Thank You

Thank you

This is the first part of the T.R.I.N.I.T.Y. .prayer acronym (see previous post).

We are instructed many times in the Bible to give thanks to God.  Since it is a TRINITY acronym I find myself thanking each member of the TRINITY.

Spotless Son, I thank You for your special sacrifice.

Faithful Father, I thank You for fashioning me and finding me.

Holy Spirit, thank you for making me alive and giving me power to live in the family of Heaven.

I thank God for what God has entrusted to me.

I thank God for breath and blood in my veins.

Psalm 107 is a great Psalm for Thanking God

 "Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!"  (Psalm 107:1)

Idea for you:  Read Psalm 107 and afterwards and during take 15 minutes in thanks to God today, thanking him for everything that you can think of.

T.R.I.N.I.T.Y. a new prayer acronym

My mother used the A.C.T.S. prayer acronym for her prayer times and I have always liked the A.C.T.S. acronym of Adoration (Adoring God) Confession (Confession of sin) Thanksgiving and Supplication (Asking of people and things), and I have also prayed through the Lord's prayer as a guide as well, which has been extremely helpful.  For a little over a year now I have been using an acronym that I developed through studying Richard Foster's book Prayer.  That book talked about different kinds of prayer, and I wanted those different kinds of prayer to be a part of my daily time with Jesus.  So I developed an Acronym which started out as C.H.R.I.S.T.P.O.L.E. and to be honest I cannot remember what those stand for although I have it written down somewhere, but the whole acronym seeing the reference in John 3 that just as Moses lifted up the snake on a pole so would Jesus be lifted up.  C.H.R.I.S.T.P.O.L.E. was too long and cumbersome for me, and so it was shortened to another acronym which has obvious meaning:  T.R.I.N.I.T.Y.  I write below what T.R.I.N.I.T.Y. stands for and in future posts I will write more on each one.

Thank You - thanking God for everything from breath to creation to the cross to my family
Real Life - I have permission to talk to God about anything, whether it be worries, anger, or a zit.
In Between - this is where I intercede for others, being the in between, standing in the gap
No other gods - this is where I tell God that He is my only God, not money, not family, not iPhone
Internal Exam - this is where I ask God to search my heart and I spend time listening
Take Me - this is where I offer myself fully to God each day, I give all of me
Yahweh's embrace - this is where I experience the love of God and sit in His presence.