- Introduction:
- Three ways I can improve in my giving of thanks:
- I need to realize that I enjoy blessings today.
- Hebrews 13:5-6
- We have God in our lives. How can we possibly complain?
- Longing for the good old days can rob us of current gratitude.
- Exodus 16:2-3; Numbers 11:4-6; Exodus 2:23; 3:7, 9 – Sometimes nostalgia has a selective memory. The good old days may not have been as good as we remember.
- Longing for the future can also cause us to forget our current blessings.
- I need to overcome our negative culture by gaining perspective.
- Romans 12:2 – Don’t be conformed to the world.
- James 4:4 – Friendship with the world is hostility with God.
- Genesis 37:28; 39:20; 40:23-41:1; 50:18-21 – Joseph saw the bigger picture.
- If we are short on gratitude, we probably need to gain perspective.
- I need to remember what I really deserve!
- Romans 3:23; 6:23 – We deserve spiritual death!
- Matthew 8:19
- I need to realize that I enjoy blessings today.
DW
January 21, 2018
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