Prayer Journal Problems: when your set up is just not working

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Having prayer journal problems & your prayer journal set up isn't working? Need to simplify your prayer journal and diy a simple prayer journal? Today, that's exactly what I do and I tell you all about why. I talk all about the war binder set up I had and why it DIDN'T work for me, then we talk about my new simple prayer journal set up and how I plan to use it.
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@karenmiller9894 3 года назад

Same same same!! Yes yes yes!! I have had the same struggle and felt terrible that my several attempts at prayer journaling just hasn't worked out. I decided to give myself grace and ask the LORD to lead me to what works because underneath it all I know he wants me to pray. Thank you for sharing this Faith!!

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Yes girl! Gotta let Him lead us!

@leslismith303 3 года назад

I have the same struggle as well

@Loj0468 3 года назад

Thank you for your transparency and for always keeping it real! I struggle, too. You could never fail us, we are all in this together, I’m with you and behind you 100%! ❤️

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Thank you, Anne! ❤️❤️❤️

@kimclayton2806 3 года назад

When I had a large Franklin Planner where I tried to keep everything, job, two teenagers, groceries, Calendar, I used one of those foldout TV table/trays beside my desk so it was always available because enevibly something would pop in my head that need to go on a list. Then when I was finished I folded up the table and put it in the closet. As I worked through my morning routines of study, planning, & prayers my binder remained open to the left of me while my desk was free for which ever project I was working on. I would remove the sheets from my binder and write on my desk, as the section became full I put them in a different storage binder.

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

that's brilliant! I love that!

@teresarose7524 3 года назад

I used to have a really big war binder. I also found it complicated my world. I have since moved to a travelers notebook where I simplified my 'war binder' by having 1 section for prayers, 1 for scriptures,1 for gratitudes and affirmations, 1 as a common place Christian book, and 1 for my "fervent prayers" which I wrote after reading Fervent a few times. So much easier and I am more likely to use it. The best part is when 1 section fills up I can just grab another journal notebook to throw in the travelers cover.

@barbarabarber3286 3 года назад

So glad you are honest. We all struggle and this helps us relate and gives us ideas to be back on track. Natalie always wants bangs then regrets it.

@redneckgirl3326 3 года назад

Fail me? Sweetie, you made me feel that I'm not alone in my recent prayer struggles.

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

You're going to make me cry! Praise the Lord that we are not alone!

@bobbihill8604 3 года назад

I write a letter to God just about every day in a journal. I write to him like i'm going to be mailing it to him and he's my penpal. I start off with what i'm grateful for from him, which usually leads to things i'm really screwing up which then flows to what and who i'm praying for. Sometimes I write for 45 min or an hour and it's 4-5 pages long. Sometimes its quick and I add a few verses. For example, this morning for some reason I woke up felt very "surface" love for him and I wrote to him about that, and asking him to help my heart and show my deeper love. I included many bible verses. It took 20 min. I'm a busy mom as well, and some days i can only chat to him while rocking my daughter to sleep because i didn't get up early enough to write to him. My quiet time is usually broken up throughout the day. I very rarely ever have enough time to write to him AND read a chapter or more in my bible at the same time. I usually end up doing my bible reading and study plan at lunch, or after kid is in bed, dishes are done and lunches are packed. I love reading and studying at night in bed because I usually will have dreams about the events in the bible. One thing I love that you do Is keep a list of prayer requests. I don't do that. I pray for the same people in the same way just about every time I write to or talk to Jesus. If i have a random prayer request or feel like i need to pray for someone during the day, I say a little prayer right then and there and move on, but it would be more beneficial to keep a list for sure so i can remember to pray more than once or twice for them. Most days I feel like my letters to God aren't enough, like i'm not doing enough, but I'm a fulltime working momma, and he always meets me where I am!

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

I feel the same way about my prayers and quiet time! Often times I let the lies that I’m not doing enough in my prayers get to me. And like you I often have to break up my quiet time into small segments! Praise the Lord that He breaks through all those barriers!

@redneckgirl3326 3 года назад

What a terrific idea. I find that my mind goes blank and I can't remember half of what I was going to talk to Him about.

@barbarabarber3286 3 года назад

I need small and portable. The best tip you gave me was to put my life in it. That has made my prayer journal like a calendar and documents my life. This puts Christ in the middle of my everyday. I like getting journals from Ross Dress for Less about $3. For a leather looking journal.

@ejcarranza 2 года назад

No skipping needed. Loved the advice. Awesome vid. Keep going. 🙏❤

@HowtoFaithALife 2 года назад

Thank you for taking the time to type that kind comment!

