Prayer through Journaling

Heavenly Father,

 

May my children learn the power of prayer.  Speaking and praying affirmative prayers is a primary spiritual tool that exposes emotions and enables us to bring unproductive thoughts into obedience to Scripture.  Lord, we know  the holistic benefits of journaling. I remember the RIC counselor who said, "You cannot be my patient unless you journal."  That was truly convicting!! 

 

I pray my children will learn the advantages of prayer journaling.  Even when we wax-&-wane with our personal disciplines, we can begin again and again to create healthy habits that draw us closer to You. The positive outcome of reminding ourselves of Your promises is astounding: comfort, power, surety and Truth in Your written Word through penning our thoughts and words. Scribing our deepest expressions are vital to success and changes for good.  We can truly expect a change of heart, attitude and emotional climate when we pour ourselves into written word.  Move us all to pen prayers for self awareness.  Help us gather and sort information in our prayer time and look for solutions/answers to perplexing situations.  Illuminate us, Lord....give us those coveted Ah-Ha! moments  - in intellectual, spiritual revelation that can only come from You.  Thank You, Loving Father, that we can count on You through the power of prayer and forgive us when we minimize this precious gift of divine communication. We can write and utilize the power of The Word, just as You did, Father God!  You made a way for us as You always do.  Make all of us better pray-ers, especially when we make records of our time with You!   In Jesus' Name I pray, Amen.

 

 

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. - Romans 12:2

 

 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:6-7

 

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself - Thomas J. Watson, Founder, IBM

 

There are three kinds of people – a business associate you don’t really like, a friend you enjoy doing things with and someone you are in love with and who is in love with you. Your conversations with the business associate will be quite goal oriented. You won’t be interested in chitchat. With your friend you may open your heart about some of the problems you are having. But with your lover, you will sense a strong impulse to speak about what you find beautiful about him or her. Three kinds of discourse are analogous to forms of prayer that have been called PETITION – CONFESSION – ADORATION. The deeper the love relationship, the more the conversation heads toward the personal and toward affirmation and praise. - Tim Keller’s The Prodigal God

 Don’t measure the size of the mountain, talk to the one who can move it. Instead of carrying the world on your shoulders, talk to the One who holds the universe on His. Hope is a look away. - Traveling Light, Max Lucado

Sweet Children, whether you have whisper prayers, long and protracted quiet sessions with God, bullet prayers fired into the heavens or neon prayers that flash in seconds while you move on, please remember to pray. Never devalue this precious gift from God.  There are times and circumstances in which God cannot and will not move until we share with Him through our prayers. Pray on ~  

Forever and always ~