Day 31

Every day is a day of thanksgiving but as we come to the end of this year we thank the Lord with grateful hearts in every moment of this year..
– Gratitude glorifies God.
Our gratitude glorifies God as we exalt not the gifts, but the Giver. Gratitude helps us realize all we have comes not because of us, but from God.
– Gratitude helps us see God.
Gratitude opens our spiritual eyes. There’s a beautiful cycle in giving God thanks: the more we thank Him, the more we see Him working in us and around us. Gratitude helps us sense God’s presence, His personal care and His perfect timing.
– Gratitude brings peace.
Gratitude helps us see that God’s hand is all over our circumstances. And God tells us when we give Him our thanks, He gives us supernatural peace.
– Gratitude brings contentment.
Gratitude makes what we have enough. If we aren’t grateful for what God has given us, getting more won’t satisfy us either. Being thankful is the key to contentment.
– Gratitude deepens faith.
Keeping a record of God’s past faithfulness is a faith boost when we face new difficulty. Our gratitude journals are testimonies that on our hardest days and in the worst circumstances, God’s record of faithfulness is 100%.
– Gratitude defies satan’s lies.
Satan is so wily! He whispers that God isn’t good; that He’s withholding good from us. True gratitude for God and the abundance He gives protects us from giving in to the enemy’s lies.
– Gratitude guards against envy.
Envy makes us want what someone else has. Gratitude makes us realize God has given us far more than we deserve. Because there’s enough for everyone, we can cheer rather than compare. A heart wholly grateful has no room left for envy.
– Gratitude helps us live in the present.
Gratitude opens our eyes to the simple beauty of ordinary days. It lets us see this day and this moment as gifts and to take in the abundance right now.
– Gratitude is a testimony.
When we thank God openly and acknowledge what He’s done for us, we proclaim a personal, caring God to the world around us. We show that contentment and peace come not from what we have but Who we know.
Thank you Lord for journeying with us this whole year in every moment, for picking us when we fell, for the love poured in our hearts, for serving others through us and for every spiritual blessing which we might be unaware of..
“Give thanks to the LORD, proclaim His greatness; tell the nations what He has done……..” (Psalm 105:1)