A Box of Prayers

Welcome! This is the last Thursday of the month. This will conclude our goals theme for the month of January.

So to conclude, I would like to end by stressing how important it is to pray when you set your goals. The last piece of the puzzle involves giving your goals to God and letting God bring your goals to pass through prayer.

Mark 11:24 says,"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."

There is power in prayer. There is also power in writing things down. So realizing this, I thought, why not combine the two things together? I'm always looking for creative and unique ways to approach a given subject. 

Recently I've been researching prayer boxes, and decided that it might be fun to share with you the idea of creating your own prayer box to store your goals.

What is a Prayer Box?

A prayer box is a physical place where you can store your written prayers. Your prayer box doesn't have to be anything fancy (or it could be fancy if you want it to be). It's totally up to you. You might want to go to the Dollar Store and buy a decorative box. You may decide that you want to decorate an old shoe-box. The purpose is to create a special place to keep your written prayers.

On the outside of your box you may want to write encouraging scriptures, or post inspirational pictures on your box, etc. Use your creativity. Have fun with this.

How to Use Your Prayer Box:

1. Think about your goals. Decide what you want.
2. Write your goals down on a piece of paper.
3. Fold the paper up and put it in your prayer box.
4. Thank God for bringing your goals to pass according to His will.
5. Anytime you look at your prayer box, let it serve as a reminder to thank God for blessings that are on the way.

A Project of faith

Using a prayer box is a project of faith. "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1).  When you can thank God in advance for answering your prayers, this shows tremendous faith.

Let Go and Let God

The physical act of writing your goals down and releasing them in your prayer box, serves as a symbolic reminder of how we must let go and let God. Let your prayer box serve as a reminder to trust God.

At the end of the year, you may want to go back and read through your prayers to see how God has answered them. Happy goal setting!!! Don't forget to give your goals to God.

See you next Thursday!!!!

© 2013 by Tanya Guerrier.


 

More Stuff About Goals

Happy Thursday! I hope everyone is having a wonderful and productive week. :) Here is a list I put together regarding goals. I've also included a few motivational quotes. Why??? Because I love quotes!!! Please enjoy.

How to Achieve Your Goals:

1.     Know what you want.

·      “The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

2.     Set long-term goals.

·      “You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures. 

-Charles C. Noble

3.     Set short-term goals.

·      “Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.”

-Helmut Schmidt

4.     Devise a plan.

·      “Begin with the end in mind.”

-Stephen Covey

5.     Write it down.

·      “Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.”

-Napoleon Hill

·      “Committing your goals to paper increases the likelihood of you achieving them by 1000 percent.”

-Brian Tracy

6.     Don’t give up.

·      “He conquers who endures.”

-Persius

7.     Have faith.

·      “We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the dark to our success.”

-Henry David Thoreau

See you next Thursday!!!! God bless.