 You see, Paul thanked God for His grace. And when we focus on God's grace by practicing gratitude, that can change our life. And in fact, it might be good for us to keep a gratitude list and then pray for those things that are on that list to remember and be thankful. 1 Timothy 1 and 13, Paul says, "...although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man, but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief."