INTERACTIVE GRATITUDE - by Sarah Eom

“Give thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”  
Phil 5:20 NKJV

God loves us so much that he tells us to live with our hearts in grateful attitude all the time. 

He does this because living in gratitude brings us well being and is the fastest way to become aware of his presence. 
I have found the following interactive gratitude practice to be an effective tool in my life.  It  involves journaling our gratitude moments as addressed to God and hearing God’s response back to us. 
Step A) Gratitude from me to God
  1. Ask the Holy Spirit to help remember a moment of gratitude
  2. Write down in conversational manner with God
  3. Be specific
  4. Add why you are grateful for that particular experience
  5. If feel blocked let God know and ask for help
Step B) God’s response to our Gratitude
  1. Pause and reflect on what you wrote
  2. Ask God what he would say to you in response
  3. Begin writing and don’t filter your thoughts
  4. Focus on what you sense about his response to your gratitude
Step C) Share with your spouse, a friend or group
  1. Read what you wrote in steps A and B to each other
  2. You can ask if what you wrote in step B reflects God’s character as revealed in the person of Jesus and the scriptures.
  3. Sharing gratitude journal enhances our joy and helps us see and experience God in a fresh way.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

ENCOUNTERING THE GLORY OF OUR TRUE IDENTITY - by Pastor Joel Pollard

Image
2 Corinthians 3:7-12 in The Passion declares, “Even the ministry that was characterized by chiseled letters on stone tablets came with a dazzling measure of glory, though it produced death. The Israelites couldn’t bear to gaze on the glowing face of Moses because of the radiant splendor shining from his countenance — a glory destined to fade away. Yet how much more radiant is the new and glorious ministry of the Spirit that shines from us! For if the former ministry of condemnation was ushered in with a measure of glory, how much more does the ministry that imparts righteousness far excel in glory. What once was glorious no longer holds any glory because of the increasingly greater glory that has replaced it. The fading ministry came with a portion of glory, but now we embrace the unfading ministry of a permanent impartation of glory. So then, with this amazing hope living in us, we step out in freedom and boldness to speak the truth.” But wait, there’s more….it keeps getting better! A...
Read more

LESS THAN 20: It Only Takes A Few Hungry Ones To Change The World - by Jen Miskov

Image
Welsh Revival (1904-05) Less than 20 people (17 people) gathered at Moriah Chapel October 31, 1904 when Evan Roberts preached. All present gave their lives to Christ. When these 17 people came to Christ, Roberts knew that the revival he had been praying his whole life for had come. In less than six months, over 100,000 people got saved and the entire nation was radically transformed. This later became known as the Welsh Revival and released impartation for the Azusa Street Revival. Roberts, only 26 years old at the time, led that first catalytic meeting with less than 20 people present.   Azusa Street Revival (1906) On April 9, 1906 in a little home on Bonnie Brae St. in Los Angeles, less than 20 people (around 15 people), many of whom were on a 10 day fast, gathered together with one agenda, to be baptized by the Holy Spirit. They wanted to tap into what those at the Upper room waited for. As William J. Seymour preached on Acts 2, the Spirit fell upon them, baptizing several of th...
Read more

THE PROMISE OF PEACE IN A TUMULTUOUS WORLD - by Brent Lokker

Image
Needless to say, there’s been a heap of turmoil in the world, and in America this rose to a crescendo during our recent presidential elections as it has a way of doing every four years. Because we all hold fiercely at times to our cherished opinions of how the world ought to be as well as how it’s going to happen, half of the United States was poised to be incredibly disheartened with the election results. Yet, regardless of whether you were devastated or exuberant with the outcome, God is equally in the midst of each of us doing something much deeper in our hearts…   “We are all in love with our own opinions, convinced they’re correct. But the Lord is in the midst of us,  testing and probing our every motive.” Proverbs 16:2  (TPT)   Because of his tender love for us, he brings to the surface areas of our hearts where we have placed our trust in people or situations or outcomes rather than himself and the goodness of his heart toward us. Then he invites us to explore...
Read more