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VERSE: 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18; 16 REJOICE ALWAYS, 17 PRAY CONTINUALLY, 18 GIVE THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES; FOR THIS IS GOD'S WILL FOR YOU IN CHRIST JESUS. (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)

PRAYER/DESCRIPTION: I BELIEVE GRATEFUL & GRATITUDE GO HAND IN HAND! I STARTED A GRATITUDE LIST EARLIER THIS YEAR. EVERYDAY, I WRITE TO GOD WHAT I AM GRATEFUL FOR!  I KNOW THAT, THIS IS WHERE MY CONTINUOUS REJOICING COMES IN, WITHIN EVERY AREA AND ARENA OF MY LIFE AND LIVING!

PRAYING CONTINUALLY, IN A HEART OF GRATITUDE & GRATEFULNESS, GOES BEYOND MY CHANGING EMOTIONS OF THE DAY! I AM TO CONTINUALLY GIVE THANKS TO GOD, IN HIS SON JESUS CHRIST, THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT! BECAUSE IT IS THE WILL OF GOD FOR ME! AND WHEN YOU LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, MIND, AND SOUL, YOU DO NOT MIND BEING GRATEFUL OR SHOWING GRATITUDE! IT BECOMES A WAY OF LIFE!

I BELIEVE THAT IS WHY GOD SAID,"IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES!" NOT ONLY FOR THE GOOD, FOR THE BAD, AND THE UGLY CIRCUMSTANCES OF EVERY AREA, AND ARENA OF YOUR LIFE AND LIVING! YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE; WHEN YOUR CAR BREAKS DOWN AND YOU HAVE LITTLE OR NO MONEY TO GET IT FIXED; WHEN YOU ARE AT CROSSROADS IN YOUR LIFE, OF WHAT WAY GOD IS LEADING YOU TO GO, YET YOU WANT TO WALK IN YOUR OWN WAY, OR YOU ARE JUST CONFUSE ABOUT WHICH WAY TO GO; WHEN A LOVE ONE DIES, AND YOU ARE DISPLACED FOR A SEASON IN LIFE; WHEN YOUR EMOTIONS AND THOUGHTS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE! WHEN YOU ARE TIRED OF THE PEOPLE AROUND; BEING OVERWHELMED; BEING UNDER-APPRECIATED. I CAN GO ON AND ON.....

THIS IS WHY GRATEFUL & GRATITUDE IS ABOUT THE HEART TURNING AND CENTERING YOUR FOCUS BACK TO JESUS CHRIST CONTINUALLY, THROUGHOUT THE DAY! HOW DO I/WE CONSISTENTLY DO THAT. THE WORD! THE WORD OF GOD IS ALWAYS OUR CENTER POINT OF FOCUS! IT IS WHERE WE COMMUNICATE, LEARN, TRANSFORM, OUR ENTIRE LIVES, IN EVERY AREA AND ARENA IN BEING GRATEFUL AND HAVING GRATITUDE!

SONG THANK YOU LORD FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR ME!