October is here. And with its arrival has come the #31 Days Challenge. This challenge, held by THE NESTER, is where bloggers pick a topic of their choice – and write about this one topic – every day, for the 31 days of October.
Last year was my first attempt – 31 Days of Holding, which you can read here .
This year I will be doing – 31 Days of Going in Circles. Each day, my reflections will center around Mark Batterson’s book, The Circle Maker
The last few months, I have felt like my life has been going in circles. You know the rest of the saying … and getting nowhere quick. So for the next 31 days, I want to focus on drawing circles around, and praying for, my family, my dreams, life’s problems and better yet – God’s promises to me.
As Mark Batterson puts it …
“God Honors Bold Prayers and Bold Prayers Honor God.”
You can follow the full 31 days by using the category – 31 Days of Going in Circles – in the sidebar, which will always land you here. Each of the posts will be added on a daily basis besides being on my home page.
I hope you’ll join me as I go on this journey to believe God for more and with more.
Day 1:Â Pray Anyway
Day 2:Â Take the Risk
Day 3:Â New
Day 4:Â From Circling Around
Day 5:Â Help My Unbelief
Day 6:Â Keep. On. Circling!
Day 7:Â Dare to Dream
Day 8:Â We Learn
Day 9:Â Running in Circles
Day 10: Care
Day 11: From Circling Around – 2
Day 12: Unbelief Is What?
Day 13: Sometimes We Circle Back
Day 14: Little –> Much
Day 15: What’s The Difference?
Day 16: As Long As I Have Breath!
Day 17: Long
Day 18: From Circling Around – 3
Day 19: Walk in Truth
Day 20: He Is Able
Day 21: Remain Unoffended
Day 22: Take Them Captive
Day 23: Pray Today
Day 24: Dare
Day 25: From Circling Around – 4
Day 26: An Accomplishing Word
Day 27: Reading & Praying
Day 28: When Giants Fall
Day 29: Never “All Ready”
Day 30: In Prayer
Day 31: Come As You Are
Today I will be joining with … 31 Days .
Love! I read The Circle Maker several summers ago and it changed my whole perspective on prayer. The book is so good and I can’t wait to read more of how you develop your 31 days of going in circles.
My prayer life can always use a push now & again. This seemed to be the book I felt I needed to focus on this month. I hope to learn something fresh about prayer. So glad to have you follow along! And give your insight as well 🙂
🙋Hi Joanne!
I hopped over here from Twitter & so Glad I did! I’m so glad to meet you, from your About page & through your 31 Days Blog Challenge posts. I just decided to try the Challenge a few days ago & will post my Day 1 & Day 2 today.☺ï¸
I wanted to get to know you better just from hearing your SweetHeart through your words on Twitter & Here in your posts. Then I read the About page…then, I saw it. Your HelloMornings Member Banner!!! I am a HMC Member too, and an AC on Instagram.
I was already going to ask you a favor too! Now, I know God lead me to you.
I’m also the HelloMornings’ Prayer Director & have started a # for us HMC Sisters to use for Prayer. #HelloPrayer I’ve been wanting to begin a Prayer Resource of some kind and I’d love to start with yours!
Would you Pretty Please, consider tagging your Posts on Twitter, FB & Instagram (if you are on all each of these) with #HelloPrayer; so that our HMC Sisters can have these Circle of Prayer Posts as a Prayer Resource?! I will be sharing your series as well, if that’s ok.😉
Oh, just one more thing, (Columbo flashback); would you please pray with & for my 31 Days of Posts? They will be Inspirational enCouragement Posts, I hope! Thanks!
If you’d like to chat, You can Private Message me on
Twitter @SusieMM413
or on FB, Susie Cantrell (Sattler)
Or through the HMC Member Site.
My Profile page is listed by name.
Have a JOYfull Day!☀ï¸
{💞HUGs} 💚Love Ya! Susie 🙂
It’s been wonderful connecting with you. I have enjoyed the emails & will tag my posts 🙂 Thank you for the encouragement and may you be blessed as you write your series!
I have not read this book, but I’ve been intrigued by it. A good friend read through it as they prayed for their daughter’s healing of cancer. It inspired them to pray bold prayers. Their daughter was healed of the cancer. Not giving the book the credit! But I do think they were inspired to pray boldly and to be vocal about it and the Lord was given praise through it. Looking forward to your posts on this!
Thank you for sharing! I do think we sometimes neglect to prayer consistently & miss so much of what God has for us. How wonderful that God brought healing to this girl in response to prayers. But more so, He brought glory to His Name that He does indeed do what only He can do. Grateful you shared!
Kel, I must respond as I just saw this come through. The tears are streaming. One never truly knows exactly who reads a post or the impact it might have. I am humbled to think that you chose to follow my series. You have touched me more deeply than you could know. I have no idea how I am going to sit in the dentist’s chair in 20 minutes without tears rolling 🙂 There are no words to express how you have encouraged me this afternoon. May He bless you equally as deep!