Thursday, February 23, 2006
THE 7 GREAT PRAYERS for an abundant & blessed life: Introduction & First Great Prayer

Hi all! If you're interested in this 7 part prayers for abundant & blessed life, you can click on the link. Alternatively, I'd be posting them all on this blog. Here we go!

Welcome!

This is a 7 part prayer course. Each of The 7 Great Prayers is designed to build on top of the preceding prayer so when you get to the 7th prayer; you'll be tapping into the full POWER of prayer!

Before we get to The First Great Prayer, let's make sure we're on the same page regarding the definition of 'prayer'.

The Webster Dictionary defines 'prayer' as:
1 : to make a request in a humble manner
2 : to address God with adoration, confession, supplication, or thanksgiving

There is an order to effective 'daily praying'. And the first order of 'daily praying' is to 'Praise' God.

We all have our life challenges. One of the biggest mistakes we all make when praying to God is that we 'ask for God's' help in solving our problems without first giving Him 'Praise' and 'Thanks'.

The first 'daily' prayer you should pray to God is a prayer of 'Praise'.

By giving God 'Praise' first, we take our mind off our problem and shift our focus onto Him.

Praise God. Focus on God's love. Focus on God's goodness. Focus on your Oneness with God.

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PRAYER TIP:

When focusing and 'Praising' God, focus within, not out. Remember, the Bible and Jesus taught us that God is 'inside' us. Yes, inside!

God made us in his image; and being so, he's 'inside' each and everyone one of us, including YOU!!

The same God that was inside Jesus and every other great Saint and person that has graced this planet is the 'SAME' God that's inside YOU! This is GREAT NEWS! Get closer to God! Tap into His Power!

You have the 'SAME' access to God as Jesus. So let God into your heart. Feel God's presence in every cell in your body. Talk with God through prayer. And praise God with…

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THE FIRST GREAT PRAYER:
'I LOVE YOU GOD!'
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Now please, don't be fooled by this prayer's simplicity. There's POWER in simplicity.

Water running over a dam is pretty simple. Put a turbine halfway down the dam, like at the Hoover dam, and you have enough POWER to light all of Los Angeles!!!! Nothing complicated about this process, it's simple, but boy it sure is POWERFUL! Same goes with this First Great Prayer!

What makes this prayer so Great?

- It's easy to remember. It's hard to 'pray without ceasing' if you have to memorize a 40 word prayer; this is an easy prayer to pray 'without ceasing'.

- Telling someone, especially God, that you LOVE them, is the ultimate form of 'Praise'. And 'PRAISE' is the first step in effective praying.

- You can say this Great Prayer to yourself all day long. While you eat, walk, drive, work, stand in line at the grocery store, etc.

And remember, as you say this prayer, 'focus' on God who is inside you, not outside, but 'within'.

Other variations of this First Great Prayer are:

- God, you are inside me, I love you!
- God, you are good and powerful, I love you!
- God you love me, and I love you!

Be creative and make up your own 'mini-prayers'. Keep all your prayers short, and simple and centered on The First Great Prayer - 'I LOVE YOU GOD'.

Start saying this prayer now. Say it MULTIPLE times when drifting off to sleep. Write this prayer and your own variations of this prayer down on a piece of paper and carry it with you at all times.

That's it for today. I look forward to talking with you tomorrow when you'll learn about The 2nd Great Prayer!

Keep on reading, because it's after the 7th Great Prayer that it all comes together making the World's 7 Greatest Prayers; guaranteed to give you an ABUNDANT & BLESSED LIFE!

May God Bless You & Yours Always,
Paul McManus
Creator of Prayer Power CDs