The Benefits of Gratitude

Keep the Heart

Francie Taylor

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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I’ve been asked an unusual question more than once, and I know that it’s in part because I’m a widow. Here’s the question: Francie, aren’t you tired of being alone? My response is simple: First, God never leaves me alone, but my additional response is this: I don’t focus on what I don’t have. Gratitude is underrated, but it’s priceless. A person who has mastered the “gratitude attitude” has discovered true appreciation for life in the current form. It’s a beautiful place to live, and it erases the struggle of always wishing we were somewhere else, or with someone else, or that we had something else. Getting to the place where our hearts are intentionally grateful requires at least three key elements: godliness with contentment, thankfulness, and a transformed mind. These elements help lead us to that peaceful place of gratitude. Rough Patches: Temporary Marital Tensions by Francie Taylor Call Upon Him: An Examination of Prayers Throughout Scripture by Kathy Ashley Heart Conditions--from the Popular "ICU" Bible Study Series by Francie Taylor Ponder the Path: 31-Day Bible-Habit-Building Devotional by Francie Taylor Olive Petal Snap-flap KJV Compact Bible Rose Gold Compact KJV Bible Shop the Mall of Keep the Heart! Follow Keep the Heart on Instagram Like Keep the Heart on Facebook

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0:00.0	Welcome to Keep the Heart. This podcast has reached over a half million downloads since we started back in January of 2021, and we just want to say thank you for listening and for sharing this podcast with your friends and family. We're really grateful for your listener's support. And by the way, don't forget to visit the shop at keeptheheart.com for books, bibles, and other gift ideas. The updated
0:22.8	version of rough patches. Temporary marital tensions is back in stock, so you'll want to get a
0:28.8	copy of that book really soon. Today we're talking about gratitude, which is also something
0:34.4	that's not limited to one season of the year. I've been asked an unusual
0:38.9	question more than once, and I know it's in part because I'm a widow. Here's the question.
0:44.6	Francie, aren't you tired of being alone? My response is simple. First, God never leaves me
0:50.8	alone, but this would be difficult to comprehend if you've never had a time in
0:55.0	your life where there were no people living with you. But my additional response is this. I don't
1:00.7	focus on what I don't have. Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with
1:09.8	Francie Taylor.
1:14.0	Francie is an author, conference speaker, and teacher.
1:20.0	She is passionate about teaching what to do with what we learn from God's Word.
1:22.8	Now back to today's valuable study. Gratitude is underrated, but it's also priceless.
1:31.8	A person who has mastered the gratitude attitude has discovered true appreciation for life
1:38.2	in its current form.
1:40.2	It's a beautiful place to live, and it erases the struggle of always wishing we were somewhere else
1:46.2	or with someone else or had something else. Getting to the place where our hearts are intentionally
1:53.0	grateful requires at least three key elements, godliness with contentment, thankfulness, and a
1:59.5	transformed mind. All three elements lead us thankfulness, and a transformed mind.
2:06.8	All three elements lead us to gratitude, and then we experience the benefits of this gift.
2:13.4	First, let's study Godliness with contentment from 1 Timothy 6.6, which many of you may know by heart.
2:18.0	The verse says this, but godliness with contentment is great gain.
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