"Prayer Thoughts for the Heart" Prayer Journal and Devotional Guide will help you to grow in your relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. This Prayer Thought Journal will be helpful for learning more about the Scriptures. Jesus is a great example for us as He prayed / talked to his Father very often, sometimes all night.

"Prayer Thoughts for the Heart" has a prayer thought for everyday of the year, plus an area for you to write. This will make it convenient for you to have your prayer thought and have a place to keep your personal thoughts together in one place.

A Prayer Thought Journal, Devotional Guide or a Daily Prayer Journal is essential to have with you during your quiet time with God. A Prayer Thought Journal can also be a part of your time when meditating or memorizing scriptures. While drawing close to God, praying about your concerns can be part of the learning and obeying for believers. We should also give thanks to God for his love, faithfulness and salvation through Jesus Christ. By having "Prayer Thoughts for the Heart" Prayer Journal and Devotional Guide is a great tool for building your faith which helps us in our growing and maturing in our Christian Life.

Sometimes we need a little push to get us into the routine of having a prayer time. A Prayer Thought for each day of the year hopefully will be an encouraging way to do just that. They are "Prayer Thoughts for the Heart."

Don't leave your Heavenly Father out of your Life.

"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus".   1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV

Growing and maturing as a Christian with Jesus Christ, means you are hungry for His word and want a relationship with Him. Prayer, which is talking with Him, is the most important part of building your relationship. Communication is a must and I hope you will find enjoyment, encouragement, and a spirit of love coming from "Prayers Thoughts for the Heart" Prayer Journal and Devotional Guide.

Prayer time and trust in God along with the use of this prayer journal can bring peace to all of us. We can let go of our worries, sadness and depression. We must keep our attitude positive and we do this by having Faith.

"You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you".   Isaiah 26:3 NIV

Having a Quite Time with "Prayer Thoughts for the Heart" Prayer Journal and Devotional Guide, is praying, learning, and obeying. It is Thoughts to Inspire, Thoughts to Teach, Thoughts for Adoration, Thoughts for Thanksgiving, Thoughts for Communicating, Thoughts for Praise and Worship, and for building a mind set that wants to surrender to God's Will, which is obeying his command.

Prayer Thought: (excerpt from book, Page 1)

At the beginning of a new year, we most often think about setting some goals, or as some call them new years' resolutions.

Psalm 91 is one of the most encouraging ones in all of scripture. In verse one it uses the name, the Almighty for God's name and it means, I am the all sufficient one.

When setting your goals for the coming year, remember to include some of the promises of God, which are in this wonderful Psalm.

Determine to live your life in the secret place of the most high and under the shadow of the Almighty. Decide each day that He is your refuge and your fortress, and you will trust in Him.

Determine that His truth will be your place of security. Decide in your heart that you don't have to be afraid of the terror by day or the terror by night

"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 'Because he loves me,' says the Lord, 'I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name'"   Psalm 91:1 & 14 NIV

Prayer Thought "Love Must Grow"

Paul writes to the church at Philippi that his prayer for them is that their love will abound more and more in knowledge and insight. This is for us today, also. To abound in love means that it becomes more a part of us. That it shows up in our actions and reactions.

Love must keep on growing, because we never fully mature in love. Growing means that every time we learn something, we are to bring it into our mind and add it to what we already know.

Life is a classroom and the growth of knowledge takes place by love. What you learn must be filtered through the Word of God.

All this to say that Christian Love will make the best decisions for us. This kind is not silly, immature love, but the love of Christ flowing through us.

In your prayer time, ask God to help you be more aware of His love and the need to grow more mature in His love. Practice makes one more loving.

"And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ".   Philippians 1:9-10 NIV

About the Author:

I have been a Christian for more than fifty years. My husband Dell and I have two sons, grandchildren and great grandchildren. I have been a widow since 1991. The company Dell worked for transferred us from our home in Birmingham, AL, to Cincinnati, OH; to Youngstown, OH; to Richmond, VA; and to Strongsville, OH. Have lived in Ohio since 1976.

I have been a Sunday School Teacher, Vacation Bible School Teacher, Women's Ministry Leader, and Prayer Chairman for the church, to name a few.

When I was Prayer Chairman, in the early 1990's, I put a short prayer thought on the back of the Sunday bulletin.

Now about twelve years later, I decided to make each prayer thought a little longer and put them into a Prayer Journal.

It has been a joy to do this, and I have felt that God was encouraging me every step of the way. Only God knows how much I have matured while writing the prayer thoughts.

Celia B. Milam