Valley Real Life
Gratitude | Giving Thanks As God's Will
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Valley Real Life
1831 S Barker Rd, Greenacres, WA 99016, USA
Thursday 6:00 PM
Practicing gratitude is your weapon against a bad attitude
Scientific effects of practicing gratitude:
- Reduces depression symptoms
- Lessens stress and anxiety
- Improves sleep quality
- Improves relationships
- Improves self-esteem
- Enhances memory and attention
- Reduces depression symptoms
- Lessens stress and anxiety
- Improves sleep quality
- Improves relationships
- Improves self-esteem
- Enhances memory and attention
God designed thankfulness to be a tool that refines your character
We should be more worried about cultivating a heart of thankfulness over an attitude of expectation
Thankfulness produces fruit, it doesn't demand it
What does Jesus' thankfulness teach us?
- We can be honest about our emotions with others and God
- We can be honest about our emotions with others and God
- We can be thankful in really hard situations
- Our thankfulness needs to be rooted in Truth, not feeling
- Our thankfulness has an impact on others and vice-versa
Practicing gratitude is your weapon against a bad attitude
How can you cultivate a heart of thankfulness not dependent on circumstances?
Like Jesus, focus your thankfulness on WHO God is, not What God does.
NEXT STEP - Challenge: Pray this every day until Thanksgiving or when God tells you to stop.
And when you develop a true heart of thankfulness, you will…
1 Thes 5:16-18
Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
And when you develop a true heart of thankfulness, you will…
1 Thes 5:16-18
Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
Prayer of THANKS (from Psalm 136)
T - True - God only speaks truth
H - Holy - God is righteous and good
A - Almighty - God is all-powerful
N - Nurturing - God shapes us with His love
K - Kind - God is incredibly gracious to us
S - Savior - God gives us a full, eternal life with Him
T - True - God only speaks truth
H - Holy - God is righteous and good
A - Almighty - God is all-powerful
N - Nurturing - God shapes us with His love
K - Kind - God is incredibly gracious to us
S - Savior - God gives us a full, eternal life with Him
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