BE THANKFUL

BIBLE PASSAGE:
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts
with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.”
(Psalm 100:4)

MEDITATION:
There was a preacher on a train. He saw a well-dressed man
and magnificently dressed woman with expensive jewelry.
The woman was complaining about everything: the train ride,
the weather, the news, the food, the service.

The preacher decided to engage this couple in a conversation.
He asked the man what kind of business he was in and the man
told him.
Then he asked,
    “What does your wife do?”
He said,
    “Oh, she’s in the manufacturing business.
      She manufactures her own unhappiness.”

There are a lot of people like that. They manufacture their
own misery because they fail to be grateful. Only Christ
can turn our lives around and stir up a grateful heart within.

ACTION:
As we begin the year 2023, wouldn’t you like for it to
Be better than the previous year and wouldn’t you
like to find a new level of happiness and satisfaction?
Here is a challenge:
    Go through the alphabet
    and be thankful for something with each letter.

Pray,
“Heavenly Father, help me to appreciate the blessings
I have, instead of finding fault with things and people.
Remind me of how You have given me the greatest
blessing I could ever have when You sent Your Son,
Jesus, to die for my sins so that I could receive Your
salvation. Teach me to embrace and find happiness
in Your blessings, so that my outlook on life will
improve and I can fully enjoy the things that are good.
I pray that others will see the new countenance in me
and will ask what has changed, so that I can tell them
how Jesus changed my life.”

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