“Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name.” - Psalm 100:4Gratitude was never meant to live quietly inside the heart. In Scripture, thanksgiving is always movement. Always expression. Always response. Psalm 100 paints a picture of people entering God’s presence, not with crossed arms or silent appreciation, but with thanksgiving and praise...  Read More

“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.” - Psalm 136:1Every one of us wakes up each morning with a gravitational pull inside our hearts. And it usually isn’t toward gratitude. It’s toward ourselves. Scripture reveals something striking: a thankless heart is not a personality trait—it’s a spiritual condition. In Romans 1, when Paul described the unraveling of a society f...  Read More

“Then they tell what God has done; they understand his deeds.” Psalm 64:9 Gratitude in hard places always leads somewhere. It doesn’t just change how you feel — it changes what others see. Your gratitude becomes a testimony.In your sermon, you said that gratitude isn't something that hides in private but something that “becomes visible in the fire.” That is the power of a grateful life. Anyone can...  Read More

“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.”Psalm 27:13Gratitude in hard places isn’t passive — it’s a fight. A stubborn, resilient, teeth-gritted kind of faith that refuses to let go of the goodness of God even when life gives you every reason to. In your sermon, you said that real gratitude “clings to truth even when emotions try to rewrite the sto...  Read More

“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.”Psalm 23:4Gratitude gets tested not when life is bright, but when life goes dim. It’s easy to thank God when the path is clear, when prayers are answered quickly, when circumstances fall into place. But what about the seasons where God feels quiet, where the outcome is uncertain, where you can’t see more than...  Read More

“This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.” Lamentations 3:21–22Jeremiah wrote Lamentations while standing in the ruins of his city. The landscape around him was devastation — homes destroyed, families scattered, the future uncertain. Yet right in the middle of his grief, he makes a deliberate turn: “This I...  Read More