Colossians 4:2 (NIV) "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful."
God tells us to devote ourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Do you know what that means? Devote means, give all or a large part of one's time or resources to (a person, activity, or cause). A large part of my time? Are you serious God? A large part of my time I am sleeping, working, eating or complaining. Surprise. No, me neither. We all do it. We all complain rather than be grateful. "Parking was impossible." "Traffic was terrible." "The potholes are unbelievable!" "You can tell the students are back." "I'm tired." "I'm hungry." The longer I talk the more I miss the mark. I think I need to go on a speaking fast!!! So how do I do what this scripture is asking me to do? How do you do it? By all means reply to me and I will print your comments.
How often do parents have to remind their children to respond in thankfulness for things that are given or done for them? Yet even as mature believers—how often we forget to thank God? We can be so enamored with an answered prayer that oftentimes we forget to say thank you. We can take one another for granted and our lives fro granted. My bed, food, clothes, health, friends, children, spouse...yes, we can take them all for granted and then complain about what we don't have or still want.
So what can we do? We can commit our hearts to being thankful with the knowledge and application of the word of God. We can do this by memorizing scripture, writing out a confession, reading the word daily, and having as I said on Day 1 of this Gratitude journey--having a Gratitude Journal. Write it down. Share with somebody the goodness of God. I read this the other day:
We are grateful for the ability to do good works“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him” (Colossians 3:17).
Every believer has an opportunity to show their gratefulness to God by doing good works for others. It is the Lord who gives us the strength to serve, to give, and to work. When we start our jobs with a spirit of gratefulness, our load becomes lighter and the Lord opens the way for us to share the Good News.
Read more: https://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/top-7-bible-verses-about-being-grateful/#ixzz5c48yliwZ
So what can we do? We can commit our hearts to being thankful with the knowledge and application of the word of God. We can do this by memorizing scripture, writing out a confession, reading the word daily, and having as I said on Day 1 of this Gratitude journey--having a Gratitude Journal. Write it down. Share with somebody the goodness of God. I read this the other day:
We are grateful for the ability to do good works“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him” (Colossians 3:17).
Every believer has an opportunity to show their gratefulness to God by doing good works for others. It is the Lord who gives us the strength to serve, to give, and to work. When we start our jobs with a spirit of gratefulness, our load becomes lighter and the Lord opens the way for us to share the Good News.
Read more: https://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/top-7-bible-verses-about-being-grateful/#ixzz5c48yliwZ
ACTION STEP: Watch this video. Then jot something down in that journal. Devote yourself to writing one thing down a day. Then share it with someone.
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