choose to be thankful

It is Thanksgiving week, and there are so many opportunities for us to be thankful and a different mindset. Having an attitude of gratitude is a life changing experience.

Choosing to be thankful is not just for a week or a day or a season. In fact it is something that every Christian should have as part of every day of life. It is a choice. It is a new perspective.

Let’s give it some feet or application …

Colossians 3:16 NLT

Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.

When the message and truth about Christ interacts with us, gets planted in us and fills us, there will be an outcome of being thankful. It will be more than saying thank you. It will come out in the songs we sing, the stories we tell and even the look on our face.

And then …

Colossians 2:6-7 NIV

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

Continuing to living in thanks is something that you do even when you don’t feel like it. It is a natural outcome of the choices you made yesterday or last week and way easier than today. In fact that gratefulness becomes a reminder each day.

Then God will fill us even more…

Matthew 5:6 NIV

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

That is a promise. Right? God will will us with more righteousness. More thankfulness. More of Him.

That is why we know and how we know God’s will for our lives.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NLT

Always be joyful. 17 Never stop praying. 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.

Have a great thanksgiving week! Be thankful!

Have you heard of EDITH BURNS?

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her. Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved. Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Beverly said, "Why yes I do." Edith said, "Well, what do you ...

wash feet, sharing hope

John 13:4-5,14 NLT So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him… 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. Jesus set the example we follow. He served. He valued and gave value to others. That is why we choose to serve. For 18 years our church has shared an outreach called back2school, and for 16 of those years we have chosen to give students brand new shoes and socks as well as washing their feet. It is one of the most important parts of this event. Washing feet is a humbling experience where both the give and the receiver learn how to share some moments that might change their lives. Jesus said we should do this. See the verse above. Follow His example, do what He did, and give far more than you will ever know....

Catalyst ticket arrived

My ticket to the Catalyst Conference, in Atlanta Oct 8-10, just arrived. I'm excited!

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