@karenc.8622 3 года назад

Awww hey friend. I think we all experience struggles in our prayer life. Thanks so much for sharing 😍

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Yes! Hope you are doing well. Sending a hug!

@wlj4ever 3 года назад

Thanks for reminder. I can change what is not working.

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Yes! And it’s okay to change! No shame!

@mrsjkamp 3 года назад

Thanks for this!! I love the updates and the honesty. I overcomplicated my prayer journal too, so I love your suggestion for how to simplify. :)

@rebekahmackenzie 3 года назад

Faith, I don't think you could ever fail us. Sometimes we just need to make a change. I had to change my prayer journal methods a couple months ago too. At first I was writing a lot of my prayers done. While I don't regret that, it started to become legalistic for me. So now I just write when I feel like writing. If I don't I'll pray in my head or out loud. I also had to learn that I couldn't compare my prayer journal/life, Bible journaling, etc. to others. We have to do what works for each of us. God won't love us less if my line isn't straight in the Bible or whatever. That haircut story is so funny because I went through something similar. I wanted shoulder-length hair in 4th grade. Apparently my view and the stylist's view of shoulder-length were different. So it was shorter than I wanted. But I didn't learn my lesson and in 9th or 10th grade I did something similar and did not like it. To this day I get nervous with my hair being cut. I get nervous with curling irons too. My forehead got burnt by accident whe I was a kid...on picture day. Thank goodness you cant tell but it scared me for life LOL. Thank you for another grrat video! Are you feeling well?

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

So true, Rebekah! Lol at your hair curler story! So scary I’m sure, but funny now to picture that! I’m doing well, how are you?

@rebekahmackenzie 3 года назад

I'm doing well, thanks 💖 LOL yeah I can laugh about the curler now but I will get nervous if I have to use one.

@kaylaballinger495 3 года назад

Thank you for the video! I had one week where I was spotty with my prayer journal/bible study journal because it wasn't working for me and that made me not even want to look at the thing. But now I'm going to cut back on what I was expecting of myself daily, and let God work in me and let that be more than enough for me! Harder than it sounds. 😂

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Yes! It is harder than it sounds! So true!

@micaj4437 3 года назад

I appreciate the honesty. I'm struggling with praying. And I hate this about myself. But it helps to hear every once in a while that I'm not the only one. Thank you!

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

I'm so that this was helpful!

@grwakehouse8929 3 года назад

Thank you for this honest uplifting video . Love your channel

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

You are so welcome! I am so glad this was uplifting! I was honestly a little worried that it would seem like I was complaining too much about the binder! ;) Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a sweet comment!

@kkbee 2 года назад

This is very honest and something I can resonate with so well. Thank you soooooo much for this video!!

@HowtoFaithALife 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@elwynmckenzie6027 3 года назад

My prayer binder was workng ok, but I looked at it and thought 'If I reorganized this it would make more sense.' I did, and now it does. Now it has a better flow to it.

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Wow! That’s awesome that you recognized the issue and were able to fix it simply!

@elwynmckenzie6027 3 года назад

Something I forgot. I use a folder that used to be a phone directory. I just really liked it and obviously didn't need it as a phone directory. It had pockets on the inside on the left. But that didn't suit my requirements. I wanted the pockets at the back. So I flipped it! My Prayer Journal is an upside-down telephone directory!!

@pinkroses135 Год назад

I'm a bit messy with prayer journaling. I grab one of those smaller notebooks/journals/anything diary sized and have multiple ones going at once. Whatever cute stationery stuff I have lying around.

@janetleblanc4016 3 года назад

Thank you for this video. Consider using a disc planner/notebook instead of a binder. It will take up less space.

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Oooh! Interesting! I need to check that out!

@loricarroll3662 2 года назад

Thank you for your transparency as well. But my prayer journey sounds like yours. I had a good prayer journal going life got busy so I jumped on the band wagon with the WAR Binder . It did not work at all. So I tried all the different beautiful prayer junk journals as well they didn't work either. So after watching your blessed and wonderful videos. I had an extra journal Bible around and am using that as my prayer journal. Adding tabs and prayers and pockets, and this working beautiful. Thank you for such wonderful videos!!!

@nirelleksenasitchoa108 3 года назад

This is so relatable 😭😭 Thank you for making me feel less alone. You gained a new subscriber!

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

You definitely are not alone!

@racheldean133 Год назад

Girl yeah! Thank you so much for this.

@HowtoFaithALife Год назад

You're so welcome!

@BarbieBabe8850 3 года назад

You should look into happy planner!! It’s fully customizable and usually you can get them 40% off at hobby lobby,they have faith ones too!!! It’s so much fun! And they have all different sizes! Mini classic and big :)

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Okay, I love a good deal, I will definitely try that out!

