Yesterday we talked about expressing gratitude. I encouraged you to take some time and write down ten things for which you are grateful. I appreciate all of you who shared your gratitude in the comments section. Some of you may have found this assignment to be easy. Others of you may have found it to be difficult. If you found the assignment difficult, you might have learned … [Read more...] about I am Grateful for People
Thanksgiving
I Am Grateful
Last week I shared a post about expressing gratitude. On Thursday, we will celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States. So today, I wanted to say I am grateful. Gratitude is something to be expressed. It is not something to keep inside of us. It is great that we have this day of Thanksgiving to share our gratefulness. But with the holiday fast approaching it is easy to let the … [Read more...] about I Am Grateful
Giving up Ungratefulness
Get the Book Join the Mailing List Holy Week Tuesday Scripture Verses Psalm 100:1–5 Psalm 118:1–29 Luke 17:11–19 1 Thessalonians 5:16–19 Questions to Consider What do you have to be thankful for? What causes us to be ungrateful? How do you cultivate a grateful heart? How does Jesus create gratefulness within us? Plan of Action Listen to … [Read more...] about Giving up Ungratefulness
6 Months of Gratitude
Next week we celebrate Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for. One of the things I am especially thankful is the ministry of Good Shepherd. I have now been here for 6 months and God has been so good. God is breathing new life into our church. We are making an impact on eternity. Eternal destinations are being transformed. What we are doing is the difference between … [Read more...] about 6 Months of Gratitude
The Secret of Contentment
I’ve been getting ready for the second message in our Money Matters message series. This Sunday we will be taking a look at the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25:14–30. In this parable, the master entrusts each of his three servants with a different sum of money. To the first, he gives five talents. To the second, he gives two talents. And to the third, he gives one … [Read more...] about The Secret of Contentment