30 Days of Thanks, Day 15 Change is constant. How do we praise God through change? As we read through day 15 of the 30 days of thanks reading plan on YouVersion.com, we are brought to Psalms 7:17. The reading plan for today asks us to reflect on the idea of change. What strikes me is while change is absolutely inevitable for us in every area of our life, the exception is God. God is unchanging. He is the same yesterday today and forever. Because of our relationship with God, we have something steadfast to hold on to while the rest of the world is changing in chaos around us.…

30 Days of Thanks, Day 14 Enduring thanks. As we read through day 14 of the 30 Days of Thanks reading plan on YouVersion.com, we see the importance of enduring thanks. Read Psalm 118:29. As we are giving thanks to the Lord? God’s love and trust and grace endures forever. As we thank God for all these things, we see the enduring quality that our thanks has, the enduring quality that our thanks reflects. As we think through what we are praising God for, we can realize that praise will last. It will endure. I am so thankful for all that God has done in my life. God has brought…

30 Days of Thanks, Day 13 Generosity results in Thanksgiving. Today we are looking at Day 13 on the 30 Days of thanks reading plan on YouVersion.com and the focus is 2 Corinthians 9:11. When we are generous, that results in thanks. Being generous blesses others. This results in meeting needs and sharing God’s love. When we share God’s love then we end up praising God and others praise God with us. Generosity doesn’t just mean money, but can include expertise, time, and many other things. How are we demonstrating generosity to other that we are around?do other give thanks or praise God because of us?

30 Days of Thanks, Day 12 What does it mean to devote yourself to prayer? As we read day 12 of 30 days of Thanks in the reading plan on YouVersion.com, take a look at Colossions 4:2. When we think about being devoted to something, do we understand the idea of being devoted to prayer? We may think about being devoted to God and that is truly important, but being devoted to prayer is a demonstration of our devotion to God. Prayer is simply communication with God, and so it is a reflection of the strength of our relationship. We cannot be devoted to God without being devoted to prayer.…

30 Days of Thanks, Day 11 Today in the United States, we celebrate Veterans Day. This is a day where we remember all of the individuals who have served our country in the armed forces. Appropriately, this brings us to 1st Corinthians 15:57 as we read day 11 of the 30 days of thanks plan in YouVersion.com. God gives us the victory! We are so thankful for all that our service men and women have done for us over the years and protecting us and our freedoms. Ultimately, no matter where we are, God is the one who provides our victory. Do we remember and celebrate our victories? God is…

30 Days of Thanks, Day 10 We need others. As we continue through day 10 of the 30 days of Thanks reading plan on YouVersion.com we focus on 2 Thessalonians 1:3. As we continue to look through the things that we can be thankful for, do we understand how important the other people are in our life? We need the others in our life and we can be thankful to God for all that they do and provide for us. When we look around us, who are our go-to people? Who are the people that we know that we can count on to be with us? Are those people encouraging…

30 Days of Thanks, Day 9 God’s amazing gift. As we continue reading through the plan 30 days of thanks found on YouVersion.com we see here the focus on Ephesians 2:8. Salvation is God’s amazing gift to us. As we continue to understand more about the precious gift that God has given us, we can’t help but be thankful for all that God has provided. We did not deserve anything and we certainly did not earn it. God gave us his gift of salvation because of who he is, not because of who we are. Have we expressed our overwhelming thanks to God for all that he is provided to…

30 Days of Thanks, Day 8 When we open our mouth, what type of noise comes out? Reading through day 8 of the 30 days of thanks reading plan from YouVersion.com, we see Psalm 95:1. When we open our mouth, what comes out may be songs or shouts, but whatever noise it is should be done to praise God. Our entire being is to demonstrate our love and thankfulness to God. Why do we open our mouths? Today, commit to only opening our mouths to praise God. Let every noise we utter today be a praise to God.

30 Days of Thanks, Day 7 How do we represent ourselves and would we be considered thankful? As we read through day 7 of the 30 days of thanks reading plan on YouVersion.com, we find ourselves in Colossions chapter 3 verse 17. No matter what we do, we should be giving glory and thanks to God. This can be challenging for many of us because we go throughout our day and almost run on auto pilot. We are floating from activity to activity and obligation to obligation without truly thinking about what we’re doing in the moment or figuring out why God has us there in that moment. When was…

30 Days of Thanks, Day 6 Are we expecting God to do good things in our life? As we look today on day 6 of the reading plan 30 days thankful in YouVersion.com, the focus is on Psalm 107:1. What do we expect to receive from God? When we think about all that God and all that God does, do we see him as the source of all that is good in our life? Do we recognize that our attitude of expecting blessing from the Lord impacts our ability to be thankful for what we receive from him? When we understand that God is good and brings situations into our…