Healing Begins with Honesty: A 20-Minute Prayer & Journaling Challenge — Made to Pray Podcast

Season 5 • Episode 24
Healing Begins with Honesty: Finding Freedom Through Prayer & Journaling

What if one of the greatest tools God could use to bring healing into your life is as simple as a pen, a piece of paper, and twenty honest minutes?

In this episode of Made to Pray, Lori and Karrilee explore the powerful connection between prayer, journaling, and emotional healing. Inspired by a recent post about research on expressive writing —and through their own personal experiences with grief, trauma, and hearing God's voice—they discuss how putting words on paper can help us process what we've been carrying and create space for God to meet us in deeper ways.

Together, they share why they've both felt God calling them back to journaling, how honest conversations with Him have brought healing and clarity in difficult seasons, and why slowing down long enough to write may be one of the simplest ways to reconnect with His presence.

This week's invitation is simple: Set aside twenty minutes a day for four days. Bring your Bible, a notebook, and an honest heart. Write what you've been carrying, pray as you write, and invite God into every page.

Whether you're processing grief, navigating disappointment, longing to hear God's voice more clearly, or simply feeling overwhelmed by life, this conversation offers hope that healing often begins with honesty—and that God faithfully meets us when we come to Him with open hearts.

The episode concludes with a heartfelt prayer for healing, freedom, renewed hope, and the courage to step into the wholeness God has always desired for His children.

In This Episode You'll Discover

• Why honest prayer is often the first step toward healing

• How journaling can help process grief, trauma, and overwhelming emotions

• The connection between expressive writing and emotional well-being

• Practical ways to create space for God's voice in everyday life

• A simple four-day challenge to begin your own journey toward healing

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome & A Call Back to Journaling

02:00 Why We've Stopped Writing—and Why We're Returning

06:20 The Research Behind Healing Through Writing

13:15 A Four-Day Journaling Challenge

17:20 Listening for God's Voice on the Page

22:00 Freedom Begins with Honesty

26:00 Making Space to Hear God

30:55 A Prayer for Healing & Wholeness

46:40 Be Encouraged This Week

Resources:

Here are the links to the research and the challenge discussed in this episode:
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