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Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,"); document.writeln("and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.1

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When"); document.writeln("my children were very young I joined a mom\'€™s prayer group at their school."); document.writeln("Right after drop-off, several of us would gather for 30 min to pray over our"); document.writeln("children and their teachers and staff. Our prayers would begin with praise as"); document.writeln("each of us would take turns praising God by his name and attributes. Next, our"); document.writeln("prayers would turn to thanksgiving as each of us expressed thankfulness as it"); document.writeln("came to us. And finally, we would end our time bringing our petitions before"); document.writeln("the Lord. Almost every time, we found that our \'€śthanksgiving\'€ť took up the"); document.writeln("greatest part of our prayer time. Praying in this fashion allowed us to"); document.writeln("prioritize our prayer and it became no surprise that when we began by praising"); document.writeln("the Lord\'€™s attributes, it was so easy to fall into an attitude of"); document.writeln("thanksgiving.

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No"); document.writeln("matter what we need to pray for, thanksgiving can always go with it! Years"); document.writeln("later, I still find myself following this prayer pattern. Whenever I have to"); document.writeln("travel somewhere with my kids, we have made it a point to begin our journey"); document.writeln("with prayer (a habit learned from my Dad). We usually start praying as we pull"); document.writeln("out of the driveway and continue while we drive. One day, when my daughter"); document.writeln("opened her eyes after saying Amen, she exclaimed, \'€śWow!, we had a lot to be"); document.writeln("thankful for, look how far we got!\'€ť

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Losing"); document.writeln("ourselves in our prayer time is such a beautiful feeling! We all have a few"); document.writeln("moments every day, whether intentional or while driving, to pray. I encourage"); document.writeln("you to begin with Thanksgiving. Start simple, \'€śThank you, Father, for this new"); document.writeln("day\'€ť, or \'€śGod, you are awesome, I appreciate everything you do for me.\'€ť Let\'€™s"); document.writeln("be thankful and watch as we grow closer to God with each \'€śThank You\'€ť!

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Suggested"); document.writeln("prayer: Thank You, Father, for all you have done for me. Help me to make"); document.writeln("gratitude the focus of each of my prayers to you. Let me be thankful before"); document.writeln("anything else. Thank you for being patient with me as I learn to rely on you."); document.writeln("In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

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1.    Psalm 100:4 (KJV).

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Today\'€™s"); document.writeln("Encounter was written by: Veronica B.

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This and other devotionals by Richard (Dick) Innes can be read online.

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