Whether you begin this year with trepidation or excitement, here is a prayer for the journey ahead.Praise God for all the exciting things you are looking forward to.Confess anything in your future that gives you a reason to worry.Remove any shame and instead rejoice in God’s mercy.Share with God your hopes for the new year.Want a journal designed to help you focus in prayer? Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now! Val’s has a book on prayer! Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order Pray Confidently and Consistently, get our no-fail leader’s guide and more!

In this episode, you'll find 12 prayers for the days leading up to Christmas. Simply pause between each prayer and come back the next day to continue. I recommend setting a reminder on your phone for the same time each day so that you don't forget! VERSESDay 1: Luke 5:31-32 NLTDay 2: Matthew 5:5 MSGDay 3: Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV, Psalm 16:11 ESVDay 4: Psalm 139:5 NLTDay 5: Psalm 107:9 ESVDay 6: Romans 12:10 ESVDay 7: Luke 1:43 ESVDay 8: Romans 12:11-12 MSGDay 9: Luke 2:7 NIVDay 10: Luke 2:7 NIVDay 11: Isaiah 30:21 NLTDay 12: 1 Chronicles 16:31-33 NIVGive an intentional gift this holiday season.We've designed prayer journals for your bestie, mother-in-law, teachers, friend who's expecting, nieces and nephews, husband and more! Head to our shop.Val has a book on prayer! Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order Pray Confidently and Consistently, get our no-fail leader’s guide and more!

We’re releasing this episode in honor of Thanksgiving Day, however, this prayer is just about as “every day” as it gets! A heart of gratitude is essential for remembering who we are, who He is, and how we’re meant to live.Picture yourself kneeling before our Almighty God and reflect on His power.Confess any ways you’ve forgotten you are His and tried to go your own way.Meditate on ways the Lord has been good to you.Pray for your future generations to know and worship God with thanksgiving.VERSES: Psalm 100Give an intentional gift this holiday season.We've designed prayer journals for your bestie, mother-in-law, teachers, friend who's expecting, nieces and nephews, husband and more! Use the code NOISYWORLD for 10% off any full priced products in our shop.Get Val's book on prayer! Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order Pray Confidently and Consistently, get our no-fail leader’s guide and more! 

Here’s just the place to get started when praying for your business.Tell God why you are thankful for your business.Release control to Him as CEO of your business. Share with God any areas that where you are seeking specific wisdom.Confess any negative or discontent feelings that surface thinking about comparison.This prayer has been adapted from my book Springboard Prayers. If you were encouraged by it and would like 124 other prayers to read when you don’t have the words, grab a copy at valmariepaper.com as well as our other resources mentioned. Want a journal designed to help you focus in prayer? Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now! Val has a book on prayer! Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order Pray Confidently and Consistently, get our no-fail leader’s guide and more! 

Our work has so much potential to be satisfying and God-honoring. Take a moment to process your current work situation with the Lord.Tell God why you are thankful for your job.Confess any frustrations or overwhelm.Acknowledge your complete dependance on Him.Share with God specific things you need His wisdom and creativity about.This prayer has been adapted from my book Springboard Prayers. If you were encouraged by it and would like 124 other prayers to read when you don’t have the words, grab a copy at valmariepaper.com as well as our other resources mentioned. Want a journal designed to help you focus in prayer? Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now! Val has a book on prayer! Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order Pray Confidently and Consistently, get our no-fail leader’s guide and more!

We all go through lulls in our prayer life, keep coming back to this prayer when you’re feeling stagnant.Praise God that He can be known and makes Himself so accessible.Share your desires for your prayer life and ask Him to workShare with the Lord any fears that come with knowing God more.Acknowledge any questions you wrestle with about prayer.Scripture included in this episode:Psalm 139:23-24 - Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!James 1:5 - If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV) - “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.This prayer has been adapted from my book Springboard Prayers. If you were encouraged by it and would like 124 other prayers to read when you don’t have the words, grab a copy at valmariepaper.com as well as our other resources mentioned. 

Feeling like you have so little time to do all the things? Here’s a prayer to pray when overwhelm starts to creep in.Identify what has you feeling hurried and like there’s too much to do.Reflect on Elisabeth Elliot’s words: “There is always enough time to do the will of God. For that we can never say ‘I don’t have time.’ When we find ourselves frantic and frustrated and harried and harassed and ‘hassled,’ it is a sign we are running on our own schedule, not on God’s.”Lift up what you think needs to get done.See if God prompts you to take anything off your list.This prayer has been adapted from my book Springboard Prayers. If you were encouraged by it and would like 124 other prayers to read when you don’t have the words, grab a copy at valmariepaper.com as well as our other resources mentioned. Want a journal designed to help you focus in prayer? Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now! Val has a book on prayer! Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order Pray Confidently and Consistently, get our no-fail leader’s guide and more!

Find yourself tossing and turning lately? Pop your earbuds in and rest in His presence.Share with the Lord everything that is swirling in your mind.Delight in God’s presence.Pray for someone that the Lord brings to mind.Trust that the Lord can redeem bad sleep.Scripture:Psalm 46:10 - Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!Psalm 23:2-3a (NIV) - He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.Psalm 4:8 - In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.This prayer has been adapted from my book Springboard Prayers. If you were encouraged by it and would like 124 other prayers to read when you don’t have the words, grab a copy at valmariepaper.com as well as our other resources mentioned. Want a journal designed to help you focus in prayer? Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now! Val has a book on prayer! Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order Pray Confidently and Consistently, get our no-fail leader’s guide and more!

Not sure where to start? This short prayer will guide you into a thoughtful prayer for healing for yourself and others.Share specifically what you want God to heal.Lament with the Lord what is hardest.Praise the Lord for who He is.Surrender to God and remember His sovereignty.Scripture:Psalm 30:2 - O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.Jeremiah 17:14 - Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.Proverbs 3:5-6 - Trust in the Lord with all your heart,  and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him,  and he will make straight your paths.Isaiah 55:8-9 - For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.Psalm 84:11 - For the Lord God is a sun and shield;  the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.This prayer has been adapted from my book Springboard Prayers. If you were encouraged by it and would like 124 other prayers to read when you don’t have the words, grab a copy at valmariepaper.com as well as our other resources mentioned. Want a journal designed to help you focus in prayer? Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now! Val has a book on prayer! Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order Pray Confidently and Consistently, get our no-fail leader’s guide and more!

Not sure where to start? This short prayer will guide you into a thoughtful prayer for your children.Reflect on this statement: God loves our kids more than we ever could. Confess focusing more on our kids’ comfort than their holiness.Praise God for a joy and hope not dependent on circumstances.Lift up each child by name and what they are facing right now.Things mentioned in today’s episode:The Blog at Val Marie PaperVal’s Monthly PeptalkWant a journal designed to help you focus in prayer? Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now! Val has a book on prayer! Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order Pray Confidently and Consistently, get our no-fail leader’s guide and more!