Through the years I have used journals to write my thoughts,
words, and ideas. I have written scriptures that meant something special to me
and prayers to help me. Perhaps you do to. I have kept these journals through
the years.
Writers seem to always have ideas, thoughts and words
follow them around.
I especially like to write things down, not just to remember
good things that happen, but also write things that were not pleasant. In all
honesty, we learn a great deal more from things that were not pleasant or
things we were concerned about.
When reading my Bible, many times a scripture would
pop up and I would write it down. More times than not, the scripture would speak
to what I was experiencing.
Through different times in my life, I would use the
scriptures and write the prayers that would speak to my heart while going
through different situations.
I have about three boxes of these journals. When I
retired as Editor-in-Chief of Southern Writers Magazine, I felt the Lord
leading me to share some of these prayers with others.
To be honest, it took some convincing for me to let others
read my prayers.
I pulled out my journals, and prayerfully considered
the ones to share. I sent these to several of my friends and from their responses,
I knew it was time to publish some of the prayers, hoping they would benefit
others.
My book, God’s Prayer Power was born!
My dilemma was how many prayers? There are many. But I
felt fifty-two was the right number. This way each prayer, scripture, and exercise
would be something people could use to delve deeper into their prayer life.
The exercise in the book is the one I used to find out
what God was saying to me through the scriptures which led me to be able to
write the prayers.
It has been my experience, when writing devotions or
prayers that you can tell when God is supplying the words.
There have been some great devotional books written
through the years, and when you read them, they touch your heart, and many of
them give you comfort––or perhaps wisdom to see the answers you seek.
Some of those devotions are Embraced: 100 Devotions
to Know God is Holding You Close by Lysa Terkeurst; Worry Less, Pray More
by Donna K. Maltese; Grace Overcomes Today by Sharilynn Hunt; Growing
in Hope by Sandra Mansfield Wright; and of course Jesus Calling by
Sarah Young, to name a few. There are hundreds of others and thank God more
will be written.
Author of God's Prayer Power and Storms in Life.
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