@lesliedelmonico4730 3 года назад

I second the suggestion of Happy Planners! I have tried to change out to the “Everything in one HUGE binder”, the bullet journal, all kinds of other styles, struggled along and always come back to HP. I love the flexibility of changing/adding virtually anything you want at any time. I still use a cheap composition book to do my daily scripture writing and “brain dumps” since I’d go through a LOT of HP paper (cost prohibitive!). But it’s the perfect hybrid for me since they tuck right inside a classic size HP. Best wishes for finding what works for you.

@BarbieBabe8850 3 года назад

Hobby lobby has them on sale this week,so you could get a planner super cheap also look into a happy notes for extra pages super customizable and even look into some expander rings in case you’d want it to be extra thick 🥰

@BarbieBabe8850 3 года назад

The faith guided journals are super fun as well!!

@annamattos8627 2 года назад

I use a Happy Planner too, for just about everything in my life, except Scripture writing (that demands separate notebooks because it takes so many pages) and prayers (I have a huge Coffee and Bible Time Prayer Journal). The disc system is great because I can customize like crazy and it will fold onto itself. Plus, I can remove all the pages to write, the discs don't get in my way. I do buy extra discs and covers to store the pages I've already used.

@rsbrryberet4802 2 года назад

Thank you for being real! I was struggling and this was the only video I found addressing this topic! I needed to hear this! Thank you for your transparency! #NewSubby

@n_beth 2 года назад

I've tried to use binders for a myriad of projects and journaling systems and I just can't. Especially when it comes to any form of journaling or note taking. Nothing dampens my romance with journaling than a huge plastic thing with huge wire rings. It just kills the mood. So now I have this eclectic collection of different journals for different things and I'm totally fine with that. It appeals to my need for creativity through random-ness. Thanks for this video! I feel totally validated LOL.

@lorat7010 3 года назад

Soooo refreshing! Thank you!

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Yeah! Hopefully it was encouraging!

@lorat7010 3 года назад

@@HowtoFaithALife Girl, like you wouldn’t believe! 🤗

@MLLatUtube 3 года назад

Thank you for the video and for reminding us to give ourselves grace with our systems

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Yes, hopefully it was encouraging to you. It can be so easy to just compare ourselves to others and it’s so not healthy to do that!

@donnadoverspike9139 3 года назад

Thank you for the video.

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Yes! Thanks for watching!

@judymcintire8061 3 года назад

I use a smaller 3 ring binger. It has a leather look to it & has a nice soft feeling to it. It's 9 1/2 inches length & 8 1/2 width. I found it at Staples. So far it has been great. It's not too big & it's not too small. Now I'm going through it & simplifying some areas. I want my prayer journal to lift me up, to inspire & encourage me as I go into prayer for others.❤🙏❤🙌❤🕊❤🇺🇸❤

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Ooooh I was hoping to find something smaller like that originally! Now I want to go to Staples! Sounds great!

@judymcintire8061 3 года назад

@@HowtoFaithALife At staples you can also get the plastic clear dividers to go inside of the bingers.🤗

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

@@judymcintire8061 ooooh! I gotta go for sure, now!

@barbarabarber3286 3 года назад

The other nice thing about the journals from Ross is they have a zipper so other things I keep in it don’t fall out.

@Alliappalachian 3 года назад

Nice! I need to go to Ross lol 😊

@debrahorst8154 3 года назад

You hit the prayer-book-nail on the head! I created a prayer binder but haven't used it after the first week. It holds all the printouts re prayers for husbands, children, etc... but I don't know that I like writing my prayers on loose-leaf paper; I think I much prefer them to be in a journal/comp book--I feel it's more private, self-contained. But the beauty of a binder system is the ability to add pages where needed. Now, I will take out from my binder whichever printout I'm praying for on that day, and thanks to you, I can use tip-ins/flaps/whatever they're called and sticky notes to add more writing space to any page in my prayer journal when necessary. Love your channel and your tips

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

I’m so glad you like my tips! I want to try them in my prayer journal as well! :) I love getting 3D with little windows and flaps- makes it so fun!

@whitneydavidmeredith743 3 года назад

I agree I tried binder I hadn't use it and never works for me....I've done private like journal do scapebook and I love my new prayer journal

@ohhithere8055 3 года назад

It’s like you know me and my struggles! Lol thanks for the video sister 🥰

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Lol we can struggle together! ❤️🤣🥰🙈

@ohhithere8055 3 года назад

How to Faith A Life yesss, Im switching to a regular journal tonight 😂😂

@itstorisstory 2 года назад

Thank you for this!!! I tired putting together a binder today and all the pages kept falling out

@barbarabarber3286 3 года назад

I am wordy today but the other thing I do is leave room to put how God answers prayers. I write a list of those I am praying for and be intentional to follow up with them to see how God is moving in their situation.

