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 cities 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 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 language

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