Choose Gratitude!

Gratitude is how you deal with worry and anxiety. A grateful heart helps you get over yourself. As Christians, we are called to practice gratitude every moment, not just when life is going smoothly but especially in the hard moments.

Gratitude anchors our hearts to God’s faithfulness and reminds us that we are never alone.

Gratitude Helps Us See Beyond Ourselves

Somewhere in the world, in this very moment, someone is dying without Jesus. Someone is living it tough. They’re without hope, unaware that God is nearby, ready to save.

As followers of Christ, cultivating a heart of gratitude keeps us sensitive to these realities, pushing us to pray, share the Gospel, and love others intentionally. It also moves us to keep appreciating our salvation and security in Christ, now and whatever happens in the future.

People are out there, wrestling with the purpose of life. They have never known the presence and loving touch of the One True God. They have yet to experience a relationship with the Only One who can make sense of everything.

This is why Christian gratitude is powerful — it shifts our focus from what we lack to the incredible gift of salvation and the daily mercies of God that we often overlook.

Finding Gratitude in the Middle of Worry and Stress

It's easy to be concerned and consumed with our own worries, problems, and preoccupations. While we get annoyed with the inconveniences of daily life, the frustrations of unmet desires, the lack of material possessions to make our earthly life more easy and pleasant, someone out there is deeply struggling to just get to be where we are right now - safe, alive, able to dream, able to do, able to enjoy life.

When we practice Christian gratitude, we realign our thoughts with God’s truth, allowing peace to replace our anxiety. Gratitude is not denial of our problems — it’s a declaration that God is greater than them.

How to Practice Daily Gratitude

Pause. Choose Gratitude. Let out a breath of thanksgiving.

Write it down if you have to — a gratitude journal, a list of answered prayers, or moments where God showed up. These small habits cultivate a Christian lifestyle of thankfulness that keeps your faith strong even when storms come.

• God is our God and Father who is always working everything out for our good.  

• Jesus, our God and Redeemer, is ever saving and strengthening us. 

• The Holy Spirit, our God and Constant Companion, is forever securing for us a present and a future filled with hope and promise.

This is the foundation of a Christian heart of gratitude — remembering who God is and what He continues to do for us daily.

A Prayer for a Grateful Heart

Dear God,

Help me remember where I was before You saved me. Remind me to be grateful. Open my eyes. Help me see how blessed I am and how I must bring that blessing to others. Lift me out of my preoccupied state to take a moment and look beyond myself so I can see how others are in such a hard place in life.

Teach me to live out gratitude in practical ways — by serving, by sharing, by loving like Christ — so others can see You through me.

Help me do what little I can to spread the hope, love, and knowledge of Jesus to my family, loved ones, friends, and the people I brush shoulders with.

Give me Your eyes. Help me see as the Lord Jesus saw the people in the fields that day. The harvest is all around me. People need to know You. People need to understand, sense, and experience that You are good, You are true, You are God. You love them and you can and will save them as you’ve done with me.

Choose Gratitude and Share God’s Goodness

Choose Gratitude Today.

Make it your Christian practice to pause daily, thank God for even the smallest blessings, and look for ways to share His goodness. Gratitude is not just a feeling; it’s an act of worship and a testimony of faith.

When the world sees a Christian living in gratitude despite trials, it points them to the hope that can only be found in Jesus.

Hi, thank you for visiting. If you are exploring faith, God, or Christianity, could I share something with you? God loves you and wants a relationship with you. But the Bible says that all of us have sinned and fallen short, and that the result of sin is death—eternal separation from God. We are helpless and cannot save ourselves.

But in His mercy and love, God sent His Son, Jesus, to die for our sins, in our place, and save us from an eternity without Him in hell. The Bible says salvation is a gift—received by putting your full trust, faith, and reliance in who Jesus is and what He’s already done on the cross for you. If you’re ready to stop trying to earn your way to heaven and simply trust in Him, tell Him that right now and accept God’s free gift of salvation through Jesus’ sacrifice.

Would you talk to Him now? Tell Him this...

Dear God, Your Word says that even though we sin and fall short, You love us so much that You sent Your Son, Jesus, to die on the cross to save us from a life eternally doomed and separated from You. What we need to do is stop trusting in what we can do and instead put our full faith and trust in the finished and atoning sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. Thank You for the sure promise that the moment we do, we enter into a permanent relationship with You—secure in this life and for eternity in heaven—because You have said that no one can take Your child out of Your hand and that Your love remains for Your children, even when we fail. Dear God, I receive your full, free, and sure gift of salvation today. I put my full faith in what Jesus did on the cross for me. Thank you that I am now your child for all eternity.

"For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved" Romans 10:13

 

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