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There is more to being thankful that just saying “thank you”.  It has do with with what is going in and our of your life on a daily basis.


What impacts you, influences your words, actions, thinking and much more.  That is why it is important to be careful with what influences you allow around you.


Colossians 3:15  NASB

Let the peace of Christ, to which you were indeed called in one body, rule in your hearts; and be thankful.


Let peace flow in and out of your life.  But what might keep you from having this kind of peace?  Oh, that could be many things, yet I suggest that when we are trying to focus on two things that contradict each other that peace will allude us.


James 4:8  NLT

Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.


We might find our hearts divided.  That means we can’t follow God or anything with all of our lives.  Having split loyalty makes life very difficult.  


Take some time to make sure you are doing what really matters and following God in a way that is going to change you and change those around you.  That is where being thankful, choosing to give thanks, becomes a way of life.


Hebrews 12:28  NLT

Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe.


Come close to God.  Closer than ever before.  That will reveal more about God, more about who we are, and leave us thankful for our God.  He is amazing.  His kingdom is unshakable.  We are left ready to worship and celebrate God.


That is what being thankful does to our lives!


Colossians 2:7  NLT

Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.

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