{"id":24566,"date":"2026-03-11T16:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/pray-3-thank-yous-a-day\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:23:55","slug":"pray-3-thank-yous-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/inspirational-prayers\/pray-3-thank-yous-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Thanks for 3 Things a Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was at my wit\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in my life, I was depressed. Not just down. Not just discouraged. Depressed.<\/p>\n<p>It had been coming for months, and it was to last for months to come, though eventually I did climb out of that strange, dark place. But I didn\u2019t do it alone.<\/p>\n<p>Weekly sessions with a good counselor helped. So did some overdue changes in diet and exercise, as well as an adrenal fatigue supplement and a low daily dose of an anti-depressant. I\u2019m convinced the biggest contributor to my recovery, however, was prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, sure, sure. You probably expected me to say that. But seriously. God is my salvation from depression, and prayer was a daily means of grace to me.<\/p>\n<p>Some days my praying was fairly unintelligible and often repetitive (along the lines of, \u201cLord, have mercy; <em>please<\/em> have mercy\u201d). But even more important than all my cries for relief were my nightly prayers of thanks\u2013after I determined never to lay my head on my pillow without recording in my journal at least three prayers of thanks.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I gave thanks for simple things:<\/p>\n<p><em>Abba, thank you for the hummingbird I watched just moments ago, and for the sparrow that nearly lit on my lap. Thank you for the beauty and functionality of your Creation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I gave thanks on special occasions:<\/p>\n<p><em>Abba, THANK YOU! for my wife of 31 years, and this day on which we celebrate our anniversary. Thank you for all you\u2019ve given me through her, all you\u2019ve taught me through her, all the ways you\u2019ve changed me through her, and all the blessings that are mine because of her, chief among them being, of course, herself.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And some were for fairly ordinary blessings:<\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you, Lord, for all your kindness to me: for a day of health and work and time with family. Thank you that I so often get to see my children and grandchildren. Thank you that I get to sleep in comfort tonight and preach your word tomorrow.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Day by day, however, by giving thanks for just three things, I found my focus shifting from all that seemed to be \u201cwrong\u201d in my life to all the things that were right and good and even wonderful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/daily-guideposts-2019.html?sourcekey=16WN18804C&amp;utm_source=16WN18804C_4_article_GPS_16-10-00_PXXXX&amp;utm_campaign=GPS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Be inspired each day with Daily Guideposts 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is not to minimize the reality and seriousness of depression. It can be debilitating and even life threatening; I\u2019m not suggesting that \u201ccheer up\u201d is a meaningful prescription for overcoming it (remember, my recovery included counseling, medication, diet, exercise, and more).<\/p>\n<p>But praying gratefully was nonetheless key in overcoming my depression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiving thanks,\u201d wrote E. M. Bounds, \u201cis the very life of prayer. It is its fragrance and music, its poetry and its crown.\u201d And it is both vaccine and antidote to depression, discouragement, bitterness and resentment.<\/p>\n<p>Have you tried anything like this? Is gratitude a key part of your prayer life? What does saying \u201cthank you\u201d do for you?<\/p>\n<p><em>Adapted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1630588512?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1630588512&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=bobhostecom-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Red Letter Prayer Life<\/a> (Shiloh Run Press, April 2015)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was at my wit\u2019s end. For the first time in my life, I was depressed. Not just down. Not just discouraged. Depressed. It had been coming for months, and it was to last for months to come, though eventually I did climb out of that strange, dark place. But I didn\u2019t do it alone. 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