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🪻Developing a lifestyle of gratitude that doesn’t depend on circumstances.

📖Scripture

1 Thessalonians 5:18

“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

✨Devotional Thought

Gratitude is more than a reaction to good things—it is a decision to see God’s hand in all things. When Paul urged the Thessalonians to “give thanks in all circumstances,” he wasn’t saying every situation is good, but that God is still good in every situation. Gratitude in hard seasons is not denial of pain, but a declaration of faith. It trains our hearts to rest in God’s sovereignty, to see lessons in loss, and to trust that joy comes in the morning. Gratitude becomes a spiritual discipline when we practice it daily—through prayers of thanks, journaling God’s faithfulness, or simply pausing to acknowledge His presence.

✍🏽Challenge

Write down one blessing each day that came out of a trial or struggle in your life. At the end of the week, reflect on how God was faithful through it.

🙏🏽Prayer

Father, teach me to be grateful in every season. Help me to see Your hand at work when life is easy and when it is hard. May my gratitude not be tied to my circumstances, but rooted in the unchanging truth that You are good. Train my heart to give thanks always, so I may walk in joy, peace, and contentment. In Jesus’ name, Amen. 💜