IT IS TIME TO BE THANKFUL AND RE-GROUP!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!
Gratitude Motivators
Dr. Jay Wolf
The
season of THANKSGIVING is highly necessary and well timed
because we all tend to be forgetful. For instance, I have a photographic memory
but I keep forgetting where I put the film! So we need gratitude
motivators. Let me share three that work for me.
First, God’s Word Calls us to an attitude of Gratitude. “In everything
give thanks, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” (1
Thes. 5:18) “Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His
courts with praise. Give thanks to Him.” (Psalm 100:4) Expressing
gratitude for every season and circumstance indicates we trust our gracious
heavenly Father and believe He is the origin of our blessing and His power is
bigger than our problem.
Secondly, our American Heritage invites us be grateful. America was founded as
a Christian nation and the Pilgrims set the pace. Those brave first settlers
experienced terrible adversity that took the lives of half of their group but
they declared a time of thanksgiving to count their blessings instead of their
losses. In 1789, as a reflection of our collective Christian faith, George
Washington called our Nation to gratitude, “Whereas, it is the duty of all
nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be
grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor…I
recommend to the people of the United States a day of Public Thanksgiving and
prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many favors of
Almighty God.”
Third, I am motivated to gratitude by my personal list of blessings. My
relationship to King Jesus pardons the past, empowers the present and illumines
the future. Now I am part of the beautiful Body of Christ. God has given me a
fabulous wife and a wonderful life. I am enriched by a healthy, stable,
Christ-following, growing and productive family. God has gifted me with
abundant material resources, physical capabilities and nurturing friendships.
The assets greatly outweigh the liabilities!
When we add it up, there are compelling motivations to move beyond our natural proclivity to be grumbly hateful and become humbly grateful!
A RE-GROUP Reminder!!!!
We are meeting Wednesday night Dec. 2nd!!!!
We will start with a short discussion
of the video and readings (pg.56-77) from Session 3:
The Doubtful Wanderer.
The focus was the Disciple Thomas.
The new video session will be:
The Sensual Wanderer.
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