Gratitude: The Game ChangerChikamu

Change Your Life

Every thought, word, and action has culminated in the place where you are currently—is here where you want to be?

If your answer is no, it is time to change your thoughts. Maybe you need course corrections to get where you would like to be--changing your thoughts can also help with this.

If you can change your thoughts, you can change your life!

Your brain believes whatever you tell it, so when you start your day with gratitude, you set yourself up for success because you told your brain to look for more things to be grateful for.

When you end your day with gratitude for all the Lord has done for you, you let your brain know it can rest instead of worrying.

Practicing gratitude isn’t a magic trick that will change your life overnight. But actively looking for the good in your life and thanking our good Father for it no matter what happens is the way to change your trajectory.

Giving thanks for all the beautiful things our Father has done for us is a way to practice gratitude. Meditating on his word, then journaling about all you are grateful for, is how we make gratitude our habit. And habits are how we change things for the better (or worse).

Gratitude is the way through hard times. It makes good times better. It is worship, praise, and thanks--things the Bible tells us to do.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever. (Psalm 136:1)

But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:57)

Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name. (1 Chronicles 29:13)

I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. (Psalms 69:30)

Gratitude really is the game changer.

Action: Try to start or end your day with a gratitude list. Write it down and keep it with you so you can use it as encouragement when you encounter obstacles or are in a hard place. Then do it again the next day!

Prayer: Father, you are worthy of all my praise just because you are who you say you are. You are the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the Word made Flesh. You deserve all of my hallelujahs, from glory to glory. Thank you for all you have blessed me with in this life. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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