Here are some thoughts I carried home with me:
- Undeniable guilt + undeserved grace = unbridled gratitude.
- A grateful person is a humble person, while ingratitude reveals a proud heart.
- A grateful heart is God-centered and others-conscious, while an ungrateful person is self-centered and self-conscious.
- A grateful heart is a full heart, while an ungrateful heart is an empty one.
- People with grateful hearts are easily contented, while ungrateful people are subject to bitterness and discontent.
- A grateful heart will be revealed and expressed by thankful words, while an ungrateful heart will manifest itself in murmuring and complaining.
- Thankful people are refreshing, life-giving springs, while unthankful people pull others down with them into stagnant pools of their selfish, demanding unhappy ways.
- Gratitude - the fruit of a thousand choices.
- Choose gratitude. It's a discipline.
- Instigators of Ingratitude: unrealistic expectations, forgetfulness, entitlement, comparison and blindness to God's grace.
- We were encouraged to start a 30-day Gratitude Journal where we reflect on Scriptures of Thanksgiving and we list at least five things each day for which we're thankful.
- When sending a thank you note, consider the "who" (giver) and "why" more than the "what" (the gift). Don't just say "thank you for the gift", but express why the gift mattered to you.
- Take time to remember events in your life. Remember to be thankful.
- It takes intentional effort to be grateful.
- Ingratitude is a sin (and a tap root for other sins).
- Recognize, acknowledge and express thanks to God and others.
- Gratitude is a sure path to peace.
- Gratitude is a gauge of the heart.
- Gratitude is the will of God.
- Gratitude is a work of the Spirit.
- Gratitude reflects Jesus' heart.
- Gratitude gets us ready for heaven.
- Gratitude is an every day thing!
- I want to be more grateful.
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