You Have Not Because You Ask Not Part 8

The Encouragement of Prayer Philippians 4:6-7 Four Levels of Thanksgiving ● People Who Are Constant Complainers ● People Who Have Simple Ingratitude ● People Who Are Grateful For Obvious Blessings ● People Who Are Thankful For Everything Luke 17:11-19 7 Wonderful Results of Thanking God in Prayer 1. Returning Thanks for Blessings Encourages Specific Praying Matthew 20:32-33 2. Returning Thanks for Blessings Blesses the Heart of God Ephesians 4:30 3. Returning Thanks for Blessings Increases Our Faith Psalm 8:3-4 4. Returning Thanks for Blessings Helps Us Reflect on the Goodness of God Psalm 100:4-5 5. Returning Thanks for Blessings Speedily Honors God James 1:17 Psalm 9:1 6. Returning Thanks for Blessings Helps Us Identify With The Mighty Prayer Warriors of the Bible Psalm 68:19 7. Returning Thanks for Blessings Fills Us With The Holy Spirit 1 Thessalonians 5:18, 19