- Feeling Thankful
- Space
- Not feeling something
- Unexpressed gratitude is experienced as ingratitude
- Expression not the emotion
- Our hearts gravitate toward recognition and gratitude.
Luke 17:11-19 // Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” 14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. 15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. 17 Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”
- He went back to thank the one who enabled him to move forward.
- The nine… where?
- Too busy to be thankful.
- Too cautious to be thankful.
- Too self-centered to be thankful.
- Too arrogant to be thankful.
- They felt it. They didn’t express it.
- God notices the grateful heart.
- No more looking for weeds.
- “You ought to be glad for the troubles on your job because they provide about half your income. If it were not for the things that go wrong, the difficult people with whom you deal, and the problems of your working day, someone could be found to handle your job for half of what you are being paid. So, start looking for more troubles. Learn to handle them cheerfully and with good judgment, as opportunities, rather than irritations and you will find yourself getting ahead at a surprising rate. For there are plenty of big jobs waiting for people who are not afraid of troubles.” - Robert Updegraff
- Remember the gifts of God.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 // Always be joyful. Pray continually, and give thanks whatever happens. That is what God wants for you in Christ Jesus.
- Sadness and gratitude refuse to share the same heart.
- What you have in Christ is far great than anything you don’t have in life.
- Gratitude to God is worship.
