{"id":59,"date":"2026-03-20T09:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2026-04-12T07:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:59:06","slug":"journal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Entries from my prayer journals, where I both talk to and hear from God. For the vlog, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@todaygodtaughtme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@todaygodtaughtme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-7a2f388e795ef919adce4ed3be99224e\"><a href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?page_id=70\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"70\">About these journal entries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-231 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-journal\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h2 style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-style:none;border-width:0px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=231\" target=\"_self\" >April 25, 2026, 11:55 AM<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:0px;line-height:0\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Time to Read:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-time-to-read has-medium-font-size\">8\u201312 minutes<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">God: You often mistake project for purpose. You can have great purpose, and no clear project. And a clear project,&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=231\"><strong>Read entry<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-228 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-journal\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h2 style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-style:none;border-width:0px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=228\" target=\"_self\" >April 21, 2026, 7:57 AM<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:0px;line-height:0\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Time to Read:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-time-to-read has-medium-font-size\">1\u20132 minutes<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">God: The biggest leap of faith isn\u2019t the leap\u2014it\u2019s the pause. \u201cLeaps of faith\u201d are often praised. \u201cRests of faith\u201d&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=228\"><strong>Read entry<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-225 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-journal\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h2 style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-style:none;border-width:0px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=225\" target=\"_self\" >April 20, 2026, 8:15 AM<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:0px;line-height:0\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Time to Read:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-time-to-read has-medium-font-size\">1\u20132 minutes<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">God: You have been taught there is no such thing as \u201ca 10\u201d. If I can do above and beyond&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=225\"><strong>Read entry<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-222 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-journal\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h2 style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-style:none;border-width:0px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=222\" target=\"_self\" >April 12, 2026, 10:50 AM<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:0px;line-height:0\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Time to Read:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-time-to-read has-medium-font-size\">1\u20132 minutes<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">God: Joshua, a good teacher doesn\u2019t just correct. If that was all a good teacher did, how would you learn?&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=222\"><strong>Read entry<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-216 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-journal\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h2 style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-style:none;border-width:0px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=216\" target=\"_self\" >April 12, 2026, 8:46 AM<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:0px;line-height:0\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Time to Read:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-time-to-read has-medium-font-size\">1\u20132 minutes<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Holy Spirit: A lot of the time, you questioned yourself, because you questioned your ideas. You are very creative. You&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=216\"><strong>Read entry<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-214 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-journal\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h2 style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-style:none;border-width:0px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=214\" target=\"_self\" >April 9, 2026, 8:24 AM<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:0px;line-height:0\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Time to Read:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-time-to-read has-medium-font-size\">8\u201312 minutes<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">God: Share your concerns with me. Joshua: Okay. So, like, I think people will assume that my blog of talking&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=214\"><strong>Read entry<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-203 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-journal\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h2 style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-style:none;border-width:0px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=203\" target=\"_self\" >April 6, 2026, 7:21 AM<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:0px;line-height:0\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Time to Read:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-time-to-read has-medium-font-size\">3\u20134 minutes<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">God: It can be hard to catch when you have an unhealthy thought. People don\u2019t generally think things that are&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=203\"><strong>Read entry<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-201 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-journal\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h2 style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-style:none;border-width:0px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=201\" target=\"_self\" >April 5, 2026, 5:30 PM<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:0px;line-height:0\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Time to Read:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-time-to-read has-medium-font-size\">5\u20137 minutes<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">God: I want to explain what \u201ca spirit of fear\u201d entails: Leaps and Withholding can be the right action\u2014if I&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=201\"><strong>Read entry<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-123 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-journal\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h2 style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-style:none;border-width:0px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=123\" target=\"_self\" >March 23, 2026, 11:58 AM<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:0px;line-height:0\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Time to Read:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-time-to-read has-medium-font-size\">4\u20137 minutes<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">God: You feel embarrassed. If I correct you, you imagine a little red pen making a little red checkmark beside&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=123\"><strong>Read entry<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-121 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-journal\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h2 style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-style:none;border-width:0px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=121\" target=\"_self\" >March 23, 2026, 7:29 AM<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:0px;line-height:0\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Time to Read:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-time-to-read has-medium-font-size\">10\u201315 minutes<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">God: I didn\u2019t come to earth and die so that you could still carry any amount of shame. The cross&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=121\"><strong>Read entry<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entries from my prayer journals, where I both talk to and hear from God. For the vlog, go to TikTok or YouTube. 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