Hi everyone xx
I’ve just had a week off for half-term. Yes, I know that’s early but my new job is in an academy so they get to set their own holidays/terms. This week is chosen so that families can take advantage of cheap holiday deals out of season, and also hopefully enjoy an Indian summer [has been quite a nice week here in the UK].
During my week off I’ve been doing all the things I really love ~ journaling, hair cut, meals out with friends, loving my animals without time constraint and welcoming a new kitten into the house [that’s another post I think 😉 ]. And yes, for those who are counting that makes SIX cats, we’re done at six I promise. Also a few things that I’m not so keen on such as a dental check-up and trying desperately to overcome a terrible, persistent earache that I had for over two weeks in the end. An uber course of antibiotics has hopefully seen the back of it, especially as I took the last one this morning. Here’s hoping!
So, one of the lovely things I’ve done this week is make a ‘Prayer Journal’. I got the idea from a lovely lady called Gina Garland who made THIS YOUTUBE video about how she made it, and also offers a free booklet of very detailed guidelines too. There is an email address under the video where you can request the booklet, and Gina will send it to you by return as an attachment. I got mine in less that 24 hours, impressive given the time difference [USA].
So here are rather a lot of photos of my ‘Prayer Journal’. I’ve literally only just finished it today. I used an ARC planner, A5 size in the poly cover. Here is A LINK to one exactly the same price and size as mine, just a slightly different cover design. I was going to buy an A5 binder as Gina suggests in the video, but Staples have no inserts, dividers or A5 sized anything to go in one, plenty of binders but pretty useless without the basic accessories. As I already have all the ARC things from making my daily planner/diary it made sense just to buy the poly one. Okay, I’ve waffled enough……photo’s…..
I hope you’ve enjoyed this ‘walk’ through my Prayer Journal. If anyone has any questions or if any of the links don’t work then don’t hesitate to message me. Many thanks go to the lovely Gina for sharing her idea and help booklet so freely.
Great idea! Just wanted to stop by and wish you luck with your kitten. I picked up a stranded kitten this summer and he can be a handful at times but such a joy at other times. Enjoy!
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Hi Beth, thanks for stopping by. We have six cats now including the new kitten. Three of ours are rescues also and three of them are Devon Rexes. Good luck with your new ‘baby’…they are better entertainment than the TV most of the time lol…x
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Hi Sharon,
I was browsing, and I wanted to tell you what a wonderful job you did when you crafted the prayer journal.
I wanted to ask you if you compose your own prayers for the journal, or do you use written by others?
I hope you’re well as Advent is arriving.
Love and prayers,
Gail
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Hi Gail,
Good to ‘see’ you xxx Hope you and yours are all okay??
Gina [whose idea the journal originally was] suggests prayer prompts for each of the sections in the pamphlet that she emails out. I picked the prompts that were appropriate for me and my life/situation and then I suppose I compose my own personal prayers around each of the different areas and needs.
The only prescripted parts I use are the Psalms that I pray at the start and the Our Father.
It’s been a really useful tool and one that I use daily. It’s also very easy not to miss out any new people or areas that need prayer because you just add them to the right section. I also date the diffent prayer requests and then follow up with any ‘answers’ that I get. I’m wish I’d done this years ago. The whole journal has evolved a little since this post as I’ve added some great quotes and pictures to most of the sections that I’ve found along the way.
Hope this helps…
Much love ~ S xx
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