren't perfect and things happen, but I also do believe that we can have discipline especially when it comes to what we say and how we say it. This is an aspect of my life that I feel I have really been lacking in and is why I chose this verse. Applying this verse to my life will show me a new perspective of how I talk and view things. What did you learn about God or yourself? I learned that if I want to be serious about my faith and journey, steps like these are what I need take. Being able to be self-aware of my actions in what I do and say are very important. I need to be able to hold myself accountable and be honest with myself. It is easy for me to say that I'll stop cussing, but I haven't done anything to change it. I want to be able to carry myself in a more positive way and I think this is some of the first steps in that direction.

- Attached are the AUDIO and WRITTEN daily teachings. See which is which below: - The first attachment below is the daily AUDIO clip. - The second is the WRITTEN daily teaching - The third is the DEEP DIVE daily teaching - I encourage you to make a discussion question about today's topic, or comment below!

Reflection Questions: What distraction did you choose and why? The distraction that I will be choosing is music. I love music but I feel like some of what I listen to are not the best choices and whether I'd like to admit it or not, it does have influence on me. How did limiting it affect your peace, focus, or awareness of God? Now starting tomorrow will be the first day of me limiting my exposure of what I am listening too. I will have to come back to this question. What did God teach you through this? I don't know what I am looking to gain out of this. I honestly might not even gain anything. This just kind of ties into my journey of becoming more self-aware of my habits and what I do.

- Attached are the AUDIO and WRITTEN daily teachings. See which is which below: - The first attachment below is the daily AUDIO clip. - The second is the WRITTEN daily teaching - The third is the DEEP DIVE daily teaching - I encourage you to make a discussion question about today's topic, or comment below!

The reason why I started my journey with Christ is simply the fact that I did not like who I was becoming. In the past, I had made choices that affected both friends and family and as I tried to continue life I just felt guilty of my actions. It led me into a bad spiral of depression for about a year and a half. I lost motivation in myself and my life and just was overall not in a good place. I started to turn to Christ and realized the challenges being given to me were for a reason. I related heavily to lessons being brought to me by the Bible. That’s where my journey begins.