Tag: Gratitude

2024 /2

We ended 2023 on the theme of faithfulness: “Faithfulness is … a long obedience in the direction of the righteousness of Jesus Christ…. Faithfulness is fidelity, loyalty, devotion, trueness, dedication, commitment, allegiance, and love toward God and our fellow man. As God is faithful, let us also be faithful.” See the full post here. We […]

Words Of The Way, Gratitude

Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. Colossians 3:16 CSB Gratitude, noun: a joyful thankfulness, a desire and readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness; a sentiment of kindness […]

The Power Of Gratitude

In an arsenal that’s supposed to include things like mountain-moving faith, radical obedience, patient long-suffering, and second-mile self-denial, gratitude can feel like an optional add-on. Nice if you can get it, but not all that critical to making life run the way it should. And yet gratitude is far more significant than its lightweight reputation […]

Gratitude For What You Don’t Have

Be grateful that you don’t already have everything you desire.If you did, what would there be to look forward to?Be thankful when you don’t know something,For it gives you the opportunity to learn. Be grateful for the difficult times.During those times you grow.Be thankful for your limitations,Because they give you opportunities for improvement. Be grateful […]

Thanksgiving

Current culture would have us believe that Thanksgiving is a secular holiday, unrelated to religion. NOT. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in centuries old traditions of giving thanks and praising God for bountiful blessings from His provision. The American observance existed prior to the nation’s founding. It was strengthened on October 3, 1863 by President […]

Job On Gratitude

Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.” Job 1:20-21 ESV Thanksgiving is a […]

Gratitude, The Root of Both Goodness And Happiness

“The man bowed low in homage to the Lord.” Genesis 24:26 Here we have the Servant of Abraham recognizing and acknowledging the obvious movement of God in the tide of the affairs of man. Some translations say “he bowed his head.” Whether he knelt or bowed his head, “bowed low” expresses an attitude of the […]

Thanksgiving, A Time Of Gratitude

It is Thanksgiving week in the United States. A time of gratitude. Gratitude: noun: a joyful thankfulness, a desire and readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness; a sentiment of kindness or goodwill toward a benefactor. For the Christian, gratitude includes giving goodness and grace to others as the giver has first received […]

On Gratitude /5

Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. Colossians 3:16 CSB We end our retrospective on gratitude where we began. Gratitude is at the root of both goodness and happiness. It is […]