One of the many ways that journaling can be personally beneficial and fulfilling is by deepening your faith walk. A prayer journal is one way to do this. Why not give it a try?

No matter where you are in your faith walk, prayer forms an important foundation to your relationship with God. Like any relationship, this one also thrives on intimacy and communication.

There are as many ways to pray as there are people, but for most of us, prayer takes some sort of verbal form. We “talk” our prayers even if we don’t say them out loud. That means you can also write your prayers. Some of the entries in your prayer journal will be written forms of your prayers.

One important piece of a prayer journal, though, is the responses you perceive to those prayers.  In your journal, be sure to note how you feel before and after your prayer. Then, don’t forget to be watchful. If you look, you will see answers to those prayers in the days that follow. Be sure to write about those, too.

Keep it up for a few months at least. I’m confident that you will end up with a detailed record of how God is working in your life that you will find inspirational and meaningful for years to come