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Hi, my friends, welcome to day 19, and we're talking about cultivating gratitude.

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First Thessalonians 5, 18 says, Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will

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of God in Christ Jesus for you.

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So gratitude is this powerful practice that can shift our perspective and enhance our

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overall well-being.

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When we focus on what we're thankful for, we cultivate a positive mindset that encourages

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us to pursue our dreams with joy and enthusiasm.

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But often, we can struggle with being grateful because we're still looking forward at everything

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that we want to accomplish, the breakthroughs in our life, or the blessings and prayers

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that we're still waiting on.

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And you see, there can be a discontentment and a lack of gratitude when we're always

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looking forward.

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So take time and stop, look back.

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You see, sometimes when we're so close to the top of the mountain, we just see that

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climb that still has to occur.

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But what we're not seeing is the three-fourths of the mountain that we have already climbed

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and the things that have already been happened in our life.

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So take time today and look back, look at all the progress you have made, look at how

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much you have grown and learned, look at the breakthrough in your life, look at the blessings

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that God has brought, and cultivate that gratitude within you.

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So our activation today is what are you grateful for in your life right now?

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Journal, write down like five things that you're grateful for.

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And this is a great daily practice to start the day and end the day with gratitude.

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So let me pray for you, my friend.

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So God, I thank you for the gift of gratitude that we can be joyful and grateful in all

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circumstances and even in the difficult ones, the painful ones, the ones where there is

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heartbreak and disappointment, God, that there is still an opportunity for us to be grateful,

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to give it a sacrifice of praise, as you say in your word.

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And so God, I pray that you would help us to cultivate a spirit of gratitude, to recognize

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your goodness in every situation, to look back at the progress we have made, at the

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blessings that you have brought into our life, at the answered prayer that you have done.

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And God, that we will be thankful in the pursuit of our dreams and hopeful in what

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is still to come.

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God, I bless my friends in the name of Jesus.

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Amen.

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Okay, my friends, I hope you have fun being grateful today, and I'll see you again tomorrow.