Friday Check-in: Happy April - 04/04/2025
Welcome to our weekly Friday Check-in. If you are new to Soul Care, WELCOME!! We are so glad you are here. We have a weekly rhythm of checking in together on Fridays.
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Welcome to our weekly Friday Check-in for April 4th, 2025 ✅
If you are new to Soul Care, WELCOME!! We are so glad you are here. We have a weekly rhythm of checking in together on Fridays. We use Soul Care's Page, Person, Plan framework to create a weekly rhythm and prepare ourselves for Sabbath rest.
Happy April! Let’s carve out a few minutes now to PAUSE: take a deep breath, maybe stretch a little or grab a warm drink, and quiet yourself before the Lord.
Let's begin with,
Page: An Invitation to Reflection
Today, read or listen to Jeremiah 23:1-8 (NIV) three times:
“Time’s coming”—God’s Decree—
“when I’ll establish a truly righteous David-Branch,
A ruler who knows how to rule justly.
He’ll make sure of justice and keep people united.
In his time Judah will be secure again
and Israel will live in safety.
This is the name they’ll give him:
‘God-Who-Puts-Everything-Right.’
“So watch for this. The time’s coming”—God’s Decree—“when no one will say, ‘As sure as God lives, the God who brought the Israelites out of Egypt,’ but, ’As sure as God lives, the God who brought the descendants of Israel back from the north country and from the other countries where he’d driven them, so that they can live on their own good earth.’”
- What stands out to you most? Is there a particular word or phrase?
- As you read through it a second time… ask God, “to what area of my life does that particular word or phrase connect?”
- And as you read a third time, be asking God, “Is there an invitation for me?” Is there a response of some kind that God is inviting you into?
- Looking back over the past couple of weeks, when have you felt most connected... relationally, spiritually, emotionally, etc?
- What is something that happened in your relationships that you don’t want to forget?
- What needs were met? Did God show up for you in unexpected ways?
- What have you identified as something you need moving forward into this new month?
God can handle IT... all the unknowns, the pain or anger, the joy and celebration... There are no better hands in which to place all of yourself - your past, present, and future - your loved ones, and our world.
INHALE - You are great and do wonderful things;
EXHALE - You alone are God.
Finally, close your time of prayer in thanksgiving.
Have a blessed Friday,
Team Soul Care