It helps remind us of God’s answers to prayer. As I noted earlier so often we forget about the things that are no longer pressing. When we do little things like this we remind ourselves that God is consistently working for our good and His glory.
It helps remind us to not give up on praying for something. Some prayer requests weren’t “answered” yet. We are seldom like the persistent widow. Usually we’ll pray a few times and then move on to something else. By writing down prayer requests and going back over them we are reminded that there are some things that we ought to still petition heaven for.
It helps highlight folks who might need a bit of soul-care attention. Praying for someone keeps your heart attentive to their life. When someone has been on our prayer lists for a lengthy season it queues us to schedule a visit.
It helps remind me to pray for people throughout the week. I am an out of sight, out of mind, type of guy. Keeping a lists of prayer requests in front of me will help me to remember to pray for these people—and also to follow up.It helps remind me to pray for people throughout the week. I am an out of sight, out of mind, type of guy. Keeping a lists of prayer requests in front of me will help me to remember to pray for these people—and also to follow up.