Thank God for His Gifts • Sun.03.15.26

Gratitude opens our eyes to the gifts God quietly places in our lives every day.

The world around us is full of gifts.

The beauty of nature, the people in our lives, and the chance to love each day all come from God.

Gratitude helps us see these gifts more clearly.

Today, we pause at least once to thank God for something we might normally overlook.

Based on the Word of Life, January 2002, by Chiara Lubich.

✝️ Prayer to Thank God for His Gifts

Father, open our eyes to the gifts You place in our lives every day. Teach us to live with gratitude and joy. Amen.

A prayer a day, keeps the soul from drifting away

⌨ ᴛʸᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᴏᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʙˡᵘᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉᵐ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜ ᵇˡᵒᵍ

The Quiet Between Piano Notes • Darem Placer

Praying Without Words

Sometimes the deepest conversations with God are the ones we never say out loud.

Some prayers are loud. Some are whispered. And some never use words at all.

It was around 2 AM on August 30, 2021 in my bedroom when this question hit me: Do all people pray? I don’t think so. Many are too busy to talk to God. But prayer doesn’t always need words. It can be heavier, truer, when it’s action offered to Him.

So I sat down with my nylon guitar tuned to 432 Hz and started recording. Most of the time I use that frequency because it kinda brings me closer to nature—and closer to God.

Each piece became a prayer in its own way—God, You Are My Music was my confession of faith, Do Not Let Us Fall Into Temptation felt like a plea for strength, Listening was about silence that speaks louder than words, Peace carried the calm of surrender, and Grateful was a reminder that thanksgiving itself is prayer.

Thinking about God is already prayer. A small act of remembering Him. We should think of Him more often, because even silence can be prayer if your heart is turned His way—because I know we are always in His thoughts.

Praying Without Words is my reminder that whatever we dedicate to Him—even music—can become prayer.

If you want to listen to Praying Without Words, the album is on
Apple Music and YouTube Music.

Album Cover Photo by Mike Giles

ᴛʸᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᴏᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʙˡᵘᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉᵐ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜ ᵇˡᵒᵍ