Always Thankful
Goals for this Week’s Study:
- Review Sunday Morning’s Message.
- Help group members to live their life with an Attitude of Gratitude!
Getting Started:
Open your group with prayer.
SHARE: What are 3 things you are grateful for? [allow some time for each group member to share. This will be more difficult for some than others, but give them time to share]
Scripture:
1 Thessalonians 5:18
18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
Study Questions:
1. What keeps us from “being thankful in all circumstances?”
Pastor Daniel gave us several reasons that we can continue to be thankful in all circumstances:
- God’s always in control.
- He can turn evil into good.
- He can fix our mistakes.
- One day I’m going to Heaven!
- I can NEVER lose my salvation!
- He will NEVER stop loving me!
2. What is the difference between thanking God IN all circumstances and FOR all circumstances?
3. How can being thankful build your faith? [Causes you to look at the positive, makes you rely on what God can do instead of what’s happening around you, etc.]
4. How would showing appreciation to those around you every single day affect your attitude, mindset, and/or overall outlook on life?
5. Has anyone started applying this already? SHARE.
Final Thoughts:
- Appreciation means to raise the value of something. Everyone NEEDS this!
- Whatever you need in life, begin to give it away!
- What’s in this for me? Being thankful:
- Keeps me in God’s Will.
- Makes me BETTER and not bitter.
- Shuts out the devil.
- Sets the stage for the impossible to happen in your life!
CHALLENGE: Gratitude Journal – Every day for the next week, begin the day by writing down 3 things you are thankful for!
PRAY over your group!