RYP Stories: The Most Effective Prayer Life: Part 2: Write and the Prayer Journal or Prayer Notebook

Thursday, April 21, 2011

The Most Effective Prayer Life: Part 2: Write and the Prayer Journal or Prayer Notebook

In my previous blog post, I talked about how to have the most effective prayer life through WRITE and write. But, I didn’t discuss the ‘write’ part. That’s where this blog post comes to play.

I talked about this earlier in this blog that sometimes it’s necessary to write down, or prayer journal, your prayers. After all, if you’re like me, in my busyness, I forget a great deal of things unless I write them down. Needless to say, when it comes to prayer, why would it be any different?

There are 2 main ways to pray.

~ Prayer on the go (while you do life) (aka bullet prayers; praying without ceasing; etc.)

~ Quite Time Prayer (when you stop life and take intentional time to pray—where you are able to focus on worshipping God and listening to Him; WRITE; prayer-walking; knees; approaching the throne of God; prayer closet/throne room)

The WRITE way of having the most effective prayer life is the Quiet Time way. It’s the sitting down (figuratively or literally) and giving God the time. It’s the worshipping of God and the approaching the throne. This is what you do in your prayer closet (figurative or literal) or prayer spot/recliner/desk/table/walk.

Writing our prayers can be the best and most effective way to pray. Period. Hands-down. End of story. Exclamation point.

Why should we write our prayers?

~ We remember what we’ve prayed and what we’re supposed to be praying.

~ We can keep track of our answered prayer. (This helps us have a record of what God has done in our lives. It is our way to erect a monument so we don’t forget God’s blessings.)

~ It keeps us intentional in our prayer.

~ We can review our prayers and examine our prayers (see last blog post).

~ It brings us discipline and self-control.

~ It helps us to be persistent and consistent in our prayers and in our praying.

~ It helps us to focus and not get off-track while we pray.

So, how should we write our prayers?:

Write them in a prayer journal or notebook. They are both really one in the same.

What does a prayer journal or notebook look like? There are two main types:

~ Paper version

~ Digital Version (put on the computer)

I will talk a great deal more about this in the future. But, this is a start.

~ Stacy Duplease