How I Prayer Journal & How it Changed My Life. 

This is so good! I have journaled for 37 years, (since the age of 15), and have done it in different ways. Mostly through poetry. Writing is my outlet and I am able to be raw and real with God. Another favorite way I use my prayer journal is to fold the paper in half - lengthwise - and on one side I'd write out my prayer and the other side I'd add scriptures. Say I'm feeling anxious, I'd find the scriptures that'll encourage me to not be anxious or have fear. I hope that made sense.

I started prayer journaling in January of 2024 and it has been a true outlet for me to be real and raw with GOD about everything 🙏

I love when you said God wants to hear what our husbands or best friends may not necessarily want to hear.

Around a month ago, I became obsessed with ritualizing prayers and scheduling them every morning at exactly 7 for an hour, then going immediately for another hour in reading Scripture. Then, a reading from Scripture in the afternoon and the same process repeated before night. I realized in doing this that I wasn’t actually building a relationship with God or doing anything more edifying than just delighting in God’s word, as I was forcing myself to read and kept keeping track of time. So, obviously the amount of time praying or reading is important when it comes to spending time in His Word, but it should never become a ritual or habit that you obsess over and have no pleasure in doing. I’ve found reading Scripture and prayer to be so much more enjoyable; it shouldn’t be a forced relationship but a willful thing that we get to delight in and rejoice in giving glory to God.

Prayer journaling has CHANGED MY LIFE. For me, when I try to mentally pray, I often get sidetracked with other thoughts and then like 10 min later I’ll be like, “Oh wait! I was supposed to be praying.” But when I write it down, it keeps my thoughts more linear and focused…. And if I get distracted by my husband talking to me or my daughter needing me, I can look and see where I left off in my prayer and pick it right back up. I really like what you said about writing it down feeling as if you’ve laid down the weight of whatever it is on your heart before God. I felt that, but you expressed it so eloquently. When I verbally pray, I feel like I rush through it and sometimes feel disconnected. Don’t know if that makes any sense at all… but kind of like I’m leaving God a message on His voicemail rather than communing with Him. I still pray both mentally and verbally throughout the day, though, because I can’t constantly be in my prayer journal…. But there really is something so special about that intentional time spent with God in prayer. Another point I wanted to add to your being “real and raw” with God: I do the same. And this has also helped me grow as a person. There are prayers in my journal where I was venting to God about someone who hurt my feelings…. Only for Him to reveal to me in that moment in the most loving non-condemning way the uglies about myself…. Which led me in to asking for forgiveness and pursuing repentance… also a change of perspective about the situation and a burden lifted off my shoulders. I love how you didn’t emphasize prayer journaling a must-do for all because not all people function the same way… but it truly has enhanced my prayer life… and truly my life in general significantly! I’ve battled moments of thoughts of “you’re making your prayer journal an idol” but I know those are lies trying to prevent me from doing it because it has helped me grow in my relationship with God so much and that’s exactly what the devil doesn’t want! Love all your videos, Faith!!! Thank you for all the time and effort you put in to them. May God bless you and your family for your faithfulness!!!

I am another human that feels the same way about writing feeling more personally surrendered to the Lord 🙋🏻‍♀️ I don’t prayer journal as much as I should, but I was just telling a friend that I have SO many thoughts and I end up feeling lonely in my soul because I can’t share it all with other people (they’re busy, it’s overwhelming, etc). But GOD CARES. Thank you for this inspiration and encouragement! Love from your sister in Maine 🤗

I can’t believe this video popped up in my feed. I only found your channel days ago. I used to prayer journal all the time because my mind gets so distracted when I use verbal prayers or just prayers in my mind. I recently found an old prayer journal of mine and I was almost jealous of my past self and how much I prayed and brought to God. Needless to say, I’m prayer journaling again !

I have a prayer journal, and I’ve made maybe 3 entries in it this year. Sometimes I get discouraged or distracted or I’ll feel like He already knows everything, so why bother writing it or praying it? Or that He doesn’t care, which is NOT true but it’s my own insecurities and trauma. All the more reason I need to do it! I definitely love the idea of laying everything out there and the idea of watching the spiritual growth and ways in which the Lord answers prayers over time. I know I process better in writing than speaking so I have no reason not to do it. I just need to make it a priority and a habit and this video was a nudge towards that. So thank you! ❤

I just want to thank you so much for this video. I have been feeling lost and overwhelmed with how to pray and had never tried writing it down before. I sat down after watching and made my first prayer journal entry and I feel lighter and closer to the Lord through coming to Him in this way of writing.

