Category: Gratitude

Gratitude Day 26 — Happy Thanksgiving

Here we are celebrating Thanksgiving Day here in the United States. The one day I forget I am trying to be more vegan. The turkey is prepped and ready to get in the oven. Today we are not travelling we are spending time together as family. I have my oldest going to be here, my …

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Gratitude Day 25 – Self Control

Oh how fitting that today the day before Thanksgiving that I share about self-control. Growing up we always had Thanksgiving at my Grandparents until they couldn’t do it then it was usually done at either Mom and Dads or her Brother’s house. Mom came from a fairly large family so when he add in all …

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Gratitude Day 24 — Righteousness

In the past few days I have mentioned that many times I have fallen. I am grateful for the Lord God Almighty who encourages me to keep getting up. I am grateful for being forgiven, through the blood of his Son. I am grateful for those that he put in my life to help me; …

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Gratitude Day 23 – Keep your Heart on the Right Path

What exactly is the heart? To me the heart is the core; it is where I develop my guiding principles, it is my belief structure. To me keeping my heart on the right path is to nourish myself with the knowledge of the Bible. In modern times there are so many distractions that can cause …

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Gratitude Day 22 – Ignore the Mockers

This past season I have had the privilege of hosting a study featuring Steven Furtick’s book “Crash the Chatterbox”. How often do we utilize that inner voice to mock ourselves? We need to tune our ears to God’s voice and hear is voice amongst all the other noise that is around us. Most of the …

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Gratitude Day 21 – guard your mouth

Today is the first Saturday I have actually had off in I don’t know how long. My work schedule has changed to where I actually am off on Saturday. I was able to stay in bed and cuddle with my wife. How often do we engage our mouth before we engage our brain? When you …

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Gratitude Day 20 – A man’s steps are directed

I am thankful for the direction I feel God is leading me in. I am not always sure of the exact path or where it really leads. God always illuminates the next step for me and let me know it is time to step. True I have had numerous missteps, there are many times He …

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Gratitude Day 19 – Listen to advice

I am grateful for those that have come into my life to give me advice, sometimes though I failed to follow the instruction and had to repeat the lesson. Oh how many times did I hear my mom and dad so don’t do that? Oh how many times did I get burned from not listening? …

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Gratitude Day 18 – The ears of the wise

I am so grateful for my ability to listen. God has given us two ears and two eyes and one mouth for a reason. Great knowledge comes from listening to others and seeing what others are doing. This challenge I put myself on for writing 30 days of Gratitude started off easy and now I …

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Gratitude Day 17 – Use of words with restraint

While reading the today’s proverb, I chose to highlight the couple of verses that I have the most trouble with and as we get closer to the holiday season. Last night I delivered a speech titled “Choices are”; there will be increased traffic in the coming days as more people decide they want to spend …

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