Here is an idea for your prayer list: Collect photographs of as many of the people that your family prays for as is possible. They should be small enough to suit the purpose of this project. Get a file card box and file cards. Using a glue stick, glue the photographs of the people to the cards, cutting down the photos that need to be. Write the names of the family and perhaps a prayer request. Write short term requests in pencil so that they can be erased when they are answered. (Or you can use those post-it notes for this purpose.) Missionary cards can be used as they are if they are small enough for the box.
After you have the photos glued on, you can go back through the cards and add to them the names (or requests) that you don't have photographs for. Write one to a card till you go through them all, then start over till you have them all on.
For a handy touch, you could put the addresses and/or phone numbers of the people on the back of the card bearing their photo.
You may also, wish to go through the cards and write "______'s future husband." or "_______'s future wife." on some of the cards. Put in the names of your daughters and sons. (It isn't too early to start praying for their future spouses. This also lets your kids know that there is a real person out there somewhere that God may have for them and their objective is to marry in His will and keep faithful to Him and that person. Psalms 37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. Also, finding the right person becomes a family matter, not just their private feeling.)
When you have your family prayer time you can use several each time, one per person each time, or work out your own scheme.
This can also be done with a scrap book or photo album. You can use plastic sleeves in a ring binder as well, glueing the pictures to sheets of paper which will then slide into the sleeves.
It is nice to look at who you are praying for, and kids might especially benefit from this method.
Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
1 Samuel 12:23 Moreover as
for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you....
1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing.
1 Thessalonians 5:25
Brethren, pray for us.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing give thanks:
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
MEV
