Cultivate a Heart of Gratitude

“rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught,

and overflowing with thankfulness.”

Colossians 1:7

 

 

 

What overflows in your life?

Jesus, in teaching, uses a curious phrase – it says

“…out of the abundance of the heart…”

Our hearts overflow out of an abundance.

An abundance of what?

It could be gratitude or it could be grumbling and complaining.

How do we eliminate – or at least reduce – grumbling and complaining in our lives?

Cultivate a heart of gratitude.

Let your ‘overflow’ bless others and not weary them!

Let you ‘overflow’ be an overflow of gratitude and not grumbling.

Trust me, I know it is much easier to grumble.

That’s part and parcel of the nature of the ‘old man’ or the flesh.

Create a list if you need to and actually write down the blessing you have today.

If you are a grumbler that will be tough but ask the Holy Spirit to open your eyes.

Don’t create a positive/negative list – just list the blessings.

Begin to thank God for those blessings.

As you do, you should begin to see a change in your attitude.

Recognizing the blessings becomes less difficult and grumbling becomes ‘unbecoming’!

Will you do it?

Don’t procrastinate.

Others need to be encouraged and encouragement can’t come from a grumbler!