2013-12-19T06:00:04-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/gratitude/ http://faithgateway.com/thankful-or-self-entitled-raising-kids-who-show-gratitude/ 2013-12-19T06:00:04-05:00 Children adept at offering timely and authentic thanks demonstrate rich character and along the way exude an almost magnetic charm. It is not surprising that people prefer to engage with kids who freely recognize and appreciate efforts made on their behalf, especially when compared with children straitjacketed by self-entitlement. Picture your family: Which description applies […] http://faithgateway.com/being-thankful-for-everything/ 2013-11-28T06:00:06-05:00 In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. — 1 Thessalonians 5:18 A five-year-old girl was asked to say the blessing at Thanksgiving dinner. She began by thanking God for all her friends, naming them one by one. Then she thanked God for Mommy, Daddy, Brother, Sister, Grandma, […] http://faithgateway.com/purpose-thanksgiving/ 2013-11-28T06:00:05-05:00 “For the Christian, every day is Thanksgiving Day.” — Billy Graham Consider the word “Thanksgiving”, and invariably images of family gatherings come to mind. Such gatherings with turkey dinners, pumpkin pies, fall decorations, football, and tryptophan grogginess are all too common in American homes. This may be what Thanksgiving has become but it is not the […] http://faithgateway.com/biblical-model-thanksgiving/ 2013-11-28T06:00:05-05:00 Thanksgiving has been a great holiday for the church to spread the message of Christ. After all, the feast between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans was to give thanks to God for his provisions. The stated purpose of the Thanksgiving holiday was to thank “our beneficial Father.” But has our approach to Thanksgiving been […] http://faithgateway.com/happy-thanksgiving-devotion-thankful-heart/ 2013-11-28T06:00:04-05:00 Throughout the month of November, Devotionals Daily has celebrated Thankful Thursdays meditating on all of God’s abundant blessings in our lives and spending time expressing gratitude to Him. Today’s the perfect day to lift up your thanks to the Lord all day long! Praise Him in song! Praise Him in poetry! Praise Him to your family & friends! Praise Him […] http://faithgateway.com/turkey-is-not-for-thanksgiving/ 2013-11-25T06:00:02-05:00 For some people, there is nothing that strikes fear into the heart faster than the thought of having to cook Thanksgiving dinner for the in-laws! I fear a few things, but cooking is not one of them, so even though we had just moved into our new house, I was eager to impress my relatives […] http://faithgateway.com/teaching-children-gratitude-my-extreme-measures/ 2013-11-19T06:00:05-05:00 Teaching my children to be thankful and have an attitude of gratitude has been one of my greatest challenges as a parent. Like many children in our Western culture, my kids are very privileged and they don’t always appreciate the things that they have, from the food in the fridge to the abundant toys in […] http://faithgateway.com/bible-study-for-thanksgiving/ 2013-10-29T06:00:06-05:00 In our evening devotions with our boys (6 & 4 years old), my wife and I are walking through the Old Testament and have finished up Genesis and moved on to Moses.  As we started, we read this verse in Exodus chapter 1: “Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to […] http://faithgateway.com/attitude-gratitude/ 2013-10-08T08:27:46-05:00 A grateful heart sees each day as a gift. Thankful people focus less on what they lack and more on the privileges they have. I attended a banquet recently in which a wounded soldier was presented with the gift of a free house. He nearly fell over with gratitude. He bounded onto the stage with […] http://faithgateway.com/cultivating-the-value-of-gratitude/ 2013-10-04T14:46:07-05:00 One time we were raising money for a new playground for the kids at our church. You may have seen these colorful wonderlands in parks where you live. They’ve got slides, swings, climbing walls, curved balance beams, and monkey bars. (Not only do my kids love these playlands, but I’ve been known to climb on […]