Today is Thankful Thursday. What are you thankful to Jesus for this week?
Here’s the key…gratitude and thanksgiving move us beyond the standard, the acceptable, the ordinary.
A gracious attitude and lifestyle make one extraordinary, unusual, blessed, a cut above the rest.
New research is showing that people who count their blessings may find themselves sleeping better, exercising more and caring more about others.
People who remind themselves of the things they are grateful for people who count their blessings one by one, consciously, every day show significant improvements in mental health, and even in some aspects of physical health.
And these results appear to be true whether you are a healthy college student or an older person with an incurable disease, according to research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Let’s read together a passage about the apostles of Jesus who were evangelizing and sharing the good news with the world after Jesus had been resurrected. Acts 2:46-47 says, “Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”
As the disciples went out into the world to build God’s kingdom, they never forgot to come together again and have fellowship with one another and worship God. This was such an important time where they would encourage one another and recharge their batteries before going back out the next day to do the Lord’s work.
