Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2002
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GRATEFUL FOR LIFE?
Some of you may remember the movie "City Slickers." Comedian Billy Crystal plays the part of a bored baby boomer who sells radio advertising time. One the day he visits his son’s school to tell about his work along with other fathers. He suddenly lets loose a deadpan
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us and He has given us everything.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2009
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HOPE AND A GRATEFUL HEART
There is an old legend of a man who found the barn where Satan kept his seeds ready to be sown in the human heart. On finding the seeds of discouragement more numerous than others, he learned that those seeds could be made to grow almost anywhere. When questioned, Satan
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
G-Rated Most Profitable: The average G-rated film is 11 times more profitable than its R-rated counterpart, but the film industry made more than 12 times as many R-rated as G-rated movies from ’89 –’03. This is according to a recent study by The Dove Foundation. 51.4% of movies released in this
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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Between ’88 and ’97, Hollywood produced 17 times more R-rated films than G-rated, but the G-rated films generated 8 times more gross earnings and a 78% greater rate of Return on Investment, according to the Dove foundation. The average G-rated film earned $94 million in gross revenues compared to
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 25, 2008
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Attitude of Gratitude
God loves a cheerful giver. God will make you rich if you are generous in every occasion. Somehow I think that God sees this richness in more than just money and material possessions. Don't you? And generosity results in a thankful attitude and even a cheerful attitude.
You've
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2002
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THE KEY TO HAPPINESS
Gratitude is nothing less than the key to happiness.
For this penetrating insight into gratefulness, I am grateful to Dennis Prager, author of the shrewd and perceptive "Happiness is a Serious Problem."
"There is a 'secret to happiness,'" Prager writes, "and it is
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Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Nov 18, 2002
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Harriet Martineau was an atheist. One morning she & a Christian friend stepped out into the glories of a beautiful fall morning. As Harriet saw the brilliant sun peaking through the haze, & the frost on the meadow, & the brightly colored leaves making their way lazily to the ground, she was filled
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Independent/Bible
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Dennis Prager, author of the shrewd and perceptive "Happiness is a Serious Problem."
He states: "There is a 'secret to happiness, and it is gratitude. All happy people are grateful, and ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that it is being unhappy that leads people to complain, but
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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We know the human brain is a device to keep the ears from
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Gratitude is riches. Complaining is poverty. Instead of complaining about whats
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
As 19th-century author Maltbie Babcock said, "Contentment. . . is the grateful, faithful, fruitful
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What do Thanksgiving, Easter, Pentecost, Memorial Day, Labor Day, etc. have in common?
They are all holidays which fall not on a specific date, like, December 25 or July 4, but they fall on the “first Monday”, “fourth Thursday”, “fifty days after….”
You see what I mean?
Thanksgiving Day has a
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Pentecostal
Contributed by John Roy on Jan 28, 2001
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People who are truly thankful don’t complain, they find a reason to be grateful. Matthew Henry, who wrote a commentary on every book of the Bible, was once robbed. The thieves took everything of value that he had. Later that evening he wrote in his diary these words, “I am thankful that during
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