Hi, my friends, welcome to day 19, and we're talking about cultivating gratitude.
First Thessalonians 5, 18 says, Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will
of God in Christ Jesus for you.
So gratitude is this powerful practice that can shift our perspective and enhance our
overall well-being.
When we focus on what we're thankful for, we cultivate a positive mindset that encourages
us to pursue our dreams with joy and enthusiasm.
But often, we can struggle with being grateful because we're still looking forward at everything
that we want to accomplish, the breakthroughs in our life, or the blessings and prayers
that we're still waiting on.
And you see, there can be a discontentment and a lack of gratitude when we're always
looking forward.
So take time and stop, look back.
You see, sometimes when we're so close to the top of the mountain, we just see that
climb that still has to occur.
But what we're not seeing is the three-fourths of the mountain that we have already climbed
and the things that have already been happened in our life.
So take time today and look back, look at all the progress you have made, look at how
much you have grown and learned, look at the breakthrough in your life, look at the blessings
that God has brought, and cultivate that gratitude within you.
So our activation today is what are you grateful for in your life right now?
Journal, write down like five things that you're grateful for.
And this is a great daily practice to start the day and end the day with gratitude.
So let me pray for you, my friend.
So God, I thank you for the gift of gratitude that we can be joyful and grateful in all
circumstances and even in the difficult ones, the painful ones, the ones where there is
heartbreak and disappointment, God, that there is still an opportunity for us to be grateful,
to give it a sacrifice of praise, as you say in your word.
And so God, I pray that you would help us to cultivate a spirit of gratitude, to recognize
your goodness in every situation, to look back at the progress we have made, at the
blessings that you have brought into our life, at the answered prayer that you have done.
And God, that we will be thankful in the pursuit of our dreams and hopeful in what
is still to come.
God, I bless my friends in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Okay, my friends, I hope you have fun being grateful today, and I'll see you again tomorrow.