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Tag Archives: gratitude
Thanks for the Memories
Posted in Constructive Thought
Tagged gratitude, Philippians 1:3
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Itty Bitty Blessings
I noticed a few small blessings today and whispered a prayer of thanks. The rain eased up just as I walked out of the store with my groceries I noticed an error in my email right before I hit send … Continue reading
Grateful or Hateful
I’m grateful to be living here and now. I could have lived (or died) in Europe when the Black Death wiped out one-third of the population. I could be living just now in a place of persecution or poverty. But … Continue reading
Posted in other, Window on our culture
Tagged Black Death, gratitude, pandemic, Psalm 16:6
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Count Your Thank-You’s
“Count your blessings, name them one by one; Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.” Johnson Oatman, 1897 Do my thank-you’s = my blessings? Might be I owe God some thank-you’s.
Posted in Foundation of faith
Tagged Count Your Blessings, gratitude, Johnson Oatman, thanks
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A Thankful Thought
Are you thankful? For the good stuff, yes Sometimes I get in a snit and hate everything 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NASB) In everything give thanks. “In everything.” All the time. Good and bad. God sets a high … Continue reading
Abundant Praise
Do you have enough? More than enough? Or do you need more? • There’s never quite enough • I’m good • I have more than is good for me Think of people around the world. Think of … Continue reading
Gratefully Content
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NASB) In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you. Envy and gratitude can’t share the same space. A contented person is a thankful person.
Exceedingly Abundant Blessings
Ephesians 3:20-21 (NKJV) Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, … Continue reading
Posted in Door of opportunity\
Tagged dayenu, Ephesians 3:20-21, gratitude, Thanksgiving
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Chain of Custody
What I received from my parents and grandparents is my inheritance. What I leave my children and grandchildren is my legacy. Lord, may I accept my inheritance with forgiving gratitude and offer my legacy with humble grace.
Posted in Building character
Tagged grace, gratitude, inheritance, legacy, parents and children
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Gratitude Ratings
We complain. A lot. We complain about the weather, our jobs, our homes, the food, our kids, our commute, the people we elected to govern us. How does all that sound to God? Like we’re evaluating his job performance? … Continue reading