On Wednesday our church gathered on zoom and a lady in our church did a very good Bible study on being thankful.
We all have those days when things, events and circumstances don’t go the way we would like them. Challenges can go on for quite sometime and we can wonder when will it ever get better?
We have two choices when life is getting us down.
We can just concentrate on the negative and grumble away or we can look for something to appreciate and express gratitude for it.
Focusing on the negative just sucks us further down into a dark pit of melancholy or depression.
Finding the positive in our days and lives no matter what is going on pulls us up higher on the hill of positivity which makes our hearts feel happier.
After the Bible study I wrote a prayer about good things God has done for us.
Everything in the prayer is based on what the Bible says about God.
The goodness of God can never be taken from us no matter what is going on in our lives and the world.
Dear Lord
Thankyou for watching over me as I slept and protecting me.
Thankyou for the gift of a new day.
A day to feel your love, comfort and presence.
A day to be led by your Holy spirit.
A day to believe and trust in you.
A day to focus on you and trust you in the storm.
A day to read your word which is the bread of life which makes my spirit stronger.
A day to be your sheep and hear your voice.
A day to he lead by still waters and green pastures.
A day to be restored by you.
A day to enjoy your beautiful creation
A day to be a Fisher of men.
A day to keep running the race keeping my eyes fixed on you.
A day to love you with all my heart soul and mind.
A day to know that you are working all things out for my good.
A day to walk in the fruits of the spirit.
A day to thankyou Jesus for paying the price of my sin on the cross that I may have everlasting life.
Help me to position myself to receive your goodness today expecting in faith that I will receive your promise that surely I will see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living Amen
Have a blessed day everyone