1. 3 STATEMENTS THAT WILL HELP YOU CHOOSE GRATITUDE
1.1. I’LL TURN EVERY BLESSING I HAVE INTO PRAISE
1.1.1. Every blessing I don’t turn to back to praise turns to pride!
1.1.2. Psalm 63:4 4 I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer.
1.1.3. Only thing that changed
1.1.3.1. my perspective!
1.1.4. Pretend you lost what you have and get it back
1.1.4.1. House
1.1.4.2. Friends
1.1.4.3. Car
1.1.4.4. Job
1.1.5. Psalm 103:2 2 Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. 3 He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. 4 He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. 5 He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!
1.1.5.1. I KNOW EVERY GOOD THING I HAVE COMES FROMGOD
1.1.5.2. I WILL NOT LET WHAT I WANT ROB ME OF WHAT IHAVE
1.1.5.3. I’LL TURN EVERY BLESSING I HAVE INTO PRAISE
1.2. I WILL NOT LET WHAT I WA N T ROB ME OF WHAT IHAVE
1.2.1. Ecclesiastes 6:9 9 Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
1.2.2. Gratitude turns what we haveinto enough.
1.2.2.1. Not happy people who are grateful
1.2.2.2. Grateful people who are happy
1.2.3. 3 meals a day
1.2.3.1. Bed, Clothes wear
1.2.3.2. Car to drive or bus ride
1.2.3.3. Job—minimum wage 3x
1.2.3.4. Upgrade things
1.2.3.4.1. Health
1.2.3.4.2. Friends
1.2.3.4.3. Worship freely
1.2.4. Developing nation
1.2.4.1. Have something I don’t have
1.2.4.2. X is enough!
1.2.4.3. Phil 4:11 Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have.
1.2.4.4. Phil 4:12 12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little.
1.2.4.5. Phil 4:13 13 For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.
1.3. I KNOW EVERY GOOD THING I HAVE COMES FROMGOD
1.3.1. James 1:17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.
1.3.2. Anything good we have comes from God!
1.3.3. God is a giver of good things!
1.3.3.1. God is completely good
1.3.3.2. God is constantly good
1.3.3.3. God is unchangeably good
1.3.3.4. God will never not be good
1.3.3.5. God could never be less than good
1.3.3.6. Everything our God does is good
2. Sound negative
2.1. Tired of negativity
2.2. Complaining almost become art form
2.3. Complain weather
2.3.1. Too hot
2.3.2. Too Cold
2.3.3. Dry
2.3.4. Rainy
2.4. Restaurant
2.4.1. Serve food
2.4.2. Wait on you
2.4.3. Clean dishes
2.4.4. Wanted different
2.5. Drive car house
2.5.1. Push button
2.5.1.1. Garage opens
2.5.1.2. Car gets bad gas mileage
2.5.2. Climate controlled kitchen
2.5.2.1. Nothing to eat
2.5.3. TV
2.5.3.1. Nothing good to watch
2.5.4. Closet
2.5.4.1. touch everything,
2.5.4.2. Nothing to wear.
2.6. By nature
2.6.1. I’m not grateful
2.6.1.1. Want more
2.6.1.2. Want better
2.6.1.3. Want it now
2.6.2. Obsessed with developing a heart of gratitude
2.6.3. I’m going to choose gratitude
2.6.3.1. Tragedy is most won’t