| Author | Message | ||
| Pegg Registered user Username: Pegg Post Number: 17 Registered: 2-2006 |
On one of these threads, or on the prayer thread (I don't know which one) someone mentioned that they had a "prayer book". I think you said "I have put your name in my prayer book." I'd like to know more about your prayer book. What are the topics? What do you write in it? How do you use it? When you talk with God, do you refer to it? If so, how? I am fascinated with the idea. I keep adding to my list, and it's very long. I have trouble remembering it and getting through it all. Please tell me more. Pegg | ||
| Helovesme2 Registered user Username: Helovesme2 Post Number: 512 Registered: 8-2004  |
 I'm not the one that mentioned a prayer book, but I'll butt in and write down my two cents' worth about prayer journaling. I started my journal at a time when I was having a hard time praying. It helped to write my prayers out and 'see' what I was trying to say. Now it is a joy to look back at how God has answered some prayers, given me others to pray, and has generally been 'growing' me. I've tried 'prayer lists' too, and they've never quite worked for me the way I wish they would. What I've done is to ask God to bring to my remembrance the people and/or situations that I need to pray for. It's amazing what He brings to mind sometimes! I look forward to hearing from the person with the 'prayer book' too! Blessings, Mary | ||
| Flyinglady Registered user Username: Flyinglady Post Number: 2546 Registered: 3-2004  |
I keep a notebook next to my computer and write down prayer requests from here in there. When I say my prayers, I tell God I do not remember everything/everyone in my list, but ask that He do what is best for each person mentioned in there. God does bring some specific situations/people to mind when I pray so I mention them specifically. I like my list as it reminds me that there are many that need prayers, even when I do not remember all the names. Diana | ||
| 91steps Registered user Username: 91steps Post Number: 44 Registered: 8-2005 |
I have maintained a prayer book for the past few years. It is one of those kids notebooks, with the lined pages. What I do is put the prayer request on a line and when it is answered I write the date and outcome. It stays next to my bed so I can cover all the requests in my nightly prayers. | ||
| Lisa_boyldavis Registered user Username: Lisa_boyldavis Post Number: 205 Registered: 3-2005 |
Just a caution, sometimes I've found when I try to implement a ritual with prayer or scripture, etc..., when I get off track with the ritual I also loose the prayer time or the scripture reading time. I've noticed that if I allow myself to randomly pray to the Lord wherever I am, in the state I find myself in (which, 99% of the time is chaotic since I'm a mom of three, taxi-driver to all and also work in an urban ER) that I allow myself to pray any and all moments, saying even partial sentences depending on what is going on, and finding God's peace come to me all through the day. Like Diana and Mary, God brings to mind just the right one to pray for. The other day I was at the gym and I got a sense that I needed to pray for this darling chubby boy that had come with his dad to work out. I poured out my soul to God about his future life, his salvation, his life choices, etc..., then along came a barely dressed flirt working the room one guy after another.... my first tendency would be to be irritated, instead God asked me to pray for her. I had a sense that she was terribly lonely and empty and that I should ask God to fulfill her life and give her security and true love and Himself... next God asked me to pray for the married guy paying way too much attention to her antics. I also would have been just fuming mad by now, but God put my heart in the right place as He guided me to pray for a depth of character for this man, a desire for a pure relationship, starting first with his father God, and then changing the way he sought to meet his needs in his social life. It was a holy morning in that gym. I carried love and prayers for those 3 people throughout my day. Don't know names or actual situations, only the truth God was teaching me about their needs as I listened. Just a thought on the discipline of prayer, using a book can be a wonderful tool, just don't stop listening. Lisa | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 4017 Registered: 12-2003  |
Lisa, that is so inspiring. You were obedient to the Holy Spirit's voice, and thank you for blessing us with how you have allowed Him to direct you to pray. Colleen | ||
| Pegg Registered user Username: Pegg Post Number: 19 Registered: 2-2006 |
Thank you for all of these posts. I treasure your words. It's precious to know how you talk with Him. I really am touched by your sharing. I'm still forming my ideas about a book. I think I'll do it. It's just getting started that I'm a little unclear about. Mary, I really appreciated your words about asking Him to help you know who to pray for. That was very helpful to me this morning. I'd love to continue to hear your comments about how you dialog with Him. I think He's amazing! Let's keep searching! Pegg | ||
| Melissa Registered user Username: Melissa Post Number: 1401 Registered: 7-2003 |
Long ago I used to keep a prayer journal. The most profound thing was looking at how what I prayed for through the years had been resolved. Some of it never ended like I hoped, but was so much better. Some things just never happened. It is amazing how very few of my prayers were answered as I had wanted them to be. I will never know why on some of those things, but when you write it down, you see a maturity in the writings through time. And in another way, you realize that the older you get, the more your prayers don't change in some ways. Pain is still pain and all of us would like to avoid it. We still want people saved and we still pray for our families, no matter the form. I've never been a formal pray-er, but I have enjoyed journaling my prayers. Sometimes I am absolutely convinced the Holy Spirit was writing through me for my encouragement or growth at some later point in time. Sometimes the pain is so raw, it's painful to read and recall. I'm thankful for the time I journaled my prayers, but I don't anymore. They became things I was afraid for my boys to find if I should die unexpectedly as it spoke specifically to their fathers. So, now all of my prayers are in my heart or locked behind the digital security of a passworded file on my computer. When you don't think you've really progressed much in life spiritually, it's a good thing to look back on and remember. I called them my standing stones when I had them. |
