Benefits of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day is a vital reminder. Gratitude is an attitude we need always, but it is far too easy to forget. Sincere gratitude to God and to others should be a regular habit. It should be ingrained in our thinking and in our hearts. This only happens if we deliberately set ourselves to it.

How to do it? One great help is to consider the extraordinary example of King David. Facing the heavy duties and pressures of a monarch, often experiencing profound trial, this “man after God’s own heart” continually made time to compose psalms—love songs praising and thanking God. He deliberately set himself to it. And God preserved those efforts for our benefit.

Read more at “The Transformative Benefits of Thanksgiving”