@ajwspjs2 2 года назад

You are hilarious! I SO enjoyed this!

@HowtoFaithALife 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@orvetakecskes9778 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing this. It's helpful. How do I become a patron an get stickers? I am brand new to your videos that I love!

@livingforshy5209 3 года назад

Hello beauty! Loved the video! But it actually reminded me that the same struggle you feel with prayer journaling, I feel towards reading my Bible. I need help staying interested 🥺

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Oh man, praying over you RIGHT NOW. Praying the spiritual warfare leaves you and you can hunger and thirst for Gods Word once again!

@barbarabarber3286 3 года назад

Please keep our family in prayer this week as we celebrate my sister’s life who died of Covid this Saturday. Of course I am looking forward to coming together but still can’t believe she is not here with us.

@mrsjkamp 3 года назад

Praying

@teresa8287 3 года назад

What about a travelers notebook?

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Where do you find the best travelers notebooks?

@marthaanderson2346 3 года назад

@@HowtoFaithALife amazon and there are RU-vid channels that show how to make TN's. God bless you and your family 😇

@InChristAlone830 2 года назад

I had to do the same thing

@whitneydavidmeredith743 3 года назад

I been struggling lately as well 😭....your not alone....

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

I’m sorry that you’ve also been struggling! 💔

@whitneydavidmeredith743 3 года назад

@@HowtoFaithALife why I believe it's spiritual warfare for both of us........ distractions and confusion not of God it's lucifer attacking us

@yenvu6883 3 года назад

@@whitneydavidmeredith743 oh heck yeah it is. Were all feeling it.

@dclub5741 Год назад

"Skip to 6:00 to hear about my prayer system for prayer requests and journaling!". 🤣 I don´t wanna miss any second ROFL. Thanks for the tip, anyways haha

@tonikirk5493 3 месяца назад

You were such an adorable little girl!

@gracemonkey2393 2 года назад

Y’all please pray for us. We have a family of four living with us. They have been here too long. We need wisdom and direction concerning getting them moved back where they came from.

@vondabryant3842 3 года назад

TFS. I tried the binder also and it was too much.

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Haha 🤷🏼‍♀️ at least we tried!

@MONIvator5.0 5 месяцев назад

Do you still use both these methods? I know this is an older video but I just watched it..

@judiebritt5741 3 года назад

When setting up your prayer request pages do you have a space where you add your husband and children? We have five children and 11 grandchildren and some days I get overwhelmed praying for everyone but feel guilty if I don’t pray for them all each day. Then when I add friends and extended family, church, unsaved, nation, missions, etc... I get well and truly overwhelmed. I don’t pray for all those others every day but even so I feel like I could be at it 24/7 😳.

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

Haha ohh yes! I often just write down their initials: J for my husband, W for my oldest and S for my second! I can’t imagine writing down each by name like that! You’d be writing a book after a while!

@marthaanderson2346 3 года назад

Maybe designate certain days of the week for hubby and children. With 11 children you would have to double up but that's okay. Hope this helps. God bless you and your family 😇

@cynthiaakacyndsmith6539 6 месяцев назад

I have a prayer need. I have a beautiful desk, it is out side on the porch. Not workable we live in North east Michigan. I need a space in the house for it. I am not able to figure out where…. We do have a small-ish house. 1400 safety over three floors. Three bedrooms and two full baths, a full finished basement with a TV room and three hobby spaces all are full of crap. In am waning to clear and declutter mainly so Ican have my desk for Bible study and reading. The Chair I haven been using is not good at all. I really need to have wisdom and energy to take care of messes to put up my space with my awesome and beautiful desk. Please I know it sounds so trivial but it is impotent to me.

@Liv2Pnt Год назад

Lol I got a haircut in elementary school to look like Demi Moore in Ghost. Mmm...no. My face was so round, my head looked like a basketball. 😂😂 Never again. Ever.

@juliewindham5808 3 года назад

I dont know if you have already, but could you do a detailed video on how to use a simple notebook for prayer. I have been wanting to do one but I get overwhelmed with knowing if I am suppose to continually say the same prayer everyday, after I say it do I make a new one etc. I hope this makes since.

@HowtoFaithALife 3 года назад

I just read over the list of prayer requests and then write a prayer specific to that day, separate from my daily prayer lists!

@juliewindham5808 3 года назад

@@HowtoFaithALife ok thank you so much