HOW TO DEVELOP THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE
by Rick White
Scripture: I THESSALONIANS 5:18, LUKE 17:11-19, PHILIPPIANS 4:5
How to Develop the Attitude of Gratitude
A Thanksgiving Message
Rick White
Philippians 4:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; Luke 17:11-19
11/20/98
Message Truth: Gratitude is not an option, it's an obligation. We are commanded in scripture to be thankful people.
Introduction:
1. Eternal Optimist Or Doom and Gloom Pessimist
A family had twin boys whose only resemblance to each other was their looks. If one felt it was too hot, the other thought it was too cold. If one said the TV was too loud, the other claimed the volume needed to be turned up. Opposite in every way, one was an eternal optimist, the other a doom and gloom pessimist.
Just to see what would happen, on the twins' birthday their father loaded the pessimist's room with every imaginable toy and game. The optimist's room he loaded with horse manure. That night the father passed by the pessimist's room and found him sitting amid his new gifts crying bitterly. "Why are you crying?" the father asked.
"Because my friends will be jealous, I'll have to read the all these instructions before I can do anything with this stuff, I'll constantly need batteries, and my toys will eventually get broken." answered the pessimist twin.
Passing the optimist twin's room, the father found him dancing for joy in the pile of manure. "What are you so happy about?" he asked. To which his optimist twin replied, "There's got to be a pony in here somewhere!"
2. This little story illustrates this truth: We are either the master or the victims of our attitudes. It is a matter of personal choice. Who we are today is the result of choices made yesterday. Tomorrow we will become what we choose today. To change means to choose to change.
3. In the Canadian northlands there are just two seasons: winter and July. When the back roads begin to thaw, they become muddy. Vehicles going into the backwoods country leave deep ruts that become frozen when cold weather returns. For those entering this primitive area during th ...
A Thanksgiving Message
Rick White
Philippians 4:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; Luke 17:11-19
11/20/98
Message Truth: Gratitude is not an option, it's an obligation. We are commanded in scripture to be thankful people.
Introduction:
1. Eternal Optimist Or Doom and Gloom Pessimist
A family had twin boys whose only resemblance to each other was their looks. If one felt it was too hot, the other thought it was too cold. If one said the TV was too loud, the other claimed the volume needed to be turned up. Opposite in every way, one was an eternal optimist, the other a doom and gloom pessimist.
Just to see what would happen, on the twins' birthday their father loaded the pessimist's room with every imaginable toy and game. The optimist's room he loaded with horse manure. That night the father passed by the pessimist's room and found him sitting amid his new gifts crying bitterly. "Why are you crying?" the father asked.
"Because my friends will be jealous, I'll have to read the all these instructions before I can do anything with this stuff, I'll constantly need batteries, and my toys will eventually get broken." answered the pessimist twin.
Passing the optimist twin's room, the father found him dancing for joy in the pile of manure. "What are you so happy about?" he asked. To which his optimist twin replied, "There's got to be a pony in here somewhere!"
2. This little story illustrates this truth: We are either the master or the victims of our attitudes. It is a matter of personal choice. Who we are today is the result of choices made yesterday. Tomorrow we will become what we choose today. To change means to choose to change.
3. In the Canadian northlands there are just two seasons: winter and July. When the back roads begin to thaw, they become muddy. Vehicles going into the backwoods country leave deep ruts that become frozen when cold weather returns. For those entering this primitive area during th ...
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