Letter to the Lord #1: My Personal Journaling

Good morning, Lord. What a beautiful day it is. Thank you.  

Lord, I’ve decided to do a 40-day prayer challenge of praying without ceasing about something or someone for 40 days. 

I have no idea who or what I should pray for between now and 02 March 2013. Lord, guide me.
I am just feeling the need to pray--and I am hearing the call to talk with you, seek your face, and draw closer to you.

Guide me. Instruct me. Help me hear your voice. What should my prayer focus be?

I, also, thank you--for the answered prayer on Friday, along with everything that will come because of the answered prayer. 

Prepare my husband and I for what is to come, Lord.

Thank you for the ability and opportunity to journal and to teach journaling. What an awesome privilege. 

I will set my heart and mind on you today and listen--and will remain open to your prompting as to what my prayer focus should be.

You are an awesome God.

~ Stacy Duplease

God ALWAYS Answers Your Prayers

God always answers your prayers. every single one of them. Without fail.

He may not answer when you would prefer.

He may not answer in the manner you would desire.

But, he always answers. He will always do what is best for you and will bring glory to him through you and the answering of your prayer.

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Stacy Duplease
Prayer Warrior and Faithful WriterUSAGC 2026

Email: usagc2026@gmail.com
Blog for USAGC 2026: http://usagc2026.blogspot.com
Find my books at/store: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction 

How is Your Prayer Life?

This is another prayer journaling opportunity, by the way. 

So, how is your prayer life?

How is it since you started to read this blog? (To Him be the glory, by the way.)

The reason why I ask these questions is because I started this blog on 14 December. Here it is 6 days later and my prayer life has been dramatically transformed. It has nothing to do with what I've written. It has to do with how God has worked in my life. 

Has he worked in your prayer life as well? How?

What has worked in your prayer life over the last week? The last year?

What hasn't worked very well?

What answers have you received for your prayers this week? This year? 

My prayer for you: Lord, open his/her heart and mind to praying for you in a whole new, active, personal, and more intimate way. May he/she learn how limiting his/her prayers have been in the past because it wasn't fully realized, or remembered, how every prayer--no matter how little or how much it has to do with the now--impacts generations upon generations. The reverse is true. Help him/her to remember how generations are impacted by the lack of prayer. Abba, help him/her with the Prayers of Determination and teach them, how to pray in the way you desire. Help him/her to know how you want them to pray for USAGC 2026 and the fulfilling of the Great Commission on or by 31 December 2026. To you be all glory, honor, and praise, forever and ever. You are holy, holy, holy.

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Stacy Duplease
Prayer Warrior and Faithful Writer
USAGC 2026

Prayer Request #1: Partial Answer

The prayer request I shared earlier today already has a partial answer.

The woman has looked DAILY for 6 months. She has only had one interview to date. 

Guess what?

She's been called for one the week after Christmas. This prayer continues. But, it already has a partial answer. To HIM be the glory.

For those of you in the same situation, take this to heart. Never give up. Keep looking. Keeping praying. Know that we are praying for you as well.

Thank you to anyone who has joined me in praying for the unemployed!

Thank YOU, LORD!

Stacy Duplease

The lifespan of a prayer

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Have you thought through the lifespan of a prayer?

Now, let me explain.

A prayer I pray right now might take forty years before it is answered in my life. 

Then, the prayer might be answered in one way at that time and in another way in 6 months and in another way in ten years. Then, it also might impact the lives of my children, their children, and the generation after them. 

Never mind how my one prayer impacts my life now. If I am praying something  constantly, I am drawing forever nearer to the Lord. I am getting a deeper realtionship with him. Who does this impact? Literally everyone I come in contact with--no matter how long I talk to them, see them, or how long it takes them to read a blog post. 

So, the lifespan of one of my prayers today is actually for eternity--even though I might see one answer today. 

Our prayers are concentric circles that impact eternity of the lives of everyone in which we come across, see, and know.

And, that is one prayer. 

Now, imagine if we pray without stopping, 24/7/365 for the USA to fulfill the Great Commission in the USA? And the world? How many lives would that impact now and after we are with our Maker?

What can several of us do--linked arms--and praying for USAGC 2026?

Do you want to join the prayer campaign? 

Stacy Duplease
Prayer Warrior and Faithful Writer
USAGC 2026

Immediate Results: Never Cease

Rarely are our prayers given immediate results. That's not to say it doesn't happen, but it's rare.

Sometimes, it might takes days, weeks, months, and even decades. 

In those cases, we typically will cease praying, or will want to do so. But, do not. God answers all prayers and will answer yours. It just takes time. Never give up. Pray harder and more often--rather than ceasing.

Stacy Duplease
Prayer Warrior and Faithful Writer
USAGC 2026

Answered Prayer

When you pray specifically, it makes it easier to know, and be able to identify, as God answers the prayer. When we pray in general, it is harder to note. Consequently, it's important to pray specifically. Hence, the Specific Prayer List.

It's also important to note that when God answers our prayers, it can be all at once or in states. Therefore, make sure to make note of each stage and how it is answered along the way as you pray and keep track of the answers.

Stacy Duplease
Prayer Warrior and Faithful Writer
USAGC 2026

Specific Prayers Prayer Journal List

*~* This is what you use with each of your prayer requests, the prayers you want to use the A-S-K (Matthew 7:7) Method, and keep track of where and how God is working.


Based on:1 John 5:14-15 (of the Amplified Bible/AMP)

A Prayer #

B Date
C Request
D Verses that support request
E What God said to me about request.
F Action I will take because of the Word and what God said
G Date Answered
H How Answered
I Notes

Stacy Duplease
Prayer Warrior and Faithful WriterUSAGC 2026

Blog for USAGC 2026: http://usagc2026.blogspot.com 
Find my books at/store: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction