If You Want To See How Faithful God Is, and How Much He Loves You, Keep a Prayer Journal.

I looked back at an old prayer journal and was overwhelmed by how many prayers God answered. Here’s how journaling showed me His faithfulness and deep love.

Yesterday, during my devotional time, I pulled out an old prayer journal to see what I had been praying about five and a half years ago. I knew things had changed a lot since then—I had changed a lot—and I was curious to see where my heart and mind were at that time.

I was amazed. Truly amazed at how much I had been struggling, and even more amazed at how many prayers God had answered.

So often, we can see that we’ve grown and changed, but we forget the hundreds of little prayers God had to answer for us to be where we are today—not to mention the big ones.

I saw entries where I was praying for the ability to control my tongue in heated moments—something I don’t struggle with at all anymore. I saw myself asking God to help me with the constant mom guilt that plagued me as I set unachievable daily goals far beyond what was reasonable. Today, I have a beautiful, relaxed balance and a healthy amount of grace for myself. That mom guilt that used to plague my daily life? I rarely feel it anymore.

My anxiety was through the roof. My overthinking and overanalyzing controlled my days. And the list went on and on. I was shocked to see that just a few short years ago, this was my reality.

I always knew I had been a mess ten years ago, especially with all the healing I needed from my childhood. But seeing where I was just five years ago—even after becoming a Christian, doing inner healing work, and walking with Jesus—reminded me just how much He was still working on and through me. And that was just the mental and emotional side. I was also facing a whole list of life-impacting health issues, which I talk more about in this blog post.

My heart swelled as I read those pages filled with prayers from a woman longing to be a good wife and mother. If only she knew then that God would answer every single one of those prayers—beyond what she even hoped for.

I don’t keep a prayer journal every day, but every so often I feel compelled to write structured prayers to stay focused. It helps me remember to pray for things I might otherwise forget, and it encourages a deeper heart connection with God.

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My favorite prayer journal is actually [this one here]. It’s beautiful, generously sized, and under $10. What I love most is how it's thoughtfully laid out with different sections each week—encouraging you to pray about things you might otherwise forget. It also includes a devotional prompt each week, offering a question to reflect on and write about, almost like a guided journal.

I just filled mine up—the same one I started back in 2019—and now I need to order another! In the back, there’s a section for writing out answered prayers, and mine became so full I had to start adding notebook paper. But what amazes me most is how many of those prayers God answered gradually—so gently and quietly that I didn’t even notice until years later.

My life simply got better and better—not because of money or major life changes, but because I changed. And God, in His goodness, healed me and set me free—not because I earned it, but because He loves me. That love shows in all the ways He healed me, even when I didn’t realize I needed it.

And how did I change? I kept working towards growth and healing. That “work” simply looked like spending time with God in prayer, worship, silence, and reading Scripture and devotionals. And when hard life came (as it always does), I held it up to Scripture—Truth—and let that truth speak into my circumstances and keep me focused on what really mattered.

I can only imagine what I’ll see five years from now when I look back on today. There are probably things I won’t even realize God answered, simply because He loves me so deeply as His daughter and cares about the things that matter to me.

A big example this week—one that may seem small to others, but not to me: I’ve wanted backyard chickens deeply in my soul for ten years. And now, sitting on my daughter’s dresser as I write this, is an incubator full of eggs. I expect tears to come from a heart overflowing with God's love and goodness when I see those chicks hatch, and the day I collect my first egg from the chicken coop.

God is so good. He cares deeply about your heart and your life.

As the Bible says:

“If a son asks for bread from any of you who is a father, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he instead of a fish give him a serpent? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?” — Luke 11:11–13

With love,

Tej'a