Prayer and Thanksgiving

As I said, we are doing a short series on prayer. This is #2 of the series


In the previous blog, I posed the question, "Does God answer your Prayer and if not.. why not? 
We talked about how you may not be asking for what God wants for you. God knows what is best and sees the big picture. God has a plan for your life.


Here is something else to consider:


The Old Testament teaches us that prayer is actually the act of coming into Gods presence. If you start thinking of talking to God and actually being in his presence, I think you will begin to understand why amazing things happen when we pray.


We are told in Psalms 100:4 Enter his gates with Thanksgiving and His courts with praise; Give thanks to Him and praise His name. 


Do you remember to thank God or is your manner of prayer just a litany of wants and complaints? 
Do you merely thank God for prayer He has answered the way you want it or do you thank Him for everything in your life? 


We should be thanking God because of who He is, not because of what He does. ( Avery Willis Jr) 


Hmm, Think about that for a minute!


1 Chronicles 23:30 to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening


We are told to thank God morning and evening. When was the last time you spoke to God without a request on your lips but in order to thank Him and give praise? 




There are many verses in the Bible telling us to thank God. 
1 Chronicles 16:34 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.

Thank you oh Lord, for having unending mercy on us.

Will you stop and give Thanks and Praise today and every day?