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This week, Paul wants to help us cultivate more gratitude in our lives by showing us the abundance

of reasons we have to be thankful

as followers of Christ. Here's this week's Wednesday's Word.

Tomorrow in the United States of America, we celebrate Thanksgiving.

I think a lot of countries have a holiday dedicated to gratitude, which is a good reminder

to have on the yearly calendar because I'm convinced that the universal language of a fallen

world is grumbling.

No matter who we are, where we live, and what is going on, we always seem to find a reason to grumble about something.

Complaint is more natural than gratitude.

Disatisfaction more natural than contentment, want more natural than worship.

Numbering our complaints is easier than counting our blessings.

Focusing on what we don't have

is easier than meditating on all that we have been given. What about you? What has your last week

sounded like? What have you been meditating on recently? Because of God's goodness and generosity,

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