Burn letters/prays have been life changing for me. So cathartic to be completely broken raw and messy on paper and the fire literally makes me let go of all of those penned out feelings and thoughts to God, like I can't hold on to them and review them later, they're God's now. ( and i don't have to worry about anyone seeing it hahahaha)

What has helped me is asking the Holy Spirit to guide me as you should with all prayer . I write down revelations /dreams God gave me as well ! I love having Prayer journals and going back and read what i wrote years before

I started a financial journal..includes prayers, scriptures, words of wisdom, gospel song lyrics and letters to the God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit ... learned how to be a steward of God's money, my time, my home, my family, my job and myself ✝️💜✝️💜✝️💜✝️

Tried that when you are being honest with God tried to not all the time renege or be negative with God, tried to most of the time when you tell your feelings have this attitude of trusting that he can help you❤

Girl the editing in this video is PHENOMENAL!

I love prayer Journaling with God in the morning and night it makes me feel comfortable and closer too God ❤

My cousin has a dream about me prayer journaling! She said that I was writing down a fear I was dealing with and it it just so happened that I WAS dealing with that! and she told me what my fear was and I was amazed! My God IS listening/watching me! Then my cousin dreamt it! We hadn’t even talked that week! Anyhow, I talk too much so I feel like writing as much as I talk will make my hand hurt. Lol. What I found helpful in prayer journals is listing each request in 1-2 sentences and then put a scripture next to it. One thing I was taught was to “pray the Word”. So I follow up each request with a scripture reference. I have different people as well as myself throughout my journaling notebook. When I pray I will reference my journal and then pray out loud. Again, I talk a lot! 😂 I decorate my journal but I don’t spend too much time with that because I want to actually pray. Loved this video!! Journaling helps so much in our prayer life!

I’ve listened and seen other things on prayer journaling. I love this video. I’m such a scribe and you put in words what I couldn’t to help me understand the importance of prayer journaling for me.

This video came at the perfect time for me. Earlier this week I was through your previous prayer journal videos trying to figure out how i wanted to start my own. This video has tokd me to just start and I dont have to do it any special way. Thank you!

thankyou so much for this video (and all your videos). I have recently got into studying and journaling the word in my interleaved bible but really struggle with prayer and journaling prayer. This video has helped so much and inspired me to try a plain notebook or paper and just write to the Lord

I’m glad you finally did the video because the last time I read my Bible we didn’t have Bible journals or prayer journals. None of this existed so I definitely need help. I found your channel 2 nights ago when I looked up Bible study on here.

I stumbled across your channel a couple months ago, i so love your content and delivery. The guft God has given you has blessed me, you have given me a different perspective on how relate to God. ❤

Can’t get enough of your videos!!! Love them so much!

So glad I found you and your channel!

I needed to hear this TODAY. Thank you! ❤

I journal prayers when I feel lead. I used to feel guilty that I didn’t do this everyday. I too felt that the prayers were “better” than on the spot prayers. You are right! It is about God’s Grace not what I do

Thank you for sharing! I love writing down my prayers, but I haven’t been consistent in doing that every day, so I appreciate your encouragement to do that. Your ministry here on RU-vid is important and accepted. 🤍

I love this video. I hear all the time “you should prayer journal” I then think ok but what does that look like. I am one who needs step by step kind of info and this video did just that. This is the kind of thing I wish more people would do when they “teach”. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to really explain what it “looks like”.

Thank you Faith! I needed this. So encouraging!😊

Thank you so much for this. Bible study and reading has always come easier to me, but the prayer part has always been hard for some reason. As much as I love to prayer journal, I had it in my mind that maybe it just wasn’t as good as saying it out loud, but this message was very freeing for me. Thank you❤️

This was so inspirational! Just found your channel through this video and subbed! Great stuff!

I can't thank you enough for this video and how the Lord is using it to encourage me to draw into Him. I have been in a tough season and have found prayer so hard. But I have been a big journaler in the past. You articulated so well exactly why I need to return to journaling. Thank you for your faithfulness in following the Lord and bringing such encouragement to others.❤

Just saw this, how did I miss it? I have prayer journaled for years. You go, girl!

Great point about "praying a checklist can put up a barrier." I haven't thought of it that way. I also liked how you said when you write prayers, it feels more settled than saying them verbally. This was a great video. Loved the music that was in it. Thank you for the advice. Sorry for watching this video late. I just moved and I'm still getting settled.

