Mostly this post was inspired by Mark Batterson, writer of Draw the Cricle. Read my review of this amazing book here.
A prayer journal records our prayers to the heavenly father. As worshippers to Jesus Christ, creating a prayer journal has two distinct advantages: When God answers our prayers (and he will), we can recall it, and then be thankful for his response. As Christians, we must always thank the Lord, even if he says no to our prayers. A prayer journal also allows us to repeat and circle our prayer. Maybe God won’t answer the first time we pray, but he will answer on his own terms; humanity does not dictate the schedule or happenings of Him, we can only make requests.
Thus stated, please find my prayer journal numbered below. This is not an exhaustive list, I will try to update it on a frequent basis. God has already answered (my expereince of how God has answered is parenthetical):
1) Fill Soyun from head to toe with your love, as she is struggling with her faith
2) Pray for paster Ezreal when he visits Vietnam for a Vision 50 Conference
3) Tell me what to pray about, Father God (God continues to answers this prayer on his accord. Thank you father God for your continous response to this prayer)!
4) Please give me the strength and love to live an ideal Christian life in your eyes, father God.
5) Pray for the Korean church that is recieving lots of pressure from the Chinese authorites, I pray that the members will find another place to congregate and glorify you. (God answered this prayer, all the members are safe, and looking for other places to congregate).
6) Make reading about you a priority, please rekindle my passion to read a chapter from the Bible everyday, to be hungry to learn more about you and your expectations. (God works in mysterious ways: my friend, who confessed that he pastored a church in the United States, handed me a copy of Draw the Circle by Mark Batterson. My girlfriend has also leant me a book called The Reason for God. Both novels are on my reading list. My heart has also taken another direction in terms of reading, I always try to have a book about God being read in conjunction with other books, or I have a devotional readily avaliable on my phone).
7) I pray for my Holy Spirit to ignite for you Father God (I am not the same person I used to be. I have changed who I am to better align myself with God, and God has helped me through it. God has made it all possible. God helped me change).
8) Pray for my girlfriend’s Holy Spirit (this prayer has been answered time and time again, when she realizes how she can become a better Christian, when we work together to grow in our faith. God is amazing. God answers).
9) Please reveal to me whether or not you destine me to marry my girlfriend (God works in myserious ways: my girlfriend’s mom was praying for to God about her relationship with me. I am the first white guy that my Korean-American girlfriend has ever dated, and her mom was very uncomfortable with the idea of her dating a cacasian. She prayed about it, and recently a few weeks ago, God answered her prayer! She said “God has helped me accept that you are dating a Canadian. I will accept him if he gets baptized, and reads the Bible)! A triple blessing–I get to grow my faith through baptizing, and I get to read more of God’s words with my girlfriend’s family! What a great bridge to connect, and what a strong reassurance where I now feel that my feet are on the path God has layed out before me).
10). Please help me to inspire students to love reading, writing, and Project Based Learning.
11). Please heal my mom’s 4 brittle bones in her back, and heal her osteoporosis.
God has not answered all my prayers yet, but I know he will. Patience is vital for our faith to continue growing, for our love to continue developing, and for our lives to continue evolving in the eyes of Jesus Christ.
