The Diligent Life
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Peer pressure is very real. It is not just for kids or teenagers. You and I feel pressure every day to make choices in one way or another.
The Media does it - Social Media does it - Your Friends do it - Your Family does it - Your Job does it - Your Congregation does it.
All of which can be in either a positive or a negative way. Peer pressure is NOT always a bad thing.
Enter The Diligent Life Subscription! :)
The Diligent Life is where you find support to create a simple plan for daily Bible study and prayer. The Diligent Life Planner provides a roadmap, but one that is adaptable to life’s ups and downs.
The Diligent Life is where you can get help if carving out the time for daily Bible study and prayer is difficult. Sometimes it is hard to know if it is OK to say to "No" to things you are already doing. It can be helpful to work through those choices with someone else who isn't emotionally invested in the activities you are trying to sort through. So, The Diligent Life will offer Co-working sessions at the end of the month to encourage you to PLAN your study time for the upcoming month, to put that PLAN into your calendar, and to ENCOURAGE you to follow your chosen PLAN. This will set you up for accountability - because you've shared your plans with someone else. They KNOW what you intend to do. (Peer pressure in a positive way.)
If you are trying to create a plan for family study time, the co-working session is also when you can get suggestions and help for how to use the plan in that way.
The Diligent Life focuses on practical encouragement. It will also give you opportunities to dig deeper through Live Bible studies throughout the year. Some of these will be member-only offers. Some will be offered to the public, but Members get first access, especially if the study is a limited-sized class. All of them will be available to Members at Members-Only discounts.
The Diligent Life is the place to gather studies that equip you with the skills to study God's word. It will sharpen your knowledge and build-up your armor. These things you will be able to use to encourage your family and to teach others - whether in congregational classes or one-on-one with a neighbor who wants to learn more about the gospel.
Choosing your peers from like-minded people; Have peer pressure that encourages you in godly things in godly ways - like Martha Stewart would say, "It's a good thing." :)
This is the "dream" The Diligent Life seeks to make a reality. A life without the burden of guilt and regret from a lack of time spent in God's word and in prayer.
Here are some of the benefits of membership in The Diligent Life Membership:
FREE Subscribers get
weekly encouragement for prayer and Bible study
access to weekly Prayer request thread in The Diligent Life Chat
access to the 5-Day Prayer Challenge to refresh your prayer routine any time you need it.
Paid Subscribers get
The Diligent Life Planner ($60 value), includes planner pages with instructions, journal pages, Prayer Study Builder with instructions, Scripture Writing Study Builder with instructions
weekly prayer prompts
Plan and Prep Day once a month for those who want help in creating an intentional plan for prayer and study time on their calendars
member-only discounts on Bible studies and tools in The Diligent Woman Shop
Access to trainings on prayer lists, including study and prayer time in your schedule, Scripture Writing Basics, Bible Marking, and other methods of study to help you apply those things to your daily study plans (these will be added along the way)
The Diligent Life Mission
The Diligent Life helps Christians to be confident about their Bible study and prayer life so they are equipped with the skills to share God's word with their own families and people throughout the world.
The membership provides planner pages and instructions for ways to use them. Challenges and Bible studies will be offered to encourage you in living your study and prayer plan out daily.
As a valued Member I am eager to hear from you. What ideas you have, what is working, and what is not. You will help to create a membership that will help other Christians to get rid of their guilt and doubt about their study and prayer habits. We are in this together. What a way to encourage and be encouraged!
I look forward to continuing on this path to growing in grace and knowledge with you!
Angela
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