Thank you for explaining this. I was recently encouraged by one of my friends to start a prayer journal and I haven't had a chance to ask her what she meant. I was thinking last night to designate a journal just for my prayers. I likehow you explained it out. saving to check back over.

Thank you for this video. I have just started Bible journaling (here in the UK) as a result of watching your videos, and I was thinking that adding prayer to my study would be good but didn’t know where to start. I had seen some of your older videos but was still unsure, but seeing this new video seems like the sign for me to start a prayer journal ❤thank you. 🙏

This is exactly what I needed being new at prayer journaling. Thank you so much. I will rewatch this for sure!

This was very helpful for me as I have just recently started prayer journaling . Thank you for sharing these great tips. I feel so much better about the process now.

Thank you so much. I'm rediscovering my faith after being lost for such a long time. I never thought of prayer journaling. I think that this will really help me. Thank you 😊

Thank you so much for this video. I really needed to watch this video. I struggle so much with my prayer life as in regard to if I am doing it right or not.

Hi Faith! Thank you for this! I needed to hear this as I have "started" a prayer journal many months ago, but didn't really use it as I was too anxious to write in it. You are so right, it not for anyone to read but for God. And using some scrapbooking to overcome the pressure and procrastination is good advice! 🥰

This was so helpful!! Thank you so much!!

Thank you for your video. I started and stop prayer journaling and your video helped the break down of prayer journaling.

YEEESSS! Writing my prayers slows down my brain too!

Thank you for keeping it real. Sometimes I find myself not knowing what to say to the Lord, so I just pray a small simple prayer. You have opened my eyes and ears to new possibilities on how I can speak to the Lord. Thanks for always being open with us, God is using you to reach people like me who sometimes feel lost in their journey.

I love this!! Prayer journaling has truly changed my life and it’s a great place to be real with the Lord and let out everything. It helps me to clearly see my own sin and usually leads me to repentance and scripture to bring truth to my sometimes sinful thoughts. Sometimes I just start with doodling or script fonts I love the scrap booking idea!!

This was SO good! It was just what I needed to hear. I’m in a season of desperately needing direction but not knowing what to do. I used to journal all the time, but since marriage and motherhood, I just haven’t made the time for it. This has encouraged me to walk through this season with prayer journaling. I think what blocks me is what you mentioned in the beginning feeling like it needs to be planned. Thank you for the reminder that it is meant to be very real and raw. You have blessed me so much with this video! Thank you and God bless you!

Excellent information! Thank you!

😍 Thanks for this video! I love journaling my thoughts to God. Any time of the day, to always feel closer to Him. It's the best!!!🙌🏼✝️🙏

This video was beautiful. I love writing and before i even knew about prayer journaling thats what I would do I would write to Jesus. I teared up as well as you explained how God hears you because its the truth.❤

This was very helpful!! Thank you. So excited to see God working in my life through a prayer journal. Makes sooo much sense.

I’m 39 seconds in ! NEW SUB HERE. I love your energy! Nice to virtually meet you!

You are so inspiring. Your videos always make me feel like I can do all the things! I'm so feeling the dry rn. I want to try this. Thanks Faith!

Thank you, Faith. I only started watching your videos a couple of days ago and you have already had an impact on my journey. 💗

Yes “zero expectations and zero rules” this is the best way and works best for me to! I love coming to my journal more of me writing my heart to God, I love your content, your the one who helped me get into writing notes in my Bible. I love it and never will go back.❤

This inspires me to go back to my prayer journal.

This was exactly what I needed. Thank you ❤

Truly inspired to start one and just pour my heart out to my Savior.

Thank you so much for this. I haven’t talked to God for a long time now. I’ve been very angry at Him for a lot of things that have happened/are happening in my life. I wanted to try to journal to figure my thoughts out and this video came up! Thank you!

Thank you for this!! I've prayer journaled for MANY years! Writing comes easier than speaking. And I can go back and see how God answered my prayers.❤ I can be as creative as I want to be with it.

You have no idea how much I needed this video. At one time I prayed like this but i fell into the trap that my prayers how to look a certain way . And every time I tried to to make my prayers look some kind of way I could not do it . I am not an organized person by nature and it always feels unnatural to me and forced .So thank you for the video.

