Gratitude changes everything. So embrace a grateful mindset and heartset, focusing on what you have. Experience the mysterious magnetism that increasingly attracts what is good and aligns with God's purpose in your life.
Gratitude conditions us to live our highest life. Authentic Christ-Followers are trailblazers of the future, empowered by the Holy Spirit to live in the extraordinary powers of the Future World. Beginning now.
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Authentic Christ-Followers are trailblazers of the future, empowered by the Holy Spirit to live in the extraordinary powers of the Future World. Beginning now.
Go Further - Gratitude Changes Everything
To whom or what are we grateful? Can we be abstract or vague about gratitude?
I believe that as we are first grateful to our Creator, then we condition and position ourselves to be authentically grateful to others … in whatever context we relate to them: family, friendship, business/work, our place in the larger world, and so on.
Gratitude is like PRIMING a PUMP. Surprisingly, as we make the decision to be thankful, it releases a spring of gratitude, a flow of thankfulness.
Resources
Listen to a Ransomed Heart podcast on gratitude with John Eldredge. The audio excerpt in this Jesus Smart episode is from this episode.
Ransomed Heart Ministries with John Eldredge
The down payment—2 Corinthians 1:22; 5:5; Ephesians 1:13-14 by Dr. Craig Keener. This is the article I reference in this episode.
Scripture for meditation, prayer, and proclamation
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness every night. Psalm 92:1-2 NKJV
Whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. Colossians 3:17 NASB
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Dear Lord, thank You for today for it is the day that You have made and we can rejoice and be glad in it! We are SO blessed to be living in America at this time. Thank You for the blessings of Your Son, Your word, family, clean water, clean air, peace, abundant food, electricity and all the conveniences it makes possible, automobiles, air travel, communication, books, opportunity, freedom, …
We agree, Jeff and Barb! We honor and thank you Father God, Creator of all things. May your eternal purpose unfold!