The phone call was coming to an end and I was about to hang
up when the almost forgotten, end of the phone call question was asked, “Is
there anything I can be praying about for you?” Usually I rattle something off
like, “Yea, can you pray for my self-discipline?” or, “My friend isn’t doing
too great and could use some prayer,” but this time it was different. The prayer
request that usually pops into my head was replaced by a silence of thoughts. “Just
thank God,” I said, somewhat in shock of the words coming out of my mouth that
were certainly not my own but those of the Holy Spirit. “Just thank God for all
of the things He has blessed me with.” The conversation ended a few moments
later but thoughts of it ran through my head for days. “How many times do our
prayer requests deal with thanking God for something?”
I’m not saying that asking your friends to pray for your
sister’s surgery to go well is a bad thing; in fact, I’d say it’s a pretty darn
good thing. But I feel like we don’t always thank God for our blessings as much
as we should and we definitely don’t ask others to thank Him for them too. So I’m
going to ask a favor of you. When you finish reading this blog, take 10 seconds
to comment and tell me how I can be thanking God for the blessings He has given
you and if you want to, give me some more ways I can be praying for you. I’ll
even be the first to comment to show you how easy it is.
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