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Prayer Idea of the Week 14th - 20th July
Prayer Diary Keeping a prayer diary is like writing any other personal diary, except that it tends to be more focused and have a clearer purpose. A traditional diary can sometimes become rather introverted and self-indulgent! In a prayer diary you write about your daily experiences in the form of prayer. e.g. ‘Dear Lord (rather than ‘Dear Diary’!), thanks for the nice weather today, and for the chance to do particular activity. I’m worried about name, please help them with particular problem and help me to know what to do to help. I’ve been finding difficult task hard at work at recently, please provide some help for me…etc.’ There may be ongoing situations written on one page of your diary to refer to generally. I kept a prayer diary over some years, using it every few weeks. Every so often I would go back to read over my thoughts and prayers, and make a note of answered prayers by drawing a smiley face next to my original requests. I would then draw a face with a wiggly mouth next to those prayers that were still awaiting answers, and a surprised face next to the ones, which had been answered in surprising ways! It was always fascinating and encouraging to look back. It also reminded me to thank God for answering prayers: sometimes I had forgotten to do so. You might devise a different system for making a note of answered prayers. This idea can also be used in home / cell / prayer groups for members’ prayer needs, and similarly looked back upon, as a record of answered prayers.
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Why Use Creative Prayer Ideas?
Praying can be difficult: you may not know what to pray about, where to start, or which words to use. Sometimes you may feel too tired, or not be in the right ‘mood’. If so, this page is for you! Please contact us if you have any good ideas of your own, so we can add them to our resources.
Prayer is all about communication with your best friend - the One who always answers (although not always in the way you expect). There are literally hundreds of ways to communicate with other people - through words, pictures, music... Why not try some with God?
[Please note that some ideas have been picked up along the way from experiences in services or small groups. We are not deliberately taking credit for other’s ideas, and where possible have acknowledged sources. If you find your own ideas here, we hope that you will be pleased to be sharing them and encouraging others!]
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