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The 7 Great Prayers: For a Lifetime of Hope and Blessings by Paul and Tracey McManus Paul and Tracey McManus lost everything in the wake of dot-com bust-- they have no jobs, their savings had evaporated, the bill collectors were banging on the door, and they were losing their home. Though scared and paralyzed with fear they began to thank God for what they have. This prayer of gratitude was life changing. These prayers give them hope and strength they needed to overcome life's challenges, financial worries, health concerns and also to find purpose in life. Eager to share their newfound hope they created a simple webpage about The 7 Great Prayers and they wrote a book about them. Heaven is for Real: a Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. What they weren't expecting, though, was the story that emerged in the months that followed--a story as beautiful as it was extraordinary, detailing the little boy's trip to heaven and back. Colton, not yet four years old, told his parent he left his body during the surgery, and authenticated that claim by describing exactly what his parents were doing in another part of the hospital while he was being operated on. He talked of visiting heaved and relayed stories told him by people he met there whom he had never met in life, sharing events that happened even before he was born. He also astonished his parents with descriptions and obscure details about heaven that matched the Bible exactly though he has not yet learned to read. He also tells of meeting long departed family members. He describes Jesus, the angels how "really, really big" God is and how much God loves us. It offers a glimpse of the world that awaits us.