Thanksliving: Four Little Words


Gratitude Variables:

The size of the favor

How much I felt I deserved it

(Colossians 3:15 NLT, Ephesians 5:20 NLT, 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NASB)

What happens when you give thanks in everything?

When you give thanks in everything, it expresses faith (James 1:2 NLT)

When you give thanks in everything, it overcomes the drift towards complaining (1 Corinthians 10:10-11 NLT)

When you give thanks in everything, it aligns you with God's will

Gratitude involves three things:

Gratitude involves benefit (Psalm 103:1-5 NKJV)

Gratitude involves a benefactor (James 1:17 NLT)

Gratitude involves a beneficiary

In everything... give thanks.