Category: Gratitude

Gratitude is a Gift

The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.

— Henri JM Nouwen —

  So true! Notice the word discipline in Mr. Nouwen’s quote above. In essence, developing an attitude of gratitude requires a willingness to part from the normal path created by the world and instead focus on the path God has created for us and choose to be grateful for it.  Developing this discipline will give us the…

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Blessings and Thanks

The unthankful heart...discovers not mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!

— Henry Ward Beecher —

  Basically you attract whatever condition your spirit is in.  Be unthankful and you will attract unthankful spirits.  Be thankful and you will attract thankful spirits. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 17:22, “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” (ESV)

Thanks For Little

Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.

— Estonian Proverb —

  It’s easy to thank God when great “life blessings” are poured down upon on us but it’s life transforming when we are able to thank God for His grace regardless of whether or not life is blessing us. It is His undeserved grace that allows us to experience the greatest blessing of all…eternity. We…

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Health Gratitude

So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.

— Materi —

  I’ve seen this happen more times than not. Wealth is way overrated, health is not. Choose health over wealth. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?  You are not your own, for you were…

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Heart State

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

— Frank A. Clark —

  Being grateful is a state of the heart…so is being ungrateful. How is your heart? Psalm 51:10, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” Proverbs 4:23, “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com

Gratitude Renewal

As each day comes to us refreshed and anew, so does my gratitude renew itself daily. The breaking of the sun over the horizon is my grateful heart dawning upon a blessed world.

— Terri Guillemets —

  If this is you, God Bless You!  If it isn’t…fake it til you make it and try reading the scripture from Psalms daily until you make it.  Having a grateful heart upon arising is a great way to put the devil to rest early and often, one day at a time. Psalm 104:1-35 P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com

Gratversity

Gratitude is an art of painting an adversity into a lovely picture.

— Kak Sri —

  Even the most horrific circumstance(s) will be turned into something good if you allow God to be a part of the solution…I write from experience. Helpful hint…God cannot do His best work when we are in anger, denial or simply in a state of indifference.  It takes the willingness to seek an accepting heart…

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Thank You

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice.

— Meister Eckhart —

  I find myself thanking God early and often each day.  It is a habit I developed years ago and it forces me to get out of myself and see the beauty God has created.  I have found the darkness in my world is self-inflicted.  There is always light ready to “dim” the darkness but…

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Others

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

— Alfred North Whitehead. —

  Who are you thankful for? Proverbs 27:17 P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com

Happiness

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.

— Denis Waitley —

  It’s not about what you have; it’s all about what you do with what you have. 1 Peter 4:7-11 P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com