Keeping a Record

Bible Reading: Philippians 4:4-7
Author: David Bowman (Texas, US)

Sunday 15 November 2026 © The Upper Room.

I can’t count the number of times the psalmist’s experience with prayer has been true for me. Keeping a record of answered prayers helps me call to mind quickly and easily instances when God unmistakably said yes.

It is important that we keep a record of answered prayer because we need encouragement from day to day. The best encouragement comes when we remember the good things God has done for us. As he has been faithful in the past, so he will be faithful now—and tomorrow. God doesn’t change. He is not fickle.

 

Whatever troubles we are experiencing today, we can take them to God. When we cry out to our Creator, as the psalmist did, he hears our prayers.  Then in absolute trust we can believe that he will answer us.

Prayer: Dear Father, help us to remember and be grateful for every­thing you have done in our lives. We pray as Jesus taught us, saying, ‘Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.’ Amen