The Prayer Journal
It's no secret that making lists is one of the best ways to make sure you get stuff done and don't forget anything. We have grocery lists and to-do lists. We have calendars, which are a list of dates and events nested inside a list of days, months, and years! Lists are beneficial tools. A great place to use a list is in your prayer rule. We use a fancy term for this list and call it a "prayer journal" because prayer is noble, so our list name should at least sound good, right? But don't let the fancy job description intimidate you; a prayer journal is a helpful list so that you have something to refer to when you pray for people and situations. It's not a place where you have to write lofty prose or create your own prayers, though you could do that. No, the main job of a prayer journal is so you don't forget "all those who have asked us to pray for them, unworthy though we be." You can use any paper notebook you like, or you can use one of the ...