Counting My Blessings
“My cup overflows with blessings.” Psalm 23:5 NLT “Gratitude, expressing it and surrounding yourself with it, is truly life changing. God’s Word and His promises are full of His many blessings, giving us countless reasons to voice our gratitude and thankfulness.” The Weekly Gratitude Project We are told in...
The Practice of Gratitude
“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these things.As for the things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these...
A Grateful Heart
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!His faithful love endures forever.” Psalm 107:1 NLT Lloyd Ogilvie tells about a little boy’s Thanksgiving Day greeting to him one Sunday after church: “He shook my hand and said, ‘Happy Thanksliving!'” As Ogilvie says, this isn’t a bad description for true...
Good and Perfect Gifts
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” James 1:17 NIV The Christmas season is a time when we have gifts on our minds. My husband and I recently took our eleven-year-old daughter, at her request,...