6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.-Philippians 4:6 (ESV)
This prayer box, came about while attending the “2010 AWI Online Conference“ and hearing about Kathy Butryn, of The Heart Change Place and her “Casting Box” that she shared.
Though it’s been awhile in the making, I finally manage to get it completed.
My dear friend, Amydeanne of “The 160 Acres Woods” posted hers and she really encouraged me to take that final step and finish mine.
What I made is not much, but it works and it’s encouraging to me, mainly because it’s hard for me to not miss it on my nightsand, lol, but that’s what I need and those who know me well, know I could use all sorts of encouragement including flashing neon lights saying “Your purse is hiding here”.
Maybe in the near future, with more time and less “To-Do’s” to work on, I can actually take the time to sit down and create a much nicer Casting Box, similar to Kathy
Basically, I bought a regular index card box at Wal-Mart and using some scrapbook paper that I have laying around, I just used a glue stick (and clear tape where you can’t see it) to keep the paper down. I’m thinking of later, finding sunflowers (of course) to hot clue on the lid.
Inside are regular index cards and a template for creating a file folder the index cards, I made individual folders:
- One for my husband
- One for myself (as moms we can use all the prayer we can get right?)
- One for each of my kids
- One that was labeled for family (extended)
- One that was labeled for friends
- One labeled for church
- One labeled for facebook (okay sounds silly, but often my dear online friends have a prayer need so it lets me remember to pray for them online)
- One for Conservative Homeschooler-Raising a Generation for Christ; It’s a homeschooling community that I joined and have made a lot of friends there. So whenever there is a prayer request posted there or asked by a friend there, I jot it down on an index card and place it in my prayer box, with a reminder, to start the day in prayer, pray over those who are in need and then morning devotionals….and maybe a quick drop at Conservative Homeschooler to check on any new posts. However, I have heard that Conservative Homeschooler’s Chat Room has a time set aside in the early mornings around 7/8 for prayer and praise, which is neat!
- One labeled, “Hubby’s Work” so I can keep the people he work with and those around them in prayer
I then have at the very end ,these:
- Answered prayers-Prayers that our Father has answered, be it big or small
- Unanswered prayers-There are times when our Father doesn’t answered our prayers and it’s not because He is withholding, but we have to remember, He can see what has already to be passed, and we can’t and He knows better than we really do, of what is for our good…Maybe He sees the answer to a prayer we have and sees not only , it might not be a testament to His Glory, but might not really be good for us in the long run, but since we see in the short run, it’s hard to understand sometimes, that “No” can be a good thing after all.
My prayers and hope that this could be one of many ways, to encourage you to etch out a prayer time and really seek our Heavenly Father in His word and prayer.
God bless you Gentle Friends.
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