Okolona Christian Church
‘Tis The Season for Gratitude NOT Grumpiness
Andrew "Fitz" Fitzgibbon
November 24, 2024

‘Tis The Season for Gratitude NOT Grumpiness

November 24, 2024

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‘Tis the season to trade for .

 

Grumpiness is like a to our soul. But gratitude is the .

 

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NLT)
Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.

 

Gratitude is than our circumstances.

 

Philippians 4:6 (NIV)
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

 

 Our culture trains us for entitlement, not gratitude.

 

John 6:10-13 (NLT)
“Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.) Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted. After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, “Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted. So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves.

 

Make a list of what you’re grateful for – speak it morning and evening

 

The happiest people aren’t the ones who the most of everything, but the ones who the most of everything they have.

 

Luke 22:15-20 (NLT)
Jesus said, “I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins. For I tell you now that I won’t eat this meal again until its meaning is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.” Then he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. Then he said, “Take this and share it among yourselves. For I will not drink wine again until the Kingdom of God has come.” He took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” After supper he took another cup of wine and said, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood, which is poured out as a sacrifice for you.

 

Gratitude provides a pathway to be thankful adversity.

 

John 6:35 (NLT)
Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

 

 

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