The Thankful Heart

Changing Your World Podcast with Creflo Dollar

World Changers Church International

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The state of our hearts matters greatly to God. It is certainly important to do the morally right things that please Him; however, He wants even more for us to have thankful hearts. Outward obedience just for appearance does not matter if we are not grateful. Genuinely giving thanks with the proper attitude has a way of working itself outward for others to see. Giving thanks in our circumstances is the best thing for us because it keeps us in the right frame of mind and is a powerful weapon to protect us emotionally and spiritually from situations. Thankfulness is how we keep the world’s adversity and bad things around us from getting inside us. Turning our attention to good things aligns our perspective with God’s instead of the enemy’s and forces out negative emotions trying to enter our souls. Maintaining our gratitude brings an anointing from God that removes burdens, destroys yokes, and changes our way of thinking for the better.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Creflo Dala, and this is the Creflo Dala Ministries podcast.
0:05.1	I want to thank you for joining us today, and I sincerely hope this word encourages you,
0:10.8	builds your faith, and above all else, helps you to understand grace and empowers you to change.
0:17.6	Enjoy the message.
0:18.9	If you have your Bible, First Thessalonalonians chapter 5, verse 16 through 18,
0:23.5	every year I have an opportunity to look at this. It seems like I get something new that really
0:28.2	blesses and I hope it changes your life as well. First Thessalonians chapter 5, verse 16 through 18.
0:36.0	And he says, rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. It means don't stop praying.
0:46.4	It doesn't mean, you know, pray, you know, all throughout the day for 24 hours a day. He says,
0:52.8	don't lose the habit of prayer.
0:55.5	In everything, in everything, give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ, Jesus concerning you.
1:06.8	Now, one of the things that I notice here is that there's a difference between giving thanks
1:12.8	and having a grateful heart.
1:15.1	A difference between giving thanks and having a thankful heart.
1:19.7	I believe that God cares more about thankfulness that flows from the inside out than
1:27.2	obedience we wear sometimes like a cheap suit.
1:31.3	1 Thessalonians 5 and 18.
1:34.3	He says, in everything, give thanks, for this is the will of God.
1:40.3	So, does God want outward compliance or heart that's capable of expressing his will
1:51.4	and doing that authentically? We've gotten so caught up in the mechanics that we're just
1:59.2	kind of doing things, but it's not authentic.
2:04.0	And the body of Christ has learned how to perfect phoniness like nothing else.
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