Quotes about Gratitude

In faith, thank Me for whatever is preoccupying your mind. This will clear the blockage so that you can find Me. P

TRUST AND THANKFULNESS WILL get you safely through this day. Trust protects you from worrying and obsessing. Thankfulness keeps you from criticizing and complaining:

When you praise Me, your Joy increases, as does your awareness of My holy Presence. Your body may or may not be mightily engaged in this endeavor, but I see into your heart. That is where the ultimate celebration of My Presence takes place.

Thank Me for the difficulties in your life, since they provide protection from the idolatry of self-reliance.

LET THANKFULNESS TEMPER ALL YOUR THOUGHTS. A thankful mind-set keeps you in touch with Me. I hate it when My children grumble, casually despising My sovereignty. Thankfulness is a safeguard against this deadly sin. Furthermore, a grateful attitude becomes a grid through which you perceive life. Gratitude enables you to see the Light of My Presence shining on all your circumstances. Cultivate a thankful heart, for this glorifies Me and fills you with Joy.

This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it." It helps

Even when you are feeling anxious, thank Me for the gift of My Peace.

Let your thoughts and spoken words be richly flavored with trust and thankfulness.

Give generously of what you have, and if you don't have much, give little generously.

As Tom Wright describes it, Mary's Song is the "gospel before the gospel" and it "goes with a swing and a clap and a stamp." Mary's Song is an expression of gratitude for God morphing her bad reputation into a messianic vocation. But her past is even more than this unfortunate label.

Your lifetime in form is to be honored and celebrated. Go beyond your enslavement, and live fully in the now, as this is the only time you have.

'Well,' said Red Jacket [to someone complaining that he had not enough time], 'I suppose you have all there is.'