Science Shows Journaling Increases Brain Health

I was sent an email recently with a link over to this five-minute video and this message: “Here’s scientific proof of the value of journaling presented by a pediatric neurologist. Although he’s not talking about listening to God, just the practice of journaling has healing results for the brain/emotions. How much more when journaling what God says!” - Roger.

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I watched the video and awoke the next morning with this question.

Lord, is it true that hand-written journaling is better than typing out my dialogue with You?

Mark, when you become still and type from flow. That is better than when someone types out classroom notes while listening to a teacher. It is deeper, and you can pause and do it slower, and you are using pictures, as your eyes are fixed on Me.

So typing, or speaking forth a prophecy, if done using the four keys of stillness, vision, spontaneity, and journaling/speaking, is good, whether you are writing by hand, speaking, or typing, as your heart and both hemispheres of your brain are engaged.

Fixing your eyes on Me engages the right hemisphere; typing, speaking, writing all engage the left hemisphere, and flow engages your heart and My spirit, which is united to your heart.

So combining the four keys is the best of the best of the best. It is fine to accomplish, with either handwriting, typing, or speaking, as long as all four keys are being utilized.

Mankind searches for MY truth and finds it bit by bit. However, I have REVEALED to you the four keys which combine MANY bits of truth into ONE package. Blessed are those who use these as a bundle, for they are receiving and writing as the prophets of old did. They are restored to the fullness of My revelatory flow within them. Behold, I have spoken. Behold, it is to be done.

You do remember the meditation I led you on, where you examined the top ten writers in the Bible and found they ALL USED ALL FOUR KEYS. What more do you need than that as evidence that TRUTH has been discovered and revealed?

Now go and teach the four keys to the world as I have commanded you to.

Yes, Lord.

Thank you, My son.

Journaling Question

Lord, what would You speak to me concerning using the four keys to receive and release Your revelation to the world? How important are they? How important is it to use all four keys?

Prayer

Lord, grant me full freedom in utilizing all four keys of stillness, vision, flow, and journaling. Reveal any hindrances within me that hold me back from believing and doing all four keys. I break off any lie that I should not or cannot use all four keys fully and completely. These are lies from the father of lies. They have no place within me. They have no power over me. I repent for receiving them, believing them, and acting in accordance with them. I bind all such demons and cast them down in Jesus' name. You have no place within me. BE GONE NOW in JESUS' name! You are liars from the pit of hell. I can and I will use these four keys just as the writers of Scripture did. The Bible and the Spirit will be my guide and my strength to accomplish all that God has revealed that I am to do. I CAN LIVE THE BIBLE! I break off any thought that says I can’t!

Thank You, Lord, for setting me free and empowering me to live a supernatural life. Thank You that I am not bound by my culture, my natural limitations, likes or dislikes, or the lies of the enemy. Thank You that You set me free to be all that You have ordained and commanded me to be. I receive Your ALL, Lord. I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH Christ, who has set me free.

Those whom the SON has set free are free indeed!

Questions

Am I a second-class Christian if I don’t use all four keys comfortably in my daily life? The answer is NO, there are no second-class Christians.

However, you are missing out on some of God’s provisions if you are not availing yourself of everything He spreads out on His banquet table for you.

How can I avail myself of everything on His banquet table? Answer: One step at a time. Both Old and New Testaments speak of the path getting brighter and brighter (Prov. 4:18; 2 Pet. 1:19). As long as we are hungry for all that God wants to give us, and we maintain open and seeking hearts, revelation continues, and we take one step after another into His unfolding glory. That has surely been the case in my life. Paul says, “I press on… not having obtained" (Phil. 3:12-15).

So we all press on into INCREASING light and revelation, for our entire lives. Receiving and releasing more and more of His glory each and every day of our lives. No rush. We cease our labors and enter His rest (stillness - Heb. 4), and tune to His flow (Jn. 7:37-39), as our eyes are fixed on Jesus (Heb. 12:1,2).

It truly is a wonderful life we live, in perfect peace, as we wade deeper and deeper into the waters of the Holy Spirit (Ezek. 47:1-5). Never stop wading out into deeper waters! Never stop.

Recall Jesus, our perfect example, who heard His Father's voice, saw visions, and felt God’s compassion. So He was auditory, visual, and kinesthetic, all three. He told me in my journaling not to speak a word curse over myself and say I couldn’t be one of these three, but to press in and cultivate all three.

Perfect theology

According to Bill Johnson, and I certainly agree, Jesus is perfect theology. And, He used all four keys. Jesus did nothing of His own initiative, but only what He heard and saw the Father doing (Jn. 8:28).

1. Stop - Become still – Jesus went alone to pray (Matt. 14:23)
2. Look – Look for vision – “I do only those things I see the Father doing” (Jn. 5:19,20; 8:38)
3. Listen – Recognize God’s voice as spontaneous thoughts – “I do only those things I hear from the Father” (Jn. 5:30; 8:26)
4. Write – Journaling - Jesus wrote in the sand (Jn. 8:6)

Make this golden pattern a part of your daily life!

Hearing God's voice is as simple as quieting yourself down,
fixing your eyes on Jesus, tuning to spontaneity, and writing.

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