Posts Tagged ‘Gratitude’
Generational Charitable Giving By Ryan Stillwater
The Foundations of Generational Charitable Giving My earliest memory of a charitable donation was when I was 10. I learned my grandparents once owned and operated a bar. However, once my grandmother became a Christian, they donated their bar on the famous Route 66 to a local ministry, transforming it into a soup kitchen. That…
Read MoreThe Gift of Gratitude By Dr. Bob Snyder
Recovering Childlike Gratitude Where has my thankfulness for the simple gifts of life gone? Where is my childlike gratitude? As I have “matured,” a mindset of entitlement has emerged, diminishing my appreciation. Am I capable of a childlike thankful heart anymore? When we were in South Africa, my wife visited an orphanage. Her descriptions and…
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There’s Power Between the Gift and Gratitude At my childhood birthday parties, my anxious fingers longed for that table of gifts. My mother, on the other hand, would usually be taking diligent notes: What was I given? Who was it from? And she always had a stack of blank thank-you cards ready for me when…
Read MoreLive Life Gratefully By Randy Hain
Learn to Live Life Gratefully “When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” —G.K. Chesterton Early Lessons At a very young age, my parents constantly urged me to always say thank you in response to any kindness or friendly words shared in my…
Read MoreReset Your Rhythms By Gary G. Hoag
Seven Ways to Reset Your Rhythms in 2021 I want to invite you to join me in resetting your rhythms in 2021. Let me explain. God often gives diligent stewards bigger roles with greater responsibilities. Perhaps you can relate? And, I don’t know about you, but with COVID it seemed like everything multiplied exponentially.…
Read MoreGoodbye 2020 : With Thanksgiving and Gratitude By Dr. Zenet Maramara
Are you ready to end 2020 with thanksgiving and gratitude? How do we end the year 2020, with thankfulness and gratitude when it is filled with Covid 19 pandemic, chaos, confusion, global lockdown, and a halt on our normal way of life? God’s Sovereignty We are saddened and grieve with those who lost loved ones…
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving to You!
Hear the Voices of Gratitude and Thanksgiving As we gathering in a spirit of thanksgiving, we discover over and over again in God’s Word that he, alone, is worthy of our praise. Our praise, adoration, and thanksgiving brings him delight and increases our intimacy with him. In our praises and adoration, he continues to transform…
Read MoreThe Necessity of Thanks By Rich Haynie
Practice “Thanks” and “Commending” Others There is joy in giving thanks. In this calling of identifying God’s provision of resources for His Kingdom work, we workers accentuate the absolute necessity to “thank” our financial partners/supporters. However, too many of these generous stewards of God’s resources are not thanked even once, much less several times as might…
Read MoreThe Joy of Giving Thanks
It’s a great joy to give and to give thanks! We celebrate this season of giving and giving thanks. As leaders, it is important that we value others and express gratitude, often. Giving thanks is indeed a Biblical principle and current studies show that an attitude of gratitude fuels flourishing cultures. It is good to value…
Read MoreGratitude by Jon Lewis
Do you have an attitude of gratitude? Sometimes it is challenging to find and keep an attitude of gratitude. Right after Christmas, my wife broke her leg in a skiing accident. Thanks to a novice snowboarder who ran into her on our first run down the mountain, my wife found herself with a…
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