Episode #95
Thanksgiving Arranges The Atmosphere
Gratitude is everywhere, and yet so little of it lands anywhere. Phil Pringle makes a simple case that changes the whole practice: thankfulness has to be given to someone. To be thankful to nothing is not humility, it is impossibility. And when thanks is directed to God, it becomes the strongest antidote there is to a complaining, critical, sour spirit. Paul writes from prison that we give thanks always for all things, not simply in them, and he means it, because the chains that hold him become the very thing that carries the gospel into Caesar's household. Thanksgiving opens your eyes to the doors God is opening. Complaining opens your eyes only to everything that is wrong. There are three places to aim it. Thank God for your past, and Jesus walks back into your history and heals what you have been carrying. Thank God for your present, for the beautiful and the basic alike, and you live in continual celebration rather than continual grievance. Thank God for your future, specifically, for the things you are still asking Him to do, because vocal faith gives thanks before the answer arrives. Ten lepers are healed and one returns. A nine year old girl lies in a coma, written off by every doctor in the room, and the word of the Lord says she will not die. Thanksgiving arranges the atmosphere around your life. Choose carefully what you fill it with. Find a C3 Church Near You: https://www.c3churchglobal.com If you want to give to help C3 Church Global plant new churches around the world, head to https://www.c3churchglobal.com/giving Follow Me On Social Media: https://www.youtube.com/@Philpringle?sub_confirmation=1 https://instagram.com/philpringle https://www.facebook.com/psphilpringle https://www.tiktok.com/@philpringl https://twitter.com/philpringle Purchase a copy of my books today: https://philpringle.com/store
