Think It Over
by Charles R. Swindoll
If you aren't already doing so, I would strongly urge you to begin keeping a personal journal and write in it daily. This will not only help you focus your thoughts during and after your quiet time with God, but will enable you to look back on His footprints in your life.
Make sure this journal includes your prayer diary. Spend time in prayer every day—every single day.
As David, who knew what it meant to be alone with God, wrote:
Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him. You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. (Ps. 32:6–8)
Keeping a personal journal helps us look back on God’s footprints in our life. —Chuck Swindoll Tweet This
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