Topic: Giving Thanks

Matthew 14:19 And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to Heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. (NIV)

The word "thanks" means kindly or grateful thought, gratitude, acknowledgement, or appreciation. Thanksgiving is not just a holiday. Thanksgiving is an act of giving kindly or grateful thought, or an act of acknowledging the source of blessings. Giving thanks ought to be a way of life. Giving thanks ought to be a way of life because the more thanks you give to the Lord, the more blessings He pours out upon you. Giving thanks is not so much something you do as it is a way of looking at your world. Two people can have the very same things in life but see the world very differently. One person will always be unhappy because they see what they do not have and feel cursed by the void. Another person will always be happy because they will see what they do have and feel thankful and blessed by the fulfillment.

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