2013-02-11T09:59:56-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/thank+you/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/two-words-that-lighten-the-load-6806 2013-02-11T09:59:56-05:00 Rejoicing is really the habit of looking for God at work and acknowledging it when you see it. Thanking God is sort of like putting sweetener in a bitter drink. Negative thoughts are just going to make the drink that much more bitter. A thankful heart, a joyful heart, a heart that believes that God has said, "I know the plans I have for you. They are for good and not for evil; to give you a future and a hope." http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%201:3-4&version=NIV 2009-08-18T16:31:40-05:00 Writing to the church in Philippi, Paul assures them that he daily gives thanks to God for them.