Health Self-Image

A healthy self-image is seeing yourself as God sees you - no more and no less. ~ Josh McDowell


For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. ~ Romans 12:3 (NIV)

Need...

Manifestations will never satisfy. God gave manna in order to show them their need for something more; His Presence. ~ John Bevere

A Gift from HIM

Each day is a gift from God. What you do with it is your gift to Him.

~ T.D. Jakes

Prayerful for Everything

Careful for nothing, prayerful for everything, thankful for anything.

~ Dwight L. Moody

Gratitude...

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

~ Melody Beattie

Unrealized Blessings

Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now. ~ A.W. Tozer

Perpetual Thanksgiving...

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. 

~ Henry David Thoreau

Thanksgiving Day...

Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude. ~ E.P. Powell

Real Charity

Real charity doesn’t care if it’s tax deductible or not. ~Unknown

Our Blessings...

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. ~ W.T. Purkiser

What Are You Thankful For...

As Thanksgiving is just around the corner begin now to think about what you are thankful for...

Take five minutes and say a prayer of thanksgiving. What are five things you are thankful for today?

Give Thanks

‎When a Christian finds himself in a difficult situation, he should immediately give thanks to the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, by the power of the Spirit, to keep his heart from complaining and fretting. The devil moves in when a Christian starts to complain, but thanksgiving in the Spirit defeats the devil and glorifies the Lord. 

~ Warren Wiersbe

Biblical Thanksgiving...

Biblical thanksgiving does not focus on our circumstances, but on the character of God. Circumstances change; God does not. 

~ Michael Youssef

Pride Slays Thanksgiving

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Thanksgiving

So while it's true that Thanksgiving only comes but once a year, we should actually celebrate thanks each and every day. It's just a matter of learning to live with a spirit of gratitude. ~ Unknown

His Peace...

If our minds are stayed upon God, His peace will rule the affairs entertained by our minds. If, on the other hand, we allow our minds to dwell on the cares of this world, God's peace will be far from our thoughts. ~ Woodroll Kroll

More Praise...

We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.  ~ Harry Ironside

Giving Thanks...

Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather “giving of thanks” (Eph. 5:4). Religion is the source of joy and gladness, but its joy is expressed in a religious way, in thanksgiving and praise. ~ Charles Hodge

Thanksgiving in Prayer

The measure of our spirituality is the amount of praise and of thanksgiving in our prayer. ~ David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Always Be Thankful...

We can always find something to be thankful for, no matter what may be the burden of our wants, or the special subject of our petitions. ~ Albert Barnes 

Heart of Gratitude

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow. ~ Edward Sandford Martin

Thankful...

We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning. 

~ Albert Barnes

Thankfulness...

Thankfulness is not something God gives us. It is not a spiritual gift and it is not a spiritual fruit. We can receive God's peace, joy and love, but thankfulness is something that we give to God and to others. It is a choice that we make. Let us thank Him today with songs of celebration, hearts of strong devotion and acts of admiration. ~ Roy Lessin

Thanksgiving...

When a Christian finds himself in a difficult situation, he should immediately give thanks to the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, by the power of the Spirit, to keep his heart from complaining and fretting. The devil moves in when a Christian starts to complain, but thanksgiving in the Spirit defeats the devil and glorifies the Lord. ~ Warren Wiersbe

Pray...

Thanksgiving is inseparable from true prayer; it is almost essentially connected with it. One who always prays is ever giving praise, whether in ease or pain, both for prosperity and for the greatest adversity. He blesses God for all things, looks on them as coming from Him, and receives them for His sake- not choosing nor refusing, liking or disliking,anything, but only as it is agreeable or disagreeable to His perfect will.” ~ John Wesley, How To Pray: The Best of John Wesley on Prayer

Gratitude...

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. ~ Melody Beattie

Thanksgiving...

Unto no duty are we more dull and untoward, than to the praise of God, and thanksgiving unto him; neither is there any duty whereunto there is more need that we should be stirred up. ~ David Dickson 

Gratitude...

Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic.’ This is a most searching and true diagnosis. Gratitude can be a vaccine that can prevent the invasion of a disgruntled attitude. As antitoxins prevent the disastrous effects of certain poisons and diseases, thanksgiving destroys the poison of fault-finding and grumbling. When trouble has smitten us, a spirit of thanksgiving is a soothing antiseptic. ~ John Henry Jowett

Thanksgiving Opens Doors

How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a child's personality. A child is resentful, negative, or thankful. Thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people. 

~ Sir John Templeton

Gratitude

Gratitude makes everyday sacred. Expressing our gratitude is a gift to the giver. Gratitude for small things makes every day a gift. 
~ Sue Bender