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How to Make A Prayer Journal

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There are many different ways to talk to God through your prayer, and there even some things to avoid. One way to help your prayers is to write a journal (something like a diary of prayers). You'll be amazed at what God does when you keep track of what you ask for.

Steps

1. Get a journal. Any journal will do, as long as it has paper and no writing in it. It could be a journal or a diary. It doesn't matter. It should have a decent amount of pages in it, at least 70 so it will last for a while.
   
2. Find a hiding spot. You will be writing down your prayers in here, even the personal ones that you don't want anyone else knowing about. It's good if no one ever knows where your journal is. It's even better if they don't even know that it exists. It's harder to find something you're not looking for.
   
3. ]]Write an entry. It doesn't matter how you write it. Just write it. But make sure you include the date. You'll want to know what day you wrote it later on. When you're writing, don't leave out anything. Just say your prayer that is going through your mind. Write exactly what you would say if you were "talking" to Him. Just talk to God.
   
4. Go back and read. Once you write an entry, don't read it again until you fill up the journal. Once you fill it up, read everything, and you'll be amazed at all of the prayers that got answered. It's a really neat thing to realize that prayer works. When God has answered your pray sometimes you will know but sometimes you wouldn't know since it may be different from what you wanted or expect.

Tips

• Make sure you hide it. Don't leave anything out when you're writing, no matter how embarrassing. Just don't let people read it. It's private and no one else's business of what goes on between you and God.
  
• Don't read the entries until you've finished the journal. You'll forget what you prayed for and won't notice when it's answered. The when you're reading it over, you'll be amazed at how much He's done just because you asked for it.
  
• Try to make an effort to write in it everyday. God admires persistence and wants you to persist when asking for something.
  
• If you can't think of what to write, then try learning how to Pray.
  
• Remember that God doesn't want you to ramble on about the same thing just so it looks like you're saying a lot to him."And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him" (Matthew 6:8)
  
• Make some of your praying in the form of praise and remember to glorify God in your way of life.
  
• Pray effectively and avoid sabotaging your success in life by being sure of how you stand with God. Keep hope alive, never give up.

Warnings

• Don't let anyone find your journal unless you are comfortable with other people reading it.
  
• If you are comfortable with other people reading it, hide it anyways. "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." (Matthew 6:5-7). God doesn't want you to show off your praying, so don't go bragging about it.

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