My Prayer Notebook Page

Having a deep purposeful spiritual prayer life has always be a challenge for me.  Growing up I was taught to memorizing certain prayers at a very young age.  I had no idea what they meant, but I was "praying" or at least I thought I was.  In school we would recite them over and over again for what seemed like hours to a little girl. Over the years, after becoming a Christian, I earnestly wanted to enhance my spiritual prayer life and to truly become intimate with my Heavenly Father.  After reading on Revive Our Hearts, I tweaked the format a bit and duplicated a Prayer notebook page.

Each morning I fill out this page before my prayer time.  It helps me to remain focused and to be completely honest with Him. I pour out my soul. Sometimes it takes me 10 min and sometimes it takes longer.  It has really enhanced my prayer life by making my prayers more intentional and purposeful. Feel free to print and share with others.  It has been a blessing to me.

Please email me if you are having trouble pulling up the link and I will send you the PDF for the notebook page.

My early morning routine....

I do earnestly try to have some sort of routine to maximize my date with The King.  However, it must start the night before.

The night before I do the following things...

* make sure my Keurig is filled with water and power is on

* place my bible, journal, and my disciple notebook, headphones and pencil on my end table

*plug in my net book

* put a load of laundry in the washer with a delayed setting (love this feature)

*place socks and tennis shoes in bathroom

*set alarm on phone

*really, really try to be in bed not asleep by 9:30 reading

My Morning Routine....

* wake up, bathroom, get coffee (first things first)

* listen to 3-5 worship songs that are on my net book

*fill out my prayer notebook page

*work on laundry(remember I already have 1 load washed)

* prayer time

*devotion time along with bible reading

*check email

*make breakfast for the family and family devotion

*work on laundry

*exercise

* school

My mornings don't always go as plan, but over the years I have worked on not getting discouraged and to just strive on implementing my plan the next morning. Things happen and I must face them graciously.  Ouch!  Did I just say that?  Also, I realize that my routine will change depending on what season I am in.  For example, when I have a nursing baby, he or she is sharing my morning time with me.  In fact, watching the sun rise while nursing a little one has become one of my fondest memories of motherhood.  

I really need to arise at 5:30 instead of 6:00 in order to get my exercise plan in before the children wake up.  I am working on this, but haven't excelled yet.

So what is your morning routine to maximize your morning devotion?

Cleaning House...

The next 2 weeks the boys and I are dedicating our time to cleaning, organizing, and getting rid of whole lotta junk.  I have a friend who is collecting garage sale items to help raise money for a young woman, mother who has breast cancer.  So we have a mission...  I LOVE to donate than rather hassling with organizing a garage sale.  It's something so small that we can do to serve others.  After all, someone's junk is someone's treasure.

Things to do to get us motivating...

Have a plan set for each day ~ meaning delegate tasks to each person the night ahead.  Don't waste time planning a week in advance because things happen and this can cause frustration.

Always have an incentive for children at the end of a hard work day.  We like to have movie night or game night.

Plan a simple crock pot dinner

Always listen to encouraging music

Praise your children for helping

Happy cleaning!

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