Powerful Prayer

A few years ago, I learned the power of prayer through a very simple tool - a journal. Encouraged by our pastor to keep a journal and list our prayers, I started recording all the things I was praying for and making a note when the prayer had been answered. Sometimes the answer was what I had hoped for, and sometimes not, but I was stunned by the number of prayers answered over the course of a year, then two, then five. I saw - in my own handwriting - in black and white the power of prayer. I praise God for giving us the gift of prayer, for teaching us how to pray and for loving us enough to answer our prayers in a way that's best for us.