Saturday, September 10, 2011
The Attitude of Gratitude
Do you ever catch yourself thinking about what you don't have or those things you wished you had? Maybe having more of this, or a bigger that. I think everyone can attest to this. Have you ever stopped to think about what you do have and how much the Lord has blessed you? All too often we focus so much on what we don't have and completely miss everything we do have. In other words, when an attitude of gratitude should be in order, we can't seem to find it. Today everyone will have a multitude of choices and decisions to make. A lot of those decisions will come down to this...Am I going to be grateful and thankful or not? We have such an incredible opportunity. I'm reminded of Psalm 100:4 which says..."Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise.Be thankful to Him and bless His name." When we are thankful, we bless His name. Today millions of people will choose to grumble and complain, will you choose to join them? Or will you choose to be thankful and have an attitude of gratitude?
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Amen! The Lord reminded me of this yesterday! Our furnace fan is going out and I have been worrying about how we will be able to get it fixed. I was reminded about Matthew 6:31-34 NKJV
ReplyDelete“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
God's got it covered! Instead of focussing on the problem I can focus on being grateful for my blessings! The weather has been beautiful the last few days and we haven't needed our furnace! God knows my every need and He will take care of them all. My part is focussing on the blessings with gratitude in my heart! Thanks for the reminder Pastor Lee!
Good word Pastor Lee! I'm totally following your blog.
ReplyDeleteThat's really good! Thanks :)
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