What are habits of thankfulness? Is it possible to be disciplined each day with a grateful perspective? The everyday battle to be grateful is in my mind. The more I consume divisive news and ponder which side I’m on, I get angry and disappointed. The more I dwell on God’s kingdom in the here and now moments of my life, I am more joyful. ‘May Your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.’ ‘May Your kingdom come into my life be as it is in heaven.’ I’m re-learning to look for how He is present in my life, leading me into right thinking and living.
“O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, so that I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, ‘Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.’ Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long.” - A.W. Tozer
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