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The prayer you should've gottena long time ago... From: Elisha GoodmanTuesday, 3 a.m.

You get them. I get them. We all get them. As you read this, if you are still living and breathing, you are re eiving the blessings of God every single day: Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits,even the God of our salvation. Ps 68:19

!o", here#s "hat you might not reali$e% We are e&'e ted to give than(s to the )*+ for every blessing and for arrying us in-is arms daily.

any years ago I made an astounding dis overy /at least to me at the time0.I found out that the more I gave than(s 1 even for small things, even in un'leasantsituations 1 the *+E blessings multi'lied in my life. 2lease listen arefully% I#m not ust tal(ing about giving than(s "hen all is going "ell. Anybody ould do that.4ut the s ri'ture says: In every thin ive than!s: for this is the will of God in "hrist #esus $on$ernin you. 1 %hes. &:18

id you noti e the "ords 5in every thing67

That#s the (ey"ord here.In a dar( and stormy night %% I found that sho"ing gratitude and giving than(s, a'art from 'leasing the )*+ "ho really is the Giver of all good things%% also served as a giant 5e& use6 for -im to sho"er even more blessings u'on meand my loved ones8 'very ood ift and every (erfe$t ift is fro) above, and $o)es down fro) the *ather of li hts, with who) is no fi$!leness, neither shadow of turnin . #a)es1:1+

That#s "hen I embar(ed on a 5-ero#s 9ourney6 to un over the real se$ret behind the'rin i'le of giving than(s.

-ou !now what a ero/s #ourney is, don/t you0 nd you !now that there arese$rets that you need to invest ti)e and effort to find out02

ore about that in a moment% What I found I onverted into 'rayer 5bullets6 % "hi h I 5fire6 to"ards heaven at themidnight hour.!o", "ait a minute%

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If you read your 4ible arefully, you#ll noti e that#s the e&a t same thing that ingavid used to do. -ere, I#m not ma(ing it u' 1 he a tually onfessed to doing this:

t )idni ht I wa!e u( to ive than!s to you for the re ulations,whi$h are based on your ri hteousness. Psal) 119:63 God/s 4ord 5ersion2

!o "onder the 4ible des ribes him as a 5man after God#s heart6.-e "as a 'rayer "arrior (ing. And he 'roved to be unsto''able... in both the 'hysi al and the s'iritual battlefield.I ust shared one of his strong su ess se rets "ith you.)ittle "onder he invites us /'resent;day believers0 to:

taste and see that the L 7 is ood: blessed is the )an that trusts in hi). Psal) :8 What follo"s are

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4EGI!:Ta(e a moment to 'raise and "orshi' the )*+ .?tart by singing 'raises to the )ord and "orshi'ing -im for a "hile /at least minutes.0

%hen be in to (ray li!e this = with a loud voi$e: From today, "hatever I do in "ord or deed, I do all in the name of the )ord 9esus,giving than(s to God and the Father by him. />ol.3: 0I oin the heavenly hosts to say: HWe give than(s to you, )ord God Almighty, the *ne "ho is and "ho "as, be ause you have ta(en your great 'o"er and have begun toreign. /+ev : 0I give than(s al"ays for all things to God and the Father in the name of our )ord9esus >hrist /E'h =:< 0I add my voi e "henever the living beings give glory and honor and than(s to the onesitting on the throne,the one "ho lives forever and ever /+ev D:C0.In every thing I give than(s: for this is the "ill of God in >hrist 9esus on erning me/ Thes =: 0.I give than(s to the Father, "ho has Jualified me to share in the inheritan e of thesaints in )ight. / >ol : hr B:3=

. I arise to give than(s to you be ause of your righteous udgments. 1 2s C:B<

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