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April 2021 Sweet Scripture Writing

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Our April 2021 Sweet Scripture Writing theme is Praise.

In April, we are asking you to not only take a few minutes each day to look up and write down the day’s Scripture, but we would like to encourage you to also write down something that you can praise God for each day. You may also want to write down any prayers, questions, or thoughts that come to mind as you read/write each verse.

The more we praise God, the more we find to praise Him for. It is our prayer that by taking this challenge during the 30 days of April, praise for all that God has done and is doing will begin to flow naturally from your heart every day.

Sign up below to receive your FREE April 2021 Sweet Scripture Writing Plan. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and let’s spend time together in God’s Word, praising Him.

January 2021 Sweet Scripture Writing

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Our January 2021 Sweet Scripture Writing theme is Love. As we start a new year, let’s renew our love for God and His word and take a look at how He calls us to love others. Take a few minutes each day in January to look up and write down the day’s Scripture. Also write down any prayers, questions, or thoughts that come to mind as you read/write each verse. It is our prayer that by writing out these verses you will write God’s Word on your heart and apply it to your life.

Sign up below to receive your FREE January 2021 Sweet Scripture Writing Plan and follow us on Facebook and Instagram and let’s spend time together in God’s Word.

Christmas 2020 Sweet Scripture Writing

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Merry Christmas from Sweet Monday! Our gift to you is a FREE 31-day Sweet Scripture Writing Plan that tells the story of Christmas and what it means for all who believe.

Use your FREE writing plan and spend a few minutes each day writing out and reflecting on the day’s Scripture or read aloud with your family as you celebrate the Christmas season. Sign up below to receive your FREE plan and enjoy!

October 2020 Sweet Scripture Writing

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Our October 2020 Sweet Scripture Writing theme is Darkness and Light. As we move into fall and our days become shorter, let us not forget our true source of light. Take a few minutes each day in October to look up and write down the day’s Scripture. Also write down any prayers, questions, or thoughts that come to mind as you read/write each verse. It is our prayer that by writing out these verses you will write God’s Word on your heart and apply it to your life.

Sign up below to receive your FREE October 2020 Sweet Scripture Writing Plan and follow us on Facebook and Instagram and let’s spend time together in God’s Word.

Back To Sweet Monday Prayer

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Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefor pray earnestly for the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Matthew 9:37-38

September is Back To Sweet Monday for many hostesses. After a summer off and planning for a new season of monthly gatherings, hostesses are eager to open their homes again to neighbors, family and friends. The desire is to see women connect with one another and connect with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Like churches, schools and colleges around the world, this September will begin with a bit of caution and uncertainty. Hostesses around the world are thinking through what this season of Sweet Monday may look like for them since COVID-19 is still a threat.

We hope that you will join us in praying over our hostesses during this season of uncertainty. Below are just a few of the things we are praying for:

  • Lord, let our hostesses be encouraged by Your Word daily.
  • Lord, don’t let our hostesses become discouraged. Help them to remain faithful and not try to measure success.
  • Lord, help Sweet Monday to find more ways to reach women for Christ through events like Sweet Monday Online.
  • Lord, help our hostesses to be creative in finding ways to connect with their neighbors, family and friends.
  • Lord, let more women come forward and desire to reach women for Christ.
  • Lord, let Your Gospel be proclaimed to the ends of the earth.
  • Lord, we pray that more women around the world and their families will come to know you as their Lord and Savior as a result of Sweet Monday.

To register to attend our September Sweet Monday Online, Click Here.

Packing Boxes

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Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21

This past week has been a little crazy in the Russell household. My husband, my children and I have been packing our belonging into boxes. We are preparing our home for repairs, painting and then to sell. For fourteen years we have lived here and have accumulated a large amount of things. You don’t realize how much stuff you have until you have to pack it in boxes.

A lot of emotions have been going through my head. It’s an exciting time as we look forward to what God has in store for us at our next home. However, it is also difficult as we say goodbye to this home and these neighbors whom we love.

While packing, this verse came to mind as I wrapped each item to ensure it would not be damaged in the move and carefully placed them into an empty box. All of the things that now fill these boxes are just items that I hold with an open hand knowing that at any moment I could lose them or have them take from me. They are items that God has blessed me with and though each one holds some sentimental value, they are not my treasure.

We are not meant to love our possessions. We are meant to love God and to love people. My treasure is my relationship with Jesus Christ, and I store up treasures in heaven by serving Him and those around me and pointing everyone to the Gospel.

One of the things I have been prayerful about during this time is my Sweet Monday. I have been a hostess in this neighborhood since 2015, and over the years God has brought precious women into my life through simple monthly gatherings. At this time I am not positive what God has in store for my Sweet Monday, but I trust Him with the outcome. I feel confident I will be able to continue to meet with my current group of ladies come fall, location to be determined.

While packing my 8-year-old daughter said to me, “just think of all the new ladies in our new neighborhood that we can invite to our Sweet Monday.” I was reminded that when we move we will take our greatest treasure with us to our new home, and we will have the opportunity to love, serve and share the Gospel with a new set of neighbors.