In order to live a thank-filled life, we need to be grateful for our life. And there's a difference between the two.
*Grateful: Warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefit received.
*Thankful: An act of expressing gratitude or appreciation
Be grateful for the blessing and benefits in our lives.
Create an atmosphere of being thankful
Psalms 100:4
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
Lack of being thankful will cause you to be in darkness
Romans 1:18-22
18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
Being thank-filled will produce acts of thankfulness and peace
Colossians 3:15-17
15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 17 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.
God loves you and so do I
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