THE AFRICAN CHURCH OF TRUTH (S.A.)
By Rev. Daniel Brits
The Six Great Prayers
For an Abundant & Blessed Life
Dear Friend,
Welcome!
This is a 6 part prayer course. Each of The 6 GreatPrayers is designed to build on top of the preceding prayer so when youget to the 6th prayer; you'll be tapping into the full POWER of prayer!
Before we get to The First Great Prayer, let's make sure we're on the same page regarding the definition of 'prayer'.
The Webster Dictionary defines 'prayer' as:
1 : to make a request in a humble manner
2 : to address God with adoration, confession, supplication, or thanksgiving.
There is an order to effective 'daily praying'. And the first order of 'daily praying' is to 'Praise' God.
We all have our life challenges. One of the biggest mistakes we all make when praying to God is that we 'ask for God's' help in solving our problems without first giving Him 'Praise' and 'Thanks'.
The first 'daily' prayer you should pray to God is a prayer of 'Praise'.
By giving God 'Praise' first, we take our mind off our problem and shift our focus onto Him.
Praise God. Focus on God's love. Focus on God's goodness. Focus on your Oneness with God.
PRAYER TIP
When focusing and 'Praising' God, focus within, not out. Remember the Bible and Jesus taught us that God is 'inside' us. Yes, inside!
God made us in his image; and being so, he's 'inside' each and everyone one of us, including YOU!!
The same God that was inside Jesus and every other great Saint and person that has graced this planet is the 'SAME' God that's inside YOU! This is GREAT NEWS! Get closer to God! Tap into His Power!
You have the 'SAME' access to God as Jesus. So let God into your heart. Feel God's presence in every cell in your body. Talk with God through prayer. And praise God with…
THE FIRST GREAT PRAYER: 'I LOVE YOU GOD!'
Now please, don't be fooled by this prayer's simplicity. There's POWER in simplicity.Nothing complicated about this process, it's simple, but boy it sure is POWERFUL! Same goes with this First Great Prayer!
What makes this prayer so Great?
- It's easy to remember.It's hard to 'pray without ceasing' if you have to memorize a 40 word prayer;this is an easy prayer to pray 'without ceasing'.
- Telling someone, especially God, that you LOVE them, is the ultimate form of 'Praise'. And 'PRAISE' is the first step in effective praying.
- You can say this Great Prayer to yourself all day long. While you eat, walk, drive, work, stand in line at the grocery store, etc.
And remember, as you say this prayer, 'focus' on God who is inside you, not outside, but 'within'.
Other variations of this First Great Prayer are:
- God, you are inside me, I love you!
- God, you are good and powerful, I love you!
- God you love me, and I love you!
Be creative and make up your own 'mini-prayers'. Keep all your prayers short and simple and centred on The First Great Prayer - 'I LOVE YOU GOD'.
Start saying this prayer now. Say it MULTIPLE times when drifting off to sleep. Write this prayer and your own variations of this prayer down on a piece of paper and carry it with
you at all times.
Today we’re going to add the Second Great Prayer toyour daily praying. The more you pray, and pray in the right order, andsay the right prayers,the sooner you’ll start living an Abundant &Blessed Life!
So... First you ‘Praise’ God – ‘I LOVE YOU GOD’ - The First Great Prayer
Next we want to ‘Thank’ God for His many Daily Blessings, and we do
that with…
THE SECOND GREAT PRAYER: ‘THANK YOU GOD!’
When times are tough, either financially, physically,emotionally, etc., it can be pretty darn tough to give THANKS to God,but you can, and you have too…
To this day, all I have to do is close my left eye (my good eye) to startTHANKING GOD. By THANKING God continuously you open yourself tobetter receive more blessings from God.
So turn your focus off your problems. Praise God andGive Him Thanks! You really do have so much to be THANKFUL for. Be thankful you’re a child of God and that you belief in God. Be thankful that you have God as yourbest friend. Take a moment right now and write a list of all that you have to bethankful for! The more you thank God for what you’ve received, themore Blessings you will receive!!
