We Made a Prayer Board…

For the first time ever in our marriage, Andrew and I made a prayer board to focus our 2025 on a biblical path.

To be completely honest, it was a new concept for us. It’s something I had never really heard anyone talk about until the past year. Essentially, it’s like a vision board but for your prayers. When I started hearing them come up in casual conversations between married friends or small groups, I immediately felt like Andrew and I were missing out on something special. Then, Carrie talked about the impact her prayer board with Kevin had on their 2024 in a blog and a podcast. So, I was eager to get on the trend. I know it’s crazy to say trend with religion, but it really did feel like it was trending in our circles.

I told Andrew I wanted us to intentionally make a prayer board together so that we could align our goals and our walks for stronger unity in our home. Andrew said, “Okay, so what do we do?” Then, I quickly realized I had no idea where to begin. (*queue Google)

So we talked to our friends about what they had done personally and as a couple. We asked about where to start, what we should include, and how should it look.

Turns out - there are no rules with prayer.

The really beautiful part of hearing these stories was that no two stories were the same. No “boards” looked alike. No approaches were even similar. The only commonalities were the desire to grow closer to Christ, build a better line of communication through prayer, and be bolder in seeking His guidance daily. & the path to achieve those three goals looked different for every person and couple.

So really, it just came down to us deciding what pieces of all the different stories we heard would work best for us as a couple. & intentionally scheduling a time to create it together and commit to praying together.

At the same time we were going down this rabbit hole of how to do a prayer board, we were listening to and participating in a 21-days of prayer sermon series at our church to start the new year.

God’s Timing, Right?!

His timing really is perfect, because we had this desire and conviction to do something with confusion on where to start. So, He provided us with a pastor, and a sermon series to give us direction.

At the end of this series, I went from being excited about our prayer board to hesitant. What I learned in those 21 days was that I needed to be BOLD in my prayers. I scrolled through the bulleted draft of things I thought I wanted to include on our board and was disappointed at their depth. I was a partial prayer. I was praying but not fully. In my mind I would discredit the importance of some prayers or play down the impacts I was looking for in my journey with God. So, I realized I needed to prioritize my prayer life to strengthen my relationship with God and to simply get more comfortable in praying vulnerably and boldly.

& when you intentionally pray about praying - it’s amazing how fast you get results and how quickly you form better routines. Just over a week later, I felt ready. I had adopted a prayer first mentality and the habit of praying was more than just a bedtime routine. I was praying throughout my day and talking to God about so many random things.

The line was never “hung up.”

I excitedly told Andrew it was time to get to our prayer board! I had dug a little deeper, and we weren’t waiting any longer. What I didn’t know is that Andrew had been on a separate prayer walk after our sermon series. Andrew had gotten his own convictions and was working on his relationship with God. I was so proud and so excited to hear my husband had committed to and completed his first fast.

What was amazing though is this simple idea that seemed like a trend we were missing out on was really a catalyst for us to each dive deeper into our personal prayer lives and strengthen our prayer life together. To be such a seemingly simple and creative idea, it had sparked so many deep conversations for us already.

Speaking of deep, the depth of our pockets came up after Andrew’s fast. Now I could go on about tithing, but that’s for a different day. What is relevant to our prayer board is that we had to re-adjust how we were allocating our tithes and the timeliness in which we were giving them. Andrew felt strongly convicted that the tithes needed to be the first thing we did every pay day instead of the last thing we did from the previous paycheck.

He boldly declared we had to give first out of faithfulness and not wait to make sure we had enough. & that faithfulness would inspire our boldness and comfort in prayer.

He was right.

We are called to give out of an abundance of our heart in Matthew, and there is a reason for it. With just a few weeks of independent prayer work we were already feeling that abundance. And with just a few changes we were giving that glory and that abundance back to God.

Now, if you listen to our podcast you have heard Carrie and I bring up tithes and joke about our budgets as young families. The math ain’t mathing all the time. But in the four weeks we have made this switch - the math HAS mathed everyweek.

God provides and we are quickly seeing how much in just a few short weeks of faith in his provision and bold prayers.

We’ve had our prayer board done since the start of February. We’ve had BIG goals already addressed. We’ve had small wins already given. We’ve had boulders of weights broken down. & it’s only been a month.

Pray boldly.

Pray with your partner.

Pray in faith.

I promise you the blessings are not far behind.

Andrew and I are already amazed at where we are just a month into our journey. & we are so excited to see where we will be at the end of the year.

I’m challenging you to take time and reflect on your prayer life, your prayers, and your goals in building your relationship with God.

You can schedule it in your calendar like I did or fast about your decision like Andrew. There’s no right or wrong way to start a faithful and bold prayer life … the key is just starting it!

God’s Love and Mine,

Christina