I just started a prayer journal. I've had Bible study journals, faith journals and such, but not one dedicated to prayer. I mostly pray in my head. I am not good at speaking aloud. I am a writer at heart. I think this will help me have a richer relationship with God. Writing it down will help me process it better. Thank you. I don't want to be like a Pharisee making pretty prayers in public. I crave fellowship.

I write my prayers because they help my brain from wandering off, but I don't keep my prayers. I write on the back of paper that has only been printed on one side. I don't keep them because God is not accountable to me. He can answer my prayers as He sees fit. Not how I want him to. And most of my prayers, I wouldn't know how he answered them anyway. If it's a big thing, he has answered for me, and I want to keep a record of it. I put it in with my gratitude, so I keep going over it and be reminded.

So helpful, thank you Faith x

@HowtoFaithALife thank you for sharing your prayer journal tips with us 🙂 I had heard you talk about prayer journaling in a different video and was lead to start journaling as well. I didn’t even know that prayer journaling was a thing until then. I just started journaling for about a week so far and I have never enjoyed prayer as much as I do now ❤ I feel more joy, peace, and clarity when I am prayer journaling❤. Thank you so much for teaching me about prayer journaling🙂❤️I pray that y’all are doing well and that you’ll continue to be a light for God’s kingdom ❤

Thank you. I didnt know how to start and this was big help.

Your videos have transformed my life in Christ, thank you!❤

Writing has always been helpful to me in my life’s journey. But if I write anything that might hurt someone to read I always tear it into a million pieces and throw it away. It is my way of letting go of it and giving it to God. I would never want something I wrote in a raw moment to outlive me and hurt someone I love. 🙏🏻

Thanks for this video. This is so good. ❤🙏🏼

Thank you for sharing this journey with us. Sometimes my prayer journal is very linear, and it's not as easy to see what God's been doing in my life. For years, my prayer buddy and I kept a spreadsheet of prayers and answers, and that was incredible, but didn't feel very personal. Last year, I was inspired to start a war binder after watching your video, and it has been such a rich experience, with dot grid paper and highlighters and freedom. Like many others, I love jotting down the scripture that comes to mind for myself or someone else.

Raw and real love this video

Heck yeah graph paper prayer writing!! Hahaha I’m so glad I’m not the only one! Great video! Been waiting on this one… probably not for 334 days, but a while! ❤️

These videos are so great! I used to prayer journal before I knew what it was! I used to actually be scared it wasn’t real prayer and tried to hide it from others thinking it wasn’t proper! Since I’ve come back to it, it has completely changed my prayer life!

Thank you. Journaling is my safe space, and I have been praying about becoming more intentional in capturing my walk with God. He hears our prayers. Such great tips you provided on slowing down while writing. My mind goes 100mph, and I must pause to hear God's words, to put them on paper. ❤🙏🏾

This is a really cool video, I am about to start my 'prayer journalling' journey and wanted to look up a video to see what it is and how to do it. I appreciate the rawness and how you were hesitant on posting the video. I believe this is of God for fellow believers to gain a deeper relationship with our Heavenly Father. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing this, at times i feel down ,i feel God lk he has forgotten me or ignoring 😢but thanks to holyspirit of God who always give me the strength say a simple prayer, I feel good to hear about being honest and raw when talking to God

I prayer journaled for years. I’ve slowed down and my prayer life has not been the same. This is so good!!!

I think praying to God is a lot like your video. You start out kind of slow, then it gets more and more progressive, and your heart just goes and goes and pours things out to God! I love it!! Thank you for sharing this video ❤

❤ this, thank you 😊🙏🏻

This was SO helpful to me. I understand you waiting and waiting to do this video, but it was real and raw and beneficial.

For years, I thought of people that kept a prayer journal as ridiculous. Why should they write everything down in a book, when they can just talk to God? I thought of it as a waste of time. Well, as I got older (I’m 65), I realized that there are many different ways of talking to God, and prayer journaling is one of them. It may not be for everyone, and until I started watching your videos on the subject, I didn’t think it was for me. My prayer life sucks. I have a hard time concentrating on whatever I’m praying about - so much so, that I’ve started saying what a friend refers to as ‘popcorn prayers.’ I say a quick prayer for whatever the situation or request, then it’s literally gone from my mind. If I don’t say a prayer right when I think of it, I don’t remember it later. I think if I start writing it all down, that will definitely help me to concentrate more on what I’m saying/thinking, and my mind won’t wander as much. So, thank you so much, Faith, for the inspiration to start prayer journaling!

