Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion.

When you are grateful, that allows God to do great things in your life.

Gratitude has a big job to do in us and our hearts. It is one of the chief ways that God infuses joy and resilience into the daily struggle of life.

Gratitude changes your perspective about life. You see the future, experience the present, and remember the past in a dramatically different way.

A noble heart is a thankful heart that loves to acknowledge whenever it has received any mercy.

It is contrary to the worship that is in contentedness.

James Hufstetler is again helpful to us when he said, "You will never really enjoy other people, you will never have stable emotions, you will never lead a life of godly contentment, you will never conquer jealousy and love others as you should until you thank God for making you the way he did."

For an action to be truly obedient to God, it must be done from a motivation of genuine love and gratitude to Him.

But when we complain about the weather, we are actually complaining against God who sent us our weather.

If I complain about the difficult circumstances of my life, I impugn the sovereignty and goodness of God and tempt my listener to do the same.

It means we believe that God causes all events in our lives, whether good or bad as we judge them, to work together to conform us more and more into the likeness of Christ. It means we give thanks in all circumstances - not for the circumstance considered in itself, but for God's promise to use these circumstances to conform us more to Christ.

After all, the seeds of depression cannot take root in a grateful heart.