{"id":1642,"date":"2025-04-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayandfaith.com\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2025-06-15T15:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T18:13:42","slug":"first-of-all-gratitude-opens-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayandfaith.com\/en\/antes-de-tudo-agradeca-a-gratidao-abre-os-caminhos\/","title":{"rendered":"First of all, be thankful - gratitude opens the way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes life seems stuck. Plans don't flow, the mind is heavy, the heart is restless. And we think: \"What's missing?\"<\/em>
We look outwards, we look for answers in what is missing, in what has not yet come, in what we have not yet achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is something simple, profound and powerful that changes everything: gratitude.<\/strong>
Before asking, running, getting anxious... say thank you.<\/strong>
Because when gratitude becomes the first step, paths open up.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why give thanks in the first place?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Why thank you is to recognize what already exists.<\/strong>
It's about taking the focus off what's missing and realizing what's already present.
It's looking at life through the eyes of faith - not scarcity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gratitude changes the energy of the day, it changes the way we pray, the way we think, the way we feel.
Her raises the heart to the place where the blessing can touch.<\/strong>
And when the heart is in tune with what is already good, the new flows more lightly.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gratitude attracts what you don't even have yet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It sounds magical, but it's spiritual.
Gratitude creates space. It clears the inner path.
When you are grateful for the little, the much finds space.
When you say thank you before the achievement, you're already telling the universe - and God - that trust in what's to come.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"In everything give thanks.\" - 1 Thessalonians 5:18<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Bible doesn't say to give thanks after<\/em> that everything works out.
She says: in everything.<\/strong> Before, during and after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayers that begin with gratitude are more powerful<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We often pray by asking. Crying out. In desperation.
And that's fine. God hears the cry.
But when the prayer begins with a \"thank you<\/strong>\", something different happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's as if heaven recognizes there a heart that has already understood that everything is present.<\/strong>
And those who recognize the gifts they have receive more.
He who honors what has already come prepares the ground for what is yet to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Try starting your prayer by saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n