Tilling the Soil of the Heart: Thankfulness

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

As we continue this week focusing on tilling the soil of our hearts, today we’re going to look at the role of thankfulness in opening our hearts to receive all that God longs to give. While Scripture is filled with encouragements to be thankful, I think our own lived experience tells us that being thankful is essential in the pursuit of an abundant life. So may God remind us of all we have to be thankful for today as we make space to meet with him. And may our days be better as the result of taking just a few moments to be thankful for who we are, what we have, and all God has done for us as his beloved children.

Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 107:1, and today's worship is Gratitude by Brandon Lake.

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As you go about your day today, look for opportunities to express your thankfulness to yourself, others, and your heavenly Father. If you start to feel like negativity is taking over, your heart is hard towards someone, or that life is simply dragging you down, taking just a few moments to find and express thankfulness makes all the difference.

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0:00.0	As we continue this week focusing on tilling the soil of our hearts, today we're
0:09.7	going to look at the role of thankfulness and opening our hearts to receiving all that
0:14.3	God longs to give. While Scripture is filled with encouragements to be thankful, I think our
0:20.2	own lived experience tells us that being
0:22.7	thankful is essential in the pursuit of an abundant life. So, may God remind us of all we have
0:29.3	to be thankful for today as we make space to meet with it. And may our days be better as a result
0:35.3	of taking just a few moments to be thankful for who we are,
0:39.1	what we have, and all God has done for us as his beloved children.
0:44.3	Welcome to the First 15 podcast.
0:52.7	Thankfulness is one of the most powerful tools in making our hearts both soft to the seed of God's word and filled with abundant joy.
1:01.5	Thanksgiving aligns our thoughts and emotions with the reality of God's goodness and a world wrought with lies about the character of God.
1:09.5	It breeds joy and trust rather than
1:13.4	entitlement and negativity. With each declaration of thankfulness, you dig a shovel into the
1:19.7	hard, rocky soil of your heart and churn it over until it becomes receptive to the fullness of
1:25.7	God and filled with the fruit of the Spirit.
1:29.4	The Bible is laden with commands to be thankful.
1:31.8	Ephesians 520 tells us to be giving thanks always, and for everything to God the Father
1:38.2	in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:41.0	Philippians 4-6 tells us, do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer
1:45.7	and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request be made known to God.
1:51.0	But my favorite command on thankfulness is Psalm 107-1.
1:54.0	Oh, give thanks to the Lord for He is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
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