THE UNNATURAL ART OF GRATITUDE

THANKSGIVING 2025

Colossians 2:6–7 ESV

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

I. GRATITUDE AS A WAY OF SEEING (THE THEOLOGY OF THANKSGIVING)

James 1:17 ESV

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

II. GRATITUDE AS A WAY OF SPEAKING (THE LANGUAGE OF THANKSGIVING)

Philippians 4:6 ESV

In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Psalm 100:4 ESV

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!

III. GRATITUDE AS A WAY OF LIVING (THE LIFESTYLE OF THANKSGIVING)

Habakkuk 3:17–18 ESV

Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

IV. THE ONE WHO MAKES GRATITUDE POSSIBLE

Matthew 26:27 ESV

And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you,