Developing an Attitude of Gratitude

What is the first of the ten commandments, or the decalogue? I know, we’re not there yet in Exodus, but we’re on a hiatus from Exodus for thanksgiving and Advent. So, what is the first of the ten commandments? You shall have no other God’s before me. The Israelites had just come from 430 years of experience of bondage under the plethora of gods of the Egyptians, and God commanded them not to go back to those god’s, the god’s of the nations of the promised land, or any other-ever. When we don’t practice thanksgiving, we become idolaters

Reasons for Thanksgiving

a)Give Thanks for Answered Prayer

Ps. 118:19–21; 2 Cor. 1:10–11

b)Give Thanks for Appointment to Christian Service

1 Tim. 1:12

c)Give Thanks for Christian Concern for Others

2 Cor. 8:16–17

d)Give Thanks for Christian Giving

2 Cor. 9:11

e)Give Thanks for Civil Authorities

1 Tim. 2:1–2

f)Give Thanks for Converts

Rom. 6:17–18; 2 Cor. 4:15; 1 Thess. 2:13; 1 Thess. 3:8–9

g)Give Thanks for Everything

Eph. 5:20

h)Give Thanks for Faith and Love

Rom. 1:8; Col. 1:3–6; 2 Thess. 1:3

i)Give Thanks for Food

John 6:11; Acts 27:35; Rom. 14:6–7; 1 Cor. 10:30–31; 1 Tim. 4:3–4

j)Give Thanks for the Goodness of God

Ps. 106:1; Ps. 107:1; Ps. 118:1; Ps. 118:29

k)Give Thanks for Grace in Christ

1 Cor. 1:4; 2 Cor. 8:9; 2 Cor. 9:13–15

l)Give Thanks for the Inheritance

of God’s Kingdom

Col. 1:10–14; Heb. 12:28

m)Give Thanks for the Lord’s Supper

1 Cor. 10:16

n)Give Thanks for Partnership in the Gospel

Phil. 1:3–5

o)Give Thanks for the Power and Reign of God

Rev. 11:17

p)Give Thanks for the Presence of God

Ps. 75:1

q)Give Thanks for the Reception of God’s Word by Others

1 Thess. 2:13

r)Give Thanks for Rescue from Sin

Rom. 7:21–25

s)Give Thanks for the Righteousness of God

Ps. 7:17

t)Give Thanks for the Triumph of the Gospel

2 Cor. 2:14

u)Give Thanks for Victory over Sin and Death

1 Cor. 15:54–57

v)Give Thanks for Wisdom and Power

Dan. 2:23

w)Give Thanks for the Word of God

Ps. 119:62

x)Give Thanks for the Works of God

Ps. 107:8–9; Ps. 136:1–26; Isa. 12:4–6

~Topical Analysis of the Bible

How are you doing living with an attitude of gratitude?