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SO GOOD!!! 🔥🔥🔥

This video was so helpful as are all of your videos! I have always struggled with prayer, what to pray, how to pray, when to pray, etc. And... When I try to pray in my head, ADD kicks in and the next thing I know, what I'm praying in my head makes no sense. It's almost the same thing when I pray out loud. As much as I hate to write...ANYTHING...it feels like the only time my thoughts are coherent and flow, even when it's through stream of consciousness. This video has given me permission to approach prayer differently and I pray that in doing so, I grow stronger in my relationship with God. Thank you Faith! Keep doing the work that you're doing...you are a blessing to so many! 🙏🏾

I love the way Prayer journaling has helped you, and how real and honest this video was. I believe with all my heart that the Holy Spirit hears us and knows us better than we know ourselves. He is our guid, our comforter, our teacher, our filter, and our best friend. So when I pray i do it litterally as real and honest and open, and as if I am speaking directly not to just my savior, not just my Heavenly Father, but to the one person in all of creation that truely loves me for who I am unconditionally, my best friend, and I believe that is the truest form of prayer written, spoken, mental it doesn't matter, he knows all, sees all, and can not be lied to, nor does he lie. You can be all out and real and honet, because he all ready knows. And you can say what you truely mean instead of sugar coating it , because he loves you no matter what. All I ask of anyone in their journey to finding what kind of prayer works for them is to remember, he always hears you, just because you cant always discern his response doesn't mean you are ignored, or forgotten. And not getting the answer you are hoping for doesn't mean he doesn't care. as the song says "Some of God's greatest gifts, are unawsered prayers."

I keep thinking about starting this kind of journal. Thank you for posting your experience.

I have a hard time with Prayer. I can pretty much learn to pray without ceasing. I have finally came up with how I want my prayer journal to look like.

One thing I started (but struggle to keep up with) is prayer journals for each member in my household (husband and each child). I want them to be able to one day have their own individual journal of prayers I prayed for them.

I would love to see you film a video about how to pray journal while fasting - I find my mind goes in so may ways when I've fasted and I need to write it down.. :)

I used to prayer journal but somewhere with three kids and homeschool I have gotten out of the practice. I miss it and maybe I am coming back to a season wheee I can fit it in.

Oh my, thank you so much for this. I am (very) new to Christianity and still find prayer quite intimidating and awkward. You have guided me so well. Thank you again x

Hi Faith, I never had a diary as a kid or a journal either so writing out my thoughts and my prayer for myself is really foreign to me, but I do see the value in journalling, particularly to God. Thank you so much for this video and for helping me to find the confidence to journal. God bless, Janet

Love the video! ❤😊

I have so much to learn. Thank you. I was so close to God when I was younger. In college, I got away from the Lord. My life has been a mess since I was 18. I finally am pursuing a FULL time relationship with God again. He has been pulling on my heart strings for many years. My last straw was when Satan's minions started to attack me in my dreams and one time in my waking life. I saw a little shadow man and had a sleep paralytic episode. Electrical vibrations were running through my body. It was so weird. This was due to dabbling in the occult by practicing astrology and seeing mediums. Anyways, I'm excited to pursue the Lord and so thankful for your videos!

Ok, this is super helpful. Thankss

I enjoy prayer journaling and I feel that it is beneficial but I don't do it enough because I think it takes a lot of time. I love your honesty in these videos.

I think I actually have that exact journal at home. I purchased mine off of Amazon, too. It was a two-journal set. One is black and the other a really pretty peachy pink.

I definitely feel like I can put together more in depth thoughtful prayers when I write them down. I will still come back and rewrite the prayers if I find that I am still struggling with them.

I have pretty much always prayer journaled in a way. Like from 14 to now I’m 30. Wow I said 30 as of Tuesday I will be. 😬 But I want to be educated a little bit more about it, and see what you do, and see if it’s different from me. And I love it because I can almost go through it days months years later and check off when my prayers are answered. Whether it’s a Yes or a No or not now from God. Thank you for making this. Because I have really started again as of March 23’ because of what is going on in this point of my life.

Thank you I have been a Christian for over 30 years. I was told the right way and the wrong way. I am seeking life and God brought your information to me. Thank you

I like your video it is very outspoken for me I feel that God hears you and here's your prayer no matter how you pray. Like for instance in the Bible is says to write the vision and make it plain it is like the same thing when you pray.