Grateful - Liferoads Church https://liferoads.org Helping people become Fully Alive in Christ Wed, 21 Nov 2018 03:29:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://liferoads.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-cross-100x100.jpg Grateful - Liferoads Church https://liferoads.org 32 32 The Art and Science of Gratitude – Pt. 1 https://liferoads.org/sermons/the-art-and-science-of-gratitude-pt-1/ Mon, 19 Nov 2018 03:18:20 +0000 http://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=2892 Humans tend to notice the bad over the good. We tend to focus on the negative far more than the positive. We have all experience one negative word drowning out many positive words. Why is that? And how can we change our hearts so the negative doesn't outweigh the positive as much?

The post The Art and Science of Gratitude – Pt. 1 first appeared on Liferoads Church.

]]> Luke 17:11-18

James 1:17

  1. God’s people should be the most grateful people.
  2. Gratitude is powerful, but it is not automatic. (It requires expression)
  3. Practice gratitude as a spiritual discipline.

Get in the habit of focusing on the things that go right! Try following these two suggestions:

  • Take two minutes every day to think of 3 things that you are thankful for and why you are thankful for them. Thank God for those things.
  • Take two minutes every day to write a brief message (email, text, facebook message, etc) to someone thanking them for something. Make it specific.

The post The Art and Science of Gratitude – Pt. 1 first appeared on Liferoads Church.

]]>