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Be Thankful
PSALM 107:1 NKJ
1 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy
endures forever.
It seems the more people have the less thankful they become. Today complaints
are abundant, but thank you's are few.
COLOSSIANS 3:15 NKJ
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also
you were called in one body; and be thankful.
Being thankful is not a choice for a Christian. If it was
impossible, God would not have told us to do it.
So, why are people not thankful?
Gratitude is a mark of maturity. Ingratitude is a mark of
immaturity. Babies are never thankful.
Neither are proud people thankful. Why? Because their mindset is that they
deserve not just everything they have, but even better. "Why be thankful for
something less than what you deserve?" describes their thinking.
A funny thing you will notice if you consider it: unthankful
people are never happy. In fact, the more thankful a person is, the happier
they are.
(This is an example of how acting on God's Word is for our
benefit. God didn't invent commands just to be bossy.)
You will never be bothered with depression if you act on the
Word of God and "be thankful." The cure for unhappiness is
being thankful. Try it.
But how can you overcome the bad habit of ingratitude? Only by changing your
core beliefs. As long as you believe you are
getting a raw deal, or less than you deserve, you will never
become a thankful person.
But if you realize that you deserved punishment and eternal
separation from God -- yet in His mercy God instead gave you what He
deserved, and EVERYTHING you have -- including every breath you breathe -- is
a gift -- then you will become a thankful person.
SAY THIS: I give thanks to the Lord for He is good, and His
mercy endures forever. I will be thankful for all God does for
me.
http://aDevotion.org/tel
If we confess our sins, he is faithful
and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all
unrighteousness."
1 John 1:9 NIV
Never let the enemy tell you that you are worthless or insignificant.
You have value in the eyes of God so great that it was worth dying for. You
are a blessing to the world.
Has bitterness and un forgiveness made you unrecognizable even to
yourself? There is a place to go to be forgiven and to be empowered to set
all that stuff aside. Turn to a personal relationship with Jesus.
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