Organized Prayer

(Psa 5:3 KJV)  My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

In the past few years, I have developed something I call a “prayer map”.  It is nothing special.  You may do something like this, or not.  I found that I was having a hard time keeping track of the people in a Zoom group that I was in as I covenanted to pray for them.  I started developing groupings and specific orders that would help me to remember.  I found that this helped me to cover everything.  I added names organically instead of trying to remember a need mentioned.  If God brought something to mind and kept it there, I would add it; if not, I would pass on.  I think this is part of the idea of ordering or directing.

So? If you’re happy with how your prayer life is going then rejoice and enjoy.  If you’re struggling, then maybe take a little bit of time to organize it in a way in which you can remember the things that you want to cover.  Also, keep in mind that if you keep forgetting a name, God knows that person.  The children of some of my friends bear creative names because I either never heard the real one or don’t remember.  God knows whom I’m talking about.