Today brings us to the very last post where I share about creating the sections of a Prayer Journal to help organize your prayer life. I do hope this has been helpful to you!
We have two more sections left in our weekly tabs--at least we have two more if you are doing like I do and having weekly tabs just for the week days. If you are making seven tabs in your weekly section you may have a couple more.
Our last two sections, sections four and five, or Thursday and Friday, are saved for our Leaders. This may be church leaders, both local as well as in the Conferences, church members could be prayed for here, teachers--both Sabbath school/Sunday school teachers as well as school teachers in our church schools, colleges, and public schools. Look around you--there are leaders everywhere!
Missionaries also fit well here--is there a special mission family you are helping to support? If so, put them and their mission needs in your Prayer Binder! Don't have a mission family to pray for? Find one in the Adventist Frontiers Mission magazine!
Find a missionary family here!
And last but not least, what about praying for our Government leaders, and the President of our country? It is easy to complain about them--but praying for the will do far more good!
And of COURSE we have to have some Bible verses to go along with our sections on leaders!
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?"
Matthew 5:43-47
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And then some quotes from other Christian books:
"Cultivate the habit of speaking well of others. . . When tempted to complain of what someone has said or done, praise something in that person's life or character."
Ministry of Healing p. 492 Ellen G. White
"Because of the wrong actions of those in positions of trust, do not let envious feelings fill your heart. They are to be judged according to the deeds done in the body. You only need to pity and pray for them. The Lord knows every dishonest transaction, and will award them according as their work shall be. The Lord rewards every unselfish action. Pray with heart and soul and voice. 'O God, impress more deeply upon my mind and heart the exceeding great and precious promises, that I may not in my duty and work fail or be discouraged, but perfect holiness in thy fear.'"
Letter 178, 1899, p. 9 (November 6, 1899) Ellen G. White
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So there you have it--the last sections in our Prayer Journal are now assigned. So think about the leaders you know, and the leaders who you feel impressed to pray for, and start pages for them in these sections!
And your assignment--come back and share in the comments what leaders you have felt impressed to pray for. Are you praying for your children's teachers? Are you praying for our government? Sharing will help give others ideas!
We will have one more post in our Prayer Journal series, so come back next week for our wrap up!
Have a beautiful week praying--talking with your Best Friend!
~Susan
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