Cultivating an Attitude of Thanksgiving and GratitudeSample

# Thankfulness, It’s Really A "Thing" . What are you thankful for? Do you make thanksgiving part of your day-to-day or like some, do you just keep this to holidays or special occasions? Sadly, some today don't have an attitude of gratitude and thanksgiving...they have the opposite of that, however, as followers of Christ, we should continually cultivate an attitude of gratitude and thanksgiving. Thankfulness and gratitude can be found despite the circumstances of a given day or moment. Thankfulness and gratitude can be found with each new day because each day provides a fresh new start. Thankfulness and gratitude can be found in the beating of your heart and with every breath as life is a gift from God. Thankfulness and gratitude can be found in the rising and setting of the sun as each day is a gift to live out. Thankfulness and gratitude can be found in salvation, love, and new life found in the Savior. Thankfulness and gratitude is a decision, a mindset, an attitude, and a choice. You can find so many things to be thankful and grateful for if you just pause for a moment and look around you. What do you see? You should see a multitude of things to be thankful for. Don't compartmentalize your thanksgiving and gratitude. Be thankful and grateful daily. Thank others daily. Thank God for the life you've been given and for the people He's blessed and surrounded you with. Be thankful for the "big" and "small" things in your life because at the end of the day, they are all truly big things. Let me encourage you to take time to periodically pause for a few minutes and write down what you're thankful for instead of what you're ungrateful for. Then turn to The Lord in prayer and lift up thanksgiving, gratitude, and praise to Him for everything that comes to mind. Your life, your attitude, and your outlook will be far better if you are thankful and appreciate how blessed you truly are! Thanksgiving and Gratitude begins from an outpouring from your heart, mind, and soul toward God. Take time to read, study, pray about, and take to heart the 8 passages provided in today’s devotional to help you meditate on thankfulness and gratitude. Be thankful because God is good, and He loves you beyond measure. Thankfulness is really a thing...just make it your thing! Questions and Suggestions to get started with: * Read, study, take to heart today’s scriptures. * Do you practice thanksgiving and gratitude? * Do you want to make thanksgiving and gratitude a regular part of your life? * Make time daily to reflect on what you’re thankful and grateful for. * Ask The Holy Spirit to help you grow in and transform you through an attitude of thanksgiving and gratitude. * Look up the biblical definitions of thanksgiving and gratitude.