Gratitude Exercise

Summary

Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving Thursday! What are you thankful for today! Our Text this morning is Rom 13:7   Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. It's easy to say "thank you" for the good things in life, or for the good people in our lives. But what about the things we often take for granted? The things we don't even think about or appreciate until they're gone? Let's start this morning by taking a deep breath and focus on such things. Something that looks so little, but if it is no longer in your life, your life will be miserable. What could that be? Take a moment to think about it. It may be something or someone. What is that thing and who is that person? Maybe someone who has had a positive impact on you. è A mentor, a friend, or a family member. è A skill, training, or a priceless possession Your exercise this morning is: - Close your eyes and imagine your life without that thing or that person. - How would it be like to wake up each morning without that thing or that person around you or in your life? - Take a moment to think about what it will be to lose the thing or the person. - Take a moment to imagine how your life would have been or where you’d ve been. è Now, open your eyes and come back to the present moment. è How do you feel? This morning, I want you verbalize your gratitude to God about that thing or that person. Acknowledge it with God this morning and tell God how it is and how you feel about it. è Now, I want you to reach out to them and thank them for all they've done for you. è Let them know how much they mean to you, and how grateful you are for their presence in your life. è Celebrate the person May God bless you abundantly.