Teaching ourselves and our children gratitude is a important trait to encourage in our lives and home!
The Bible is filled with verses about gratitude, but maybe non more pronounced than the Psalms of Gratitude. The Psalms are filled with outcries of distress, but also cries of thanksgiving and gratitude to a God that hears.
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Let’s brush up on our gratitude skills! What does the Bible say about gratitude? When we receive blessings, it should be a natural overflow of our hearts to show thankfulness to the one that granted the blessing. 6 days ago as I write this, I welcomed our third son into the world. There was lots …
We all have good days and bad days. Seems like a complete cliche’ to say, but it’s nonetheless true. Some days it is easy to feel grateful to God and other days it seems impossible. This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 ESV What does …
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Not too long ago my toddler learned to say sorry and please. He is a repeating robot as he utilizes his newly acquired manners. Yet the phrase ‘thank you’ has been just as prevalent of teaching as the other two phrases, and yet he has resisted putting those words into practice. How do we find ways to practice gratitude in our homes that teach kids gratitude? How do we instruct our children not just to say grateful things, but to practice family gratitude daily in their hearts?
Giving thanks to God seems like an easy enough task. So why is it so hard to remember gratitude and thanksgiving in the small things of life? Our hearts tend to spill over with ungratefulness more often than spilling over with gratitude. Yet our creator wants our grateful hearts and we should be offering them in surrender.
Take teaching gratitude to the next level this Thanksgiving and teach children about Thankfulness. Includes FREE Printable for kids on gratitude.