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  1. Renee Parker says:

    Thanks for sharing! I was just revamping mine because I’ve added this and added that according to what I have seen others do and some parts of it has just not been useful to me. I like your concept, “keep it accessible and simple.”

    1. Yes, I have done the same thing from time to time. Added and added to it, and then realized that what I added just didn’t fit for me. At the end of the day, if its too complicated we’ll avoid using it.

  2. Love that! I have the 6month prayer journal, and I just started a prayer/sin and shortfall, and then praise section. Great idea to list 5 people to save, and I love the verse card holders. Many many times Scripture and songs pop in my head during my quiet meetings with Jesus, thank you for the suggestions!

    1. Elizabeth Ramkissoon says:

      THANK YOU, IT IS ALWAY AN ENCOURAGMENT TO ME.

    2. I love the sections you have. Especially one for songs. What a great idea!

  3. Thank you for this article! Especially changing the “I” to more of “You”. It feels so repetitive when I say it. Looking forward to the way I switch my worship and prayer life.

  4. My prayer journal is even simpler than that. I buy college ruled composition books when they go on sale after school starts. One year I found a bunch of clear vinyl covers for them. They have a zippered pocket on the front that holds a devotional magazine, a Bible reading plan, some paper clips and a pen and pencil. I print off a calendar, and it slips into the back side of the cover and shows through on the back. I don’t have any lists, I use it as a literal journal. I write my prayers out word for word. I’ll sometimes have a song running through my head when I wake up in the morning, so I go and look up the words, and print them out, and glue it to one of the pages. I sing along with it, and that’s part of my praise for that day. At the end of the year, I go through and read each entry and see where the Lord’s brought me and others.

  5. i have just a binder, with tabs. love it it works for me. I use paperclips so i know where i’m add for like subject to pray for my church.

  6. Roz, on your Marriage calender, what sort of labels did you put on the dates?
    Also, concerning Ministry…if I don’t have one, could listing conversations and prayers for our renters be the same?
    JudyN

    1. I used topics such as: work, spiritual life, financial, past, calling…I used a lot of the prayers from Power of a Praying Wife. http://amzn.to/2dRuIXd

      Yes, you could definitely use prayer for your renters as ministry.

  7. My husband & I (both , 70) are retired and have time to pray. For some reason, a prayer journal as such was not working for us.
    While the system that WE THINK will work for us will take some time to set up, hopefully will redeem itself in the long run!
    We are going to use 4×6 index cards. We have selected the topics to pray for each of the 7 days of the week. Example, Friday is the world…which, I’m ashamed to say, has been left off other methods we’ve used. We will place 4 country names on each card behind the Friday divider. We will also include some verses and other suggested things for which to pray for each country. We will, as time permits, search for what is going on in the countries we are praying for. Other topics will be less work. As we pray for our kids and grandchildren, we will pray verses suggested by many wonderful posts. No one method is best for everyone. We’re at various stages of life. We couldn’t have done this when my husband was working (he traveled alot) and the kids were young. We’ll give this a shot & if it doesn’t work. there’s always Plan B!

    1. I love your idea. That’s such a great idea!! And you’re right, no one method works for everyone. It’s not the method that’s important, it’s the discipline of effectual prayer.

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