Week 10: Chapter 9 — Write It Down

1.Batterson bases this chapter on Habakkuk 2:2 — "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets." Why does God command the writing down of vision and prayer? What does the act of writing do that mental prayer alone does not?

2.Revelation 8:3–5 pictures the prayers of the saints as incense rising before God, stored in golden bowls. How does that image change the way you think about prayers that have not yet been answered — could they still be "on file" before God?

3.Batterson describes looking back through old prayer journals and discovering that many prayers he had forgotten about had been answered — sometimes in unexpected ways. Have you ever had a similar experience? What did it do for your faith?