37 free Christian writing prompts for adults
Whether you’re new to journaling or a seasoned writer, our free Christian writing prompts for adults can help you reflect, grow, and connect with your faith. Writing is a powerful way to explore your relationship with God and to share your testimony with others.
From faith journal ideas to devotional journal prompts, putting pen to paper (or hands to keyboard) can help you reflect, insight, clarity, and peace. Whether you are journaling or writing for an audience, remember to pray through each memory and ask God, humbly, where he was in that moment of your story.
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A woman uses Christian journal prompts to reflect on memories and experiences. She prays through each experience as taught in the book, “Faith Storyteller: Unleash the Power of Your Story.”
Discover 37 free Christian writing prompts for adults
A moment to ponder: Recall a time when someone said something that made you think and reflect. How did this word, encounter, or conversation change your faith?
God’s timing: Reflect on a time that seemed to be more than a coincidence. What happened that felt divinely inspired, and how did you know God through His divine timing?
God’s whispers: Ask God to share a small, small moment that helped you see Him in a new or deeper way. How did the small movements, the gentle breeze of God’s ways, tug at your heart?
God’s presence in the ordinary: Describe a moment when you felt God’s presence during a routine day, and how it shifted your perspective on everyday life.
Unexpected answers: Recall a time you prayed for something specific and the answer came in an unexpected way—how did it deepen your trust in God’s plan?
Seeds of faith: Share a childhood memory that planted the first seed of faith in your heart, and trace how that seed grew over the years.
Relationships and faith: Write about a relationship that tested your faith, and the lesson God taught you through forgiveness or reconciliation.
Divine provision: Tell the story of a financial crisis where God provided in a way only He could—include the emotions you felt before and after.
Healing through Scripture: Describe a health scare that brought you to your knees, and how Scripture became your lifeline during recovery.
Seasons of doubt: Recall a season of doubt: what question haunted you, and how did God answer it through people, circumstances, or His Word?
Protection on the journey: Share a travel experience where you sensed God protecting you, and how that moment reshaped your view of His sovereignty.
Surrendered dreams: Write about a dream or ambition you surrendered to God, and the surprising path He opened instead.
Divine appointments: Tell of a stranger’s kindness that felt like divine appointment—what did it reveal about God’s care for the details of your life?
Redemption from failure: Describe a failure that humbled you, and how God redeemed it into a testimony of grace.
Worship through grief: Recall a worship song or hymn that carried you through grief—explain the lyrics that became your prayer.
Wisdom in parenting: Share a parenting moment when you had no answers, and God gave you wisdom beyond your own.
The freedom of forgiveness: Write about a time you forgave someone who didn’t deserve it, and how that act freed you more than them.
A verse that pursued you: Tell the story of a Bible verse that “followed” you for weeks until its truth broke through in a crisis.
Faith in the workplace: Describe a workplace challenge where your faith was on display—what did colleagues notice, and what did God teach you?
Serving in tragedy: Recall a natural disaster or community tragedy, and how serving others revealed Christ’s love in you.
Comfort in loneliness: Share a moment of loneliness when God spoke through silence, and the comfort that followed.
Breaking free: Write about an addiction or habit you broke by God’s power—what was the turning-point prayer?
Daily miracles: Tell of a recent ordinary week where small miracles piled up, proving God is still writing your story daily.
A snapshot in time: Pull out a photo album and select an image. Pray about the photograph: What was happening, who was there, and ask God how He was loving you in that moment.
The prodigal’s return: Describe the day you walked away from God and the moment you felt Him running toward you upon your return.
Mentors and miracles: Recall a spiritual mentor who spoke truth into your life—what specific word or action still echoes today?
Nature’s testimony: Share an encounter with creation (storm, sunrise, animal) that declared God’s glory louder than words.
The closed door: Write about a “no” from God that later revealed itself as protection or redirection.
Hospital-room faith: Describe a bedside vigil—yours or another’s—where prayer changed the atmosphere.
Generational legacy: Tell how a family member’s faith (or lack of it) shaped your own, and where God interrupted the pattern.
The impossible deadline: Recall a situation with no human solution that resolved at the eleventh hour—how did timing prove God’s hand?
Art as worship: Share how creating (painting, music, cooking, gardening) became a conversation with the Creator.
The unspoken prayer: Write about a need you never voiced aloud, yet God answered—what did it teach you about His intimacy?
Cross-cultural eyes: Describe meeting a believer from another culture whose simple faith challenged your complicated one.
Midnight breakthrough: Recall a sleepless night when truth finally pierced despair—what verse or memory brought dawn?
Empty-nest grace: Tell how losing daily roles (parent, caregiver, leader) made space for God to fill with new purpose.
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