Keith Craft: It is the will of God for you to be grateful because it is the heart of God…
It is the will of God for you to be grateful because it is the heart of God that you be JOY-FULL. Joy is the fruit of gratitude. Without the seed of gratitude, there is no fruit of Joy.
- Source
- From the message series Into Me See
The thought behind the quote
Joy is the fruit of gratitude. Without the seed of gratitude, there can be no fruit of joy.
Gratitude aligns your heart with God's will, and joy naturally flows from this alignment. God has always desired that His children live in abundance, and true abundance starts in the heart—with the knowledge that God wants to do more than we can ask, think or imagine (Ephesians 3:20). Gratitude unlocks the door to this kind of joy because it shifts our focus from what we lack to the blessings we already have.
The message version of this verse tells us that there’s a password to get into God’s presence: “Thank you!” If you want more of God in your life, find more things to say thank you for!
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