expressing gratitude and thanks to God has a miraculous way of opening and changing our hearts.

Today we'll explore the discipline of Thanksgiving and encounter God in response.

May you take away from our time today timeless principles that quickly get your heart in the right

place despite your season or circumstances.

Welcome to the First 15 podcast.

Our scripture for today comes from Psalm 100, verse 4.

Enter his gates with Thanksgiving and his courts with praise.

Give thanks to him.

Bless his name. Thanksgiving is a gift given to us by the good and

loving nature of our Heavenly Father. In and out of every season of life, we have a reason to give

thanks because we serve a holy faithful, good, and loving God.

We serve the only king who had lay down his life

for his unworthy, rebellious servants.

We serve a God perfectly worthy of all the Thanksgiving

and praise we could possibly give.

And using the incredible gift of Thanksgiving, we remind ourselves

of how truly good our father is. In Thanksgiving, we experience the joy of a proper perspective

and have our hearts stirred by the renewing of our minds. Psalm 100, verse 4 says,

Enter his gates with Thanksgiving and his courts with praise.

Give thanks to him. Bless his name. When we come before God with Thanksgiving, we seek the face of

our Father while grounding ourselves firmly in the truth of his perfect nature. When we begin our

days, prayers, worship, reading, and fellowship with the heart of his perfect nature. When we begin our days, prayers, worship,

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