THE SECOND GREAT PRAYER - ‘THANK YOU GOD!’

The Second Great Prayer For an Abundant & Blessed Life

I hope that you’ve been praying the First Great Prayer – ‘I LOVE YOU GOD’ – repetition is key, so keep praying…  ‘without ceasing’! The more you pray, and pray in the right order, and say the right prayers,  the sooner you’ll start living an Abundant & Blessed Life!   So... - First you ‘Praise’ God – ‘I LOVE YOU GOD’  - The First Great Prayer Next we want to ‘Thank’ God for His many Daily Blessings, and we do  that with…   ---------------------------------------------------------------------   THE SECOND GREAT PRAYER: ‘THANK YOU GOD!’ ---------------------------------------------------------------------   When times are tough, either financially, physically,  emotionally, etc., it can be pretty darn tough to give THANKS to God,  but you can, and you have too…   Quick Story:   When I was seven years I was running through the woods while playing  with my friends and I tripped and fell and a stick hit me in my eye,  completely blinding my right eye.  This was a pretty traumatic event for both my parents and I.  But right  from the start my dad, a man of great faith, was thanking God.  Thanking  Him that it was only one eye.  Thanking Him that something worse could  have happened.  Thanking Him for the strength that God gave us through  this trying time.   I had five operations to correct the injury; none worked.  I had to stay in  the hospital weeks at a time in a special eye hospital in New York City  and I was on a floor with other children, all with various eye problems.  Boy, was I giving God thanks then when I saw little boys and girls all  worse off then me.  Many blind in BOTH eyes!   To this day, all I have to do is close my left eye (my good eye) to start  THANKING God for my good eye.  Look around you, nature is so  beautiful!!     Since this eye injury, like you, I’ve had my other challenges, money,  relationships, etc.  And the tougher times get, the more I THANK GOD  for all that He's given me, and continues to give me.  Many times it's  the 'little' things that really make life so special; so THANK God for  'everything' - by THANKING God continuously you open yourself to  better receive more blessings from God.   So turn your focus off your problems.  Praise God and  Give Him Thanks!  You really do have so much to be THANKFUL for.   Be thankful you’re a child of God and that you belief in God.  Be thankful that you have God as your  best friend.    Take a moment right now and write a list of all that you have to be  thankful for!  The more you thank God for what you’ve received, the  more Blessings you will receive!!   Thank You God for (fill in the blank) Thank You God for (fill in the blank)   Make a list of at least 10 Prayers of thanks and add them to your  daily praying!   I’ll talk to you soon!  Until then, keep praying!!!   God Bless You and Yours,       Paul McManus

 

 

 

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