I feel like Warrior each time I open my Warrior War Binder
- Erika Davis

- Nov 26, 2025
- 4 min read
There’s something sacred about sitting down with my war binder, opening to a fresh page, and letting God meet me there. This binder has become more than a collection of notes and prayers—it’s a personal place of war, worship, reflection, and victory. It holds my scriptures, my prayers, my tears, my dreams, and the quiet whispers God speaks into my heart.
Over time, I’ve learned that writing things down and creating personal pages isn’t just a discipline—it’s a spiritual encounter. Through Scripture writing, prayer journaling, and creating a faith-based vision board, God has shaped my identity, strengthened my confidence, and proven His faithfulness again and again.
Here’s how this journey has transformed me.
1. Writing Scripture: Letting God’s Word Settle Into My Heart
When I write Scripture by hand, something powerful happens inside me. I’m not just reading a verse—I’m slowing down long enough to really absorb it. As my pen moves across the page, God reveals things I would have missed if I rushed through it.
Writing Scripture has helped me:
• Hear God more clearly
As I write, certain words seem to rise up off the page and speak directly to what I’m facing.
• Believe what God says about me
The more I write Scripture, the more it rewires my thinking. I start to see myself the way God sees me.
• Carry His Word into my daily life
When I write it, I remember it. It becomes part of my language and my internal dialogue.
Scripture writing has turned my binder into a place where God’s truth lives and breathes.
2. Writing My Prayers: Watching God Move in Real Time
I started writing my prayers because I needed a place to release everything inside—my hopes, frustrations, fears, and desires. But what I didn’t expect was how much it would deepen my faith.
When I look back at pages from months ago, I see prayers that God answered so gently, so perfectly, and sometimes so unexpectedly.
Through prayer journaling, I’ve learned to:
• Recognize God’s faithfulness
Seeing answered prayers in writing reminds me that nothing I lift up to Him goes unnoticed.
• Be more honest with God
Writing helps me express things I can’t always say out loud.
• Pray with greater intention
When I write my prayers, they become clearer and more specific—and God meets me right there.
My prayer pages have become a testimony of battles I’ve fought and victories God has won for me.
3. Creating My Vision Board: Seeing My Future Through God’s Eyes
Inside my war binder, I created a vision board based on Scripture, prayer, and God’s direction for my life. This isn’t just a collage of goals—it’s a faith-filled representation of where God is leading me.
My vision board helps me:
• Stay focused on God’s promises
Every time I open my binder, I’m reminded of the future God is shaping.
• Align my desires with His plan
It keeps my goals grounded in Scripture rather than fear or comparison.
• Take steps of faith
When I see it, I pray over it. When I pray over it, God gives me courage to move.
My vision board is a daily reminder that God is not done writing my story.
4. Watching God Answer My Prayers: A Journal of His Faithfulness
One of the most beautiful surprises of keeping a war binder is looking back and seeing how much I’ve grown. There were prayers I wrote with shaking hands—prayers I wasn’t sure God would answer. And yet, here I am, flipping through pages filled with His fingerprints.
I see things like:
Prayers I cried over and God resolved
Fears God replaced with peace
Dreams God breathed life into
Scriptures that carried me through seasons
Breakthroughs I never expected
Seeing this in writing builds a confidence that can’t be shaken.
5. How God Has Used Writing to Strengthen My Personal Voice
Writing in my war binder has helped me hear God, but it has also helped me hear myself. Somewhere between the scriptures, prayers, and visions, God began strengthening my personal voice.
I learned that:
My prayers matter
My thoughts hold value
My story carries purpose
My voice is needed
My faith has authority
God used my writing to show me who I am in Him and who He has called me to become.
Each page has shaped my identity and built confidence I didn’t always have.
Final Thoughts: My War Binder Is My Testimony in Progress
My war binder is more than a binder—it’s a spiritual archive. It holds every season: the battles, the victories, the growth, and the transformation.
Every scripture I write, every prayer I journal, and every vision I create is another reminder that:
God hears me.
God sees me.
God answers me.
And God is building something beautiful inside me.
As I continue this journey, I know I’m not just filling pages—I’m building faith, strengthening my voice, and partnering with God for the life He designed for me.

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