Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Jun 4, 2007
Let’s say you were convicted of a serious crime and you were facing anywhere from 10 years to life. It was up to the judge to determine your punishment. If he handed down a 10 year sentence, would you be grateful?
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Contributed by Et Tapper on Feb 9, 2009
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In a recent experiment, psychologists asked undergraduates to complete a survey that included a happiness scale and measures of gratitude and thankfulness.
Then over the next six weeks, the participants wrote down, once a week, five things for which they were grateful. It had a dramatic effect on
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 12, 2002
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AFFLUENCE AND GRATITUDE
In his new book 'Jesus, Lord of Your Personality,' pastor Bob Russell points out that having a lot doesn’t tend to produce a grateful spirit.
"Have you had a taste of the best this world has to offer? You went to Hawaii once on vacation, so now it’s harder for you to enjoy
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I am very grateful for the people who (when I was an 18 year old student) taught me to tithe. At the time they had very little to get out of it - it was a church full of students. Students don’t have very much money - and 10% is not very much, not at all very much. Coupled with that, we were
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Anglican
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 19, 2007
Brennan Manning urges us toward creative listening imagining God’s words to us as such (I invite you to close your eyes and imagine Jesus speaking these words to you now): “Has it crossed your mind that I am proud you accepted the gift of faith I offered you? Proud that you freely chose Me, after I
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Church Of God
In the chapel, in Moby Dick, Fahter MAPPLE said: “And here, shipmates, is true and faithful repentance; not clamorous for pardon, but grateful for punishment. And how pleasing to God was this conduct in Jonah, is shown in the eventual deliverance of him from the sea and the whale. Shipmates, I do
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 14, 2008
Always Had an Uplifting Prayer
Scottish minister Alexander Whyte was known for his uplifting prayers in the pulpit. He always found something for which to be grateful. One Sunday morning the weather was so gloomy that one church member thought to himself, “Certainly the preacher won’t think of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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BITTER OR BETTER
Dr. Jim Moore, pastor of St. Luke’s UMC in Houston wrote a book entitled "You Can Grow Bitter or You Can Grow Better". He writes that he got the idea for the title from a young woman who once came to him in a most tragic moment in her life.
She had tears in her eyes and her
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Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Nov 21, 2006
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Returning Thanks is a LEARNED Trait.
We are not born grateful creatures. Take a baby for just a little while and you’ll probably hold in your arms what could be best described as a schizophrenic! One minute cooing, the next crying; one minute silent, the next screaming; one minute friendly
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Church Of God
Contributed by Hal Seed on Jul 27, 2007
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Maybe the most famous of all the unexpected heroes of 911 was a 32 year old Oracle salesmen named Todd Beamer, the determined Christian on flight 93 who called up the GTE operator to find out what was happening, prayed the Lord’s Prayer with her over the phone, added, “Jesus, help me,” then said,
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 20, 2010
RIVER OF LAUGHTER
As he was born my heart was bursting with JOY. I held my son Ben up to the Lord and dedicated him then and there. I was so grateful for the gift of a child. I remember driving home at the beginning of that day laughing and honking the horn so everyone could SHARE THE JOY I had,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
HOW TO BE MISERABLE
From an unknown source comes an article titled, "How To Be Miserable." It says,
* "Think about yourself. Talk about yourself. Use 'I' as often as possible.
* Mirror yourself continually in the opinion of others.
* Listen greedily to what people say about you.
* Expect to
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