Thank You God for (fill in the blank)
Make a list of at least 10 THINGS of thanks and add them to yourdaily praying!
If you pray to get closer to God and to receive LOTS of Blessings from God, keep on reading this whole letter that I gave you; it is are meant to be read in order...
Now we're going to jump rightinto a prayer that calls upon the incredible POWER of God, and sets thestage for a life full of Abundance & Blessings!
THE THIRD GREAT PRAYER IS …… ‘GOD YOU ARE INSIDE ME!
Keep reading, and I'll let you know about a powerful 'add-on' that you can add to this prayer.Now that I’ve shared with you what is The Third Great Prayer, I would like to review how each prayer works.
The First Great Prayer:
‘GOD I LOVE YOU’ and/or ‘I LOVE YOU GOD AND YOU LOVE ME.'
This first prayer praises God.
The Second Great Prayer:
‘THANK YOU GOD!'
This prayer thanks God for the many Blessings he bestows on you - daily!
The Third Great Prayer:
‘GOD YOU ARE INSIDE ME!’
Prayer # 1 recognizes God, and that the POWER of God is 'inside' you. This prayer brings you closer to God. Please pray the above three prayers today… 'Without ceasing!' These prayers are GREAT because they are short. They are POWERFUL because they are easy to remember and to repeat. No wasted words here.
When you pray these three GREAT prayers with the next four prayers; you're guaranteed to get closer to God and you will receive MORE of His Blessings!
Please write the above prayers down on a piece a paper, RIGHT NOW (don't procrastinate - do it now), and carry this piece of paper around with you all day long. (I have all 7 Great Prayers on a prayer card and I carry it with me ALWAYS!) Refer to this piece of paper any time you need to jog your memory.
Remember, you can make slight variations, and I encourage you do so, to each of the first three Great Prayers. For your new prayer here's a powerful add-on:
'GOD I BELIEVE AND KNOW YOU ARE INSIDE ME!'
'GOD, SINCE YOU ARE INSIDE ME, YOU ATTRACT GOOD THINGS TO ME AS YOU FULFILL YOUR PURPOSE THROUGH ME.
THE FOURTH GREAT PRAYER IS …… TO PRAY WITHOUT CEASING
The 4th Great Prayer is the prayer that will attract massive amounts of Blessings in your life. But before we get to this miraculousprayer I would first like to spend a moment with you regarding...
First, remember, and I’ll keep saying it again, and again, the secretto successful praying is ‘to pray without ceasing’. And the easiest way to ‘pray without ceasing’ is to pray ‘simple,short, and powerful’ prayers; all of which I’m teaching you here. To truly get an avalanche of BLESSINGS; not onlydo you have topray The 7 Great Prayers, you also have to pray theright way.
Now we’re going to talk and learn about the Power of Affirmations.When you ‘mix’ affirmations with prayers the results are dramatic!! An affirmation is a statement that’s said in the ‘personal’,‘positive’, and ‘present tense’.
For example: ‘I like myself, I like myself, I like myself’. ‘Day by day, in every way, I’m getting closer and closer to God.’
AFFIRMATIONS
For the remainder of my lessons I’ll be mixingaffirmations in withThe 6 Great Prayers. Blending affirmations with prayers is theSECRET to a closer relationship with God, and the easiestand best way to ‘attract’ more of God’s blessings into your life!
"GOD BLESS AND I LOVE (fill in the blank with person's name)”
(Again, one of the best ways to make sure you do this is to write the Great Prayers on an index card and carrying The 6 Great Prayers with you for easy reference.) With Prayer Four you learned how to pray to ATTRACT God’s Blessings into your life. When you pray the Third Great Prayer it helps you to become “aware” of the awesome power of God that is “inside” you. This prayer again is…
"GOD YOU ARE INSIDE ME”
Yesterday’s prayer was the 5th Great prayer, and that is….
"GOD I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE”
This prayer helps you recognize God’s presence everywhere, in everything, and in everyone.
