--- title: "Mourning into Dancing | The Tree Church" url: https://thetree.church/blog/2024/12/31/mourning-into-dancing description: "Open by taking 2-3 minutes to pray and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time.    Read Psalm 30. Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read.  After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to both what you hi..." lang: en --- 721 N. Memorial Drive, Lancaster, OH 43130✦ Main Service: Sunday 9 & 11am✦ Movement Youth Sunday 5:30pm✦ Lancaster & Logan, Ohio✦ 721 N. Memorial Drive, Lancaster, OH 43130✦ Main Service: Sunday 9 & 11am✦ Movement Youth Sunday 5:30pm✦ Lancaster & Logan, Ohio✦ Blog (https://thetree.church/blog) Take 20: https://thetree.church/blog/category/take-20 # Mourning into Dancing December 31st, 2024 by Tree Church Daily Image: Mourning into Dancing (https://base44.app/api/apps/6ac2bb755fa612c2228960ca/files/mp/public/6ac2bb755fa612c2228960ca/5b69f1c49_17368658_2000x1125_2500.jpg) Open by taking 2-3 minutes to pray and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time. **Read Psalm 30**. Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read. After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to both what you highlighted in the passage and what is going on in your life. **God has the power to restore and transform the darkest seasons of our lives. In what ways does this Psalm stir promises of God's faithfulness in your difficulty?** Now, take 10 minutes to seek God in prayer… 1. Begin your time in prayer by taking 1-3 minutes to sit in silence (You can take longer if you sense the Spirit already beginning to speak to you). 2. Talk to God about a season of mourning or challenge you are facing and ask Him to bring His joy into it. 3. Talk to God about the ways He has already turned your mourning into dancing, and thank Him for His faithfulness. 4. Talk to God about your desire to praise Him in every season, trusting in His power to bring renewal. 5. Close by taking 5 minutes to sit in silence, asking God if there is anything else He wants to speak to you today. Posted in Take 20 (https://thetree.church/blog/category/take-20)Psalms (https://thetree.church/blog/tag/psalms)Suffering (https://thetree.church/blog/tag/suffering)Transformation (https://thetree.church/blog/tag/transformation)