How To Develop Gratitude
11-19-06
Luke 17:11-19

Thanksgiving is the act of expressing specific gratitude to God.
But the sad truth is that most of us aren’t grateful people.
Despite all the blessings God has bestowed upon us, we remain anything but thankful.

Psalm 103:2
Now why do you think that is? Why are we so inclined to forget God?

I. REASONS FOR OUR UNGRATEFULNESS
A. We are so ungrateful because of ______________.
1 Timothy 6:17-19

B. Another reason perhaps we are ungrateful people is _____________.
Psalm 10:4

C. Another reason we are so ungrateful is the ______________ we choose to surround ourselves with.
1 Corinthians 15:33

D. We are sometimes ungrateful because of _____________________.

II. HOW DO WE DEVELOP A SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE/THANKSGIVING?

A. One thing I think we can do to develop a spirit of thanksgiving is to remember how much ______________________ pleases God.

Gratitude makes God happy
Psalm 92:1; Colossians 2:6-7; Col. 4:2; Philippians 4:6

Ps. 92:2-6; 2 Chron. 5:13-14

B. In order to develop a spirit of thanksgiving in our lives we need to avoid ___________________ at all costs.
Numbers 11:1

C. To develop a spirit of thanksgiving in our lives is make a _________ ____________ to be thankful.

D. To produce a spirit of thanksgiving is to develop __________ _________ of giving thanks.

Application:
1. Make a list of things that the Lord has done for you.
2. Make a list of the things you have (and or have) done for the Lord.
Who is making out better?