Your New Quiet-Time Companion: The Immersive Sermon Note & Prayer Guide

Yvonne B
4 days ago
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She Disciplines Herself Edition

Ladies, I am so excited to finally share something that has been on my heart for years—The Immersive Sermon Note & Prayer Guide. If you’ve ever struggled to keep your sermon notes organized, remember prayer requests, or actually review what your pastor preached, this guide was designed with you in mind.

Why I Created This Guide

For the longest time, I was that woman wandering around the Bible bookstores, trying to find the perfect sermon notebook—one that would fit inside my Bible and help me stay organized. But everything I purchased was just… lines. A title. A date. A speaker. And that was it. Zero structure. Zero guidance. Zero help when I wanted to revisit what God had taught me.

Then one day, a sweet sister in Christ gifted my daughters and me a set of prayer journals while we were volunteering in MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers). These journals had guided prompts—read this verse, answer these questions, reflect on Christ, evaluate the command or principle. I finished mine so quickly, I tried to use my daughter’s—and she said, “No, Mom! That’s mine!” (She was right.)

That little journal stirred something in me. What if sermon notes could be like this? What if we could combine sermon notes and guided prayer into one beautiful, intentional, spiritually deep resource?

And that was the beginning.

With the help of my husband, who offered countless edits, critiques, and high-fives, the Immersive Sermon Note & Prayer Guide was born.

A Peek Inside the Guide

Your book will arrive with a simple dust cover (you can keep it or take it off—I personally remove mine). The book is printed through Lulu, a trustworthy company that helps new authors publish high-quality books. So when you click the purchase link, and it redirects to Lulu’s store, don’t worry—that’s exactly where it’s supposed to take you.

For the Ladies Who Love That Soft, Feminine Aesthetic

This edition comes in a lovely pink plush color—warm, soft, and perfect for your quiet-time corner.

Inside, you’ll find:

✔ A Getting Started Section

Explaining the layout of the prayer pages, sermon study pages, and Bible study pages.

✔ A Prayer Section

Filled with global church-related prayer prompts—government, missions, other churches, pregnancy centers, homeschooling ministries, gospel missions, and more.

Personal prayer requests? You’ll write those in your designated prayer section—and you’ll actually come back to them as you work through the week’s Bible study.

✔ A Two-Page Sermon Note Spread

Where you’ll record:

Scripture
Title
Speaker
Date
Your notes
All Scripture references

I structured the note-taking format using principles from Andrew Pudewa’s writing and lecture-note method (IEW), which is ideal for homeschool families and anyone seeking to listen effectively and take clear notes.

The Weekly Study Format

Each week includes four guided Bible study days plus structured prayer pages. Let me walk you through the flow.

📖 Day 1 — Review the Sermon

You’ll:

Read the chapter surrounding the sermon text
Revisit your sermon notes
Summarize what the pastor taught
Answer observation questions (who, what, when, where, why, how)
Reflect on the pastor’s discussion/reflection questions

This section is a lifesaver for moms who spent the sermon walking a toddler, bouncing a baby, or serving in children’s ministry. You can go back later, listen again, and still grow.

🙏 Day 1 Prayer Page — Pray for Family

Choose a family member. Look up scriptures connected to their situation using tools like:

Quick Scripture Reference for Counseling Women
A concordance
Donald Whitney’s method of praying through scripture

Write their request, pray through the verse, and follow up with them throughout the week.

📖 Day 2 — Repeated Phrases

You’ll reread the same chapter and look for repeated words or themes. Write your insights. Then choose a verse from the passage to begin memorizing.

There’s even a QR code that links to a video teaching you how to memorize scripture using the “first-letter method,” which I demonstrate in the guide.

🙏 Day 2 Prayer Page — Pray for the Church

Now return to your prayer list and pray for church members—using Scripture again.

📖 Day 3 — Word Study

This is where Blue Letter Bible becomes your new best friend. You’ll:

Choose a keyword
Look it up in the concordance
Explore the Hebrew or Greek
Summarize what you learned

For example, Naomi asks to be called Mara (bitter) instead of Naomi (pleasant). Through BLB, you can see the meaning behind each term, hear the proper pronunciation, and gain depth in your understanding—right from home.

You’ll add sermon reflection questions again and conclude with a guided prayer.

Why This Guide Matters

Every Sunday, our pastors pour hours of labor into preparing messages for us. God feeds us through His Word, and we are called to meditate on it—not just hear it once and forget it.

This guide helps you:

Slow down
Revisit truth
Pray more intentionally
Build spiritual discipline
Grow in Bible knowledge
Strengthen your walk with Christ

And most importantly—it keeps you from losing prayer requests and forgetting to pray for people (I know I’m not the only one!).

If You’re New to “She Disciplines Herself”

This guide pairs beautifully with the She Disciplines Herself podcast and the study guide for Donald Whitney’s Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. We walked through the first four chapters, covering: