Hi, this is Victoria. Thank you so much for downloading this podcast. I believe God has amazing

things in your future. I hope you enjoy this message.

I just want to talk to us today about appreciating every area of our life. You know, when we appreciate

something, we bring awareness to it. We bring value to it. And we are less likely to take it for granted.

In Deuteronomy 10 through 12, God was taking the children of Israel to city they had not built. He

said, I'm giving you homes filled with great treasure. He said, I'm giving you vineyards. You didn't

plow, but I'm giving them to you so that you can work them. I'm giving you homes with great treasure

in them so that you can live in them. And he went on and on to tell all the wonderful gifts that he

was giving them. But then he warned them. He said, I have to warn you. I'm giving you all of these

things, but don't take them for granted. He said, don't take them for granted and don't forget

who gave them to you. Don't take them for granted and not honor me. See, the same thing is happening

today. God has given us things a great country to live in. He's given us homes. He's given us

family, friends, jobs. And he is saying, don't forget who gave it to you and honor me in it.

You see, I believe when we appreciate God, when we appreciate the things that God has given us,

we're honoring him. You see, appreciation is a language and it honors God.

How many of us have seen videos, are visited in povish countries and realize how blessed we really are.

We have running water. We have great grocery stores, restaurants, whatever we need. It's basically

at our fingertips. And we see these these impoverished countries and people and our heart goes out to

them and we feel so compassionate and we feel so blessed, right? Then we get to our jobs,

we get to our homes, we face life, challenges, decisions, things go wrong, and we forget about

those things. We forget how grateful we should be. We get comfortable, uninterested. We take things

for granted. It's easy to do and we all do it. But can I tell you that we've got to learn the

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