Now that you’re “see God everywhere” I ask that you incorporate the 6th Great Prayer into your daily prayers. You see, if God is inside you, and God is everywhere, then whenever you see, meet, talk, and work with people, I’d like you to say this prayer …
"GOD BLESS AND I LOVE (fill in the blank)”
Loving one another has always been one of God’s top commandments, and Jesus asked us to do the same when he taught us to:
Love thy neighbour as you would love yourself. Now let’s keep in mind why you first came to my website a few days ago, you were searching the internet on the subject of prayer.
If you’re like most of the people that visit my site and purchase Prayer Power products you are looking for prayers to “attract” BLESSINGS and ABUNDANCE into your life. First, you’re not alone, hundreds and hundreds of great people, just like you come to my site, each and every day looking to attract ABUNDANCE and BLESSINGS into their life.
You can have them! But nothing is free, and that includes requests to God. In order to receive you must give, and the best and easiest thing you can give is your love for God and others. When you open your heart to others, you are acting and living as God commanded you to do. God will give you the BLESSINGS you request, on the condition that you are “good” to yourself and “others”. If God is “inside” you, that means He is also “inside” everyone you meet on a daily basis. Friends, Family, Co-workers, People on the street. Any and everyone! And yes, even those you don’t like, those that have wronged you; those that if may be your enemies has God within; unlike you though, they may not recognize that God is in them. God is inside them too. Though for some of these types of people you may have to look REAL HARD and deep into their soul to find God.
But before we get into those you don’t care for, or who have wronged you, let’s first do the easy stuff and that’s to give BLESSINGS to all those that you know and meet. As for myself, I pray this prayer, all day long…
"GOD BLESS AND I LOVE YOU”
The first people I pray this prayer too is my family. When I wake and turn to see my sleeping wife I say…
"GOD BLESS AND I LOVE YOU”
When I say pray this prayer to my wife, I look deep into her soul and say it to God who is inside her; the same God that is in you and me. I then do this prayer internally to myself when I see my children. Sometimes I say this prayer internally, other times I say it out loud.
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SIDENOTE: I am a very verbal person. And whenever I talk to my wife and kids, I finish every, and I mean almost every discussion with the words “I LOVE YOU” and I encourage you to do the same.
I say “I LOVE YOU” even if we’ve had a tough discussion and we’re not happy with one another at the particular moment, I still say, I LOVE YOU. I’m saying this POWERFUL statement to both the person and to God whom I know is within them.
I even tell my co-workers I LOVE THEM, and people that I’ve been doing business with for some time; I’ll finish the phone call with … LOVE YOU! I’m serious. I’ve done this for a good ten years now. And why not? This is God and Jesus’ commandment to us. If you love someone, let them know it. It’s good for them, and it’s good for you!
Your spirit is like an active and flowing river, and the best way you can keep it flowing is by saying and thinking “I LOVE YOU” all day long. If you don’t do this, and you repress this important thought and expression, like a damn to a river, you back up all this energy and this are not a good thing, your love is meant to be shared, it’s meant to flow, and it’s not meant to be kept within.
THE SIXTH GREAT PRAYER
Now that I’ve said: "GOD BLESS AND I LOVE YOU”
to my wife and kids, I say it internally to all that I meet. When picking up my clothes at the dry cleaners, I say it to the cashier, I say it to the toll collector, I say it to the bank teller, the petrol station attendant, I say it to any and everyone. (Not out loud, but to myself.)
When I say it, especially to those I’ve never met before, I look into their eyes, I look into their soul, knowing that the same God that is me is in them, and I say it to recognize God and to Praise God.
Now you starting to see how all The 6 Great Prayers work together? Do you see how each prayer adds power to the other prayer? Again, this is why these prayers are so great!
Now let’s talk about saying this prayer…
"GOD BLESS AND I LOVE YOU”
to those that you don’t like and who may have wronged you. This is tough, and I speak from personal experience. At first I found this very tough to do, and in fact, and to be honest, I still have some challenges in doing this, but I know I have to if I am to be a true child of God, if I’m to do God’s work here on this planet, and if I’m to attract BLESSINGS and ABUNDANCE to myself and my family.