My small group just finished an amazing book called "Choosing Gratitude" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. At the end of the book, there is a 30 day devotional. I tend to do my own thing for quiet times, but I hope to incorporate this devotional into those times for awhile! I am only on day 2, but had to share some of the verses:
Colossians 1:11b-14 ...joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 1:22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation (!!!!!)
Colossians 2:13-15 When you were dead in your sins and the uncircumscision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with it's regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
Wow, we have so much to be thankful for! And that's only a few verses...not the mention all our daily blessings as well as the rich blessings filling the rest of scripture!! What an awesome and loving God we serve!!
What other blessings and promises can you find in the scriptures? This is a huge question, but well worth the research, When we truly recognize how blessed we are and how many promises God has made to His children (that He always keeps), how can we continue to complain?? Although I have a very far way to go, God has been working on developing a more thankful heart in me. And I pretty darn thankful for that. ;)
