8 Amazing Benefits of Using a Prayer Journal
If you have not been praying, all you need to do is pick up a booklet and make a list of the things you want to talk to God about.
Having a prayer journal or a prayer list can be all you need to transform your prayer life or devotional time.
The following highlights 8 Benefits of Using a Prayer Journal.
1. It helps you become intentional about praying.
Instead of being passive about praying, a prayer journal helps to start praying on purpose.
The simple decision to stand up, pick up a pen and a booklet and write out your prayers shows that you are deliberate about praying.
2. It might be the cure to your prayerlessness.
If you have not been praying, all you need to do is pick up a booklet and make a list of the things you want to talk to God about.
The simple exercise of writing them out already ignites a prayer spirit within you. If you already have a prayer journal, all you need to do is bring it out, go through it and start praying.
3. It keeps you focused during prayer.
Most people not just wonder in prayer, they also wander while praying; their mind goes here and there.
But with a prayer journal, you can keep your focus. All you need to do is look at the list, pray the first prayer item, then move to the next.
4. It serves as a reminder.
We tend to forget the things we told God once we leave the prayer place. With a prayer journal, you can always go back and then remember everything you told God.
5. It can help you in Praying Through on a prayer topic
Some prayer points require you to pray more than once or twice. A prayer journal not only reminds you about it but also helps you to keep at it until God answers.
It is one way you can stand on your watch as an intercessor and watch with God until He fulfils His promises.
6. It keeps you grateful.
My prayer journal is one of the tools I use to ignite praise and thanksgiving. Once I am feeling ungrateful, I simply turn to it.
It will be hard for you to remain ungrateful after seeing all the answers to your prayers of the past. You’ll realize how faithful God has been to you despite all the challenges you still have to face.
7. It encourages consistency.
There is a way your prayer journal keeps you consistent. Keeping a prayer journal has a way of wooing you back into God’s presence. You’ll always feel like going back to God to further discuss the matter with Him.
8. It encourages perseverance.
If you are finding it hard to pray for a considerable period of time, keeping a prayer journal might be of help to you.
If you have 30 prayer points written down and you decide to talk to God about each of them for 1 minute each, you would have prayed for 30 minutes.
I do hope these benefits encourage you start keeping a prayer journal.
Your friend,
Olufemi Babalola