Portals of Prayer- Tiny Scripture Doodles

Sharing the experiment of  

TRYING OUT 

combining Tiny Scripture doodles 

with the daily readings of the 

Portals of Prayer devotions by

 Concordia Publishing House.

I grew up with Portals of Prayers 

as part of our family devotions.

I have found a process

 that has drawn me back.

I printed off the August calendar

 from the CPH blog.

But, the dilemma was how to tackle 

keeping this format in an on the go,

 in the car and airplane lifestyle.

I decided to try adapting the format

 to fit my Traveler's Journal.

(American Crafts- Michael's

May have to find this online.)

I set it up by cutting it 3 column, 

2 column, 2 column.
Picked 4 colored pencils 
to use through the month.

I added it to a graph paper insert.

Any style would work.

I have to flip it to get to the end of the week.

I usually like to see the Whole Month Story

 at a glance,

 but just knew that that would be hard 

to make happen in this season of life.

So for each day I read the devotions 

and pray that the Holy Spirit lifts up the phrase,

  word, or thought for my "take-away."

It becomes my "mini-bulletin board" 

that shapes prayer thoughts throughout the day.
 I have moved to the large print version
 of Portals of Prayer.
Enough said. 
It fits right in the back of my journal,
 so it goes right along on the way.

The grace place for this practice ?

Get behind a couple of days?

It is simple to catch up.

Many of our Lutheran Churches 
offer these devotions to 
members and visitors each quarter. 
(There is also an app on your phone-$9.99 a year.)

I have September ready to go for tomorrow.

  One of the things we talk about in our 

spiritual formation process-

be ready.

These will be offered quarterly by CPH

 and I will set up my journal- 

one quarter at a time.

The calendars will also be added to the Files section

 for all of the 
Visual Faith Communities on Facebook.

Easy to find and print.
Here is one of the 22 groups-
Visual Faith Ministry

Why don't you join us?

Follow along-

  and add your photos on Instagram

 with these hashtags-

#tinyscripturedoodles

#portalsofprayer

#visualfaith

#concordiapublishinghouse