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Day 13 of 21 Days of Prayer Journaling


Day THIRTEEN:

Here's the Lord's invitation to you before you start...

Get away with me:  Go somewhere you can get away from distractions & it’s easy to think. If you aren't planning to play worship music in the background, consider putting your phone away. If you are playing music, consider placing your phone face down.

Undivided Attention: Ask the Lord to remove all the noise & distractions in your mind. Some days are harder to set it all down, so try praying over your heart and mind something like this, 

"There's enough time for the day and the tasks ahead, even if it doesn't feel like it. I lay it all down and I call my heart and mind to attention in the Lord's presence. Jesus, you have my full attention. If distraction comes, help me to remain uninvolved with anything that may interrupt this one on one time we've set aside for just us."
 
Journal Prompt: Write a response to the daily prompt.

Ask the Lord what is on his mind. If you're not sure how to start, try writing it like a letter. 

Lord, what has been on your mind lately..


Listen: Take time to listen for the Lord's response to what you shared with him. Maybe you hear him speaking to your spirit. Maybe he brings a scripture to mind. Perhaps it's just silence. If you aren't sure but you think you hear him, write it down. Then pray, "Lord if any of this was not from you let it fall away". If you're not sure you're hearing anything after a minute or two, don't stress over it and move on.
 
Worship: Take a few minutes to meditate on the scripture and write it down. Note if there is a command, promise or wisdom in the verse. 

Proverbs 25:2

"It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;
    to search out a matter is the glory of kings."

Closing Prayer: Lord, your mystery is something I can't wrap my mind around. Yet I love that there are things about you that are full of mystery. And then there are the things that are hard to sit with that I don't yet understand or you've remained silent about. All of it Lord, no matter where I land with how I feel about it, I know you are exactly who you say you are. And if it is the glory of kings to search out a matter, I do not want to live a life where I stop seeking more of you. May I be like the disciples who never fully understood, yet they dropped everything to follow you and called you the Son of God.

See you tomorrow for day fourteen!