During this past year of 2020 I started to be more intentional on my prayer journal. With COVID-19 pausing my studio for most of this year since we have been deemed as a non-essential business throughout much of this year. I have taken the time to shift my thinking. You see if would of been easy for me to be come negative and worry, but instead I decided to give it over to God. He calls us to lay our burdens at his feet for him to carry for us.
In order to change my way of thinking I needed something to help me shift my mindset and focus on the positives that God was brining into my life. Such as spending more time with my children and especially my son who was getting ready to head off to college for his freshman year clear across the country. Being able to travel home to the farm and spend multiple weeks at a time since there was no COVID case back there and we were health. You see I could of been a crying mess not wanting to see my baby boy head off to college, instead I spent more time with him and talking about many things. If I was working as normally I would not of had that time.
I wanted to get off on the right foot with my journaling and prayer journal, truth be told I have NEVER been much of one to journal even though I have always wanted it. I just could never get into the swing of it. So I took to Pinterest and I came upon the following 20 Prompts For Spiritual Journaling from NIV Bible Lifehacks.
1. This week I was most blessed by…
2. My favorite passage of Scripture is…
3. The area where I need to put more trust in God is…
4. One lesson I learned from Scripture this week is…
5. An aspect of God’s character he recently revealed to me is…
6. I find I feel God’s presence most when…
7.God is leading me to make the following changes…
8. An act of obedience God is prompting me to take is…
9. My enthusiasm for the gospel is increased when…
10. Sometimes I get angry with God about…
11. I feel most distant from God when…
12. My calling in life is…
13. My spiritual gifts are…
14. What brings me the most joy in life is…
15. I’m eager for God to…
16. Three ways I want God to transform me are…
17. An area of my spiritual life where I need to seek God’s guidance is…
18. Journaling has helped my spiritual formation by…
19. The most significant area of my life that is not finding its way into my journal is…
20. Two ways I can apply the gospel to my life are…
I hope that these prompts help you as much as they have helped me this year during this unprecedented time. Make sure to keep an eye and handle on your mental health as we finish out 2020. May 2021 be much brighter for you and your family!
