Part 2

          Why do we so often miss God’s blessings in our lives?  We are not looking for them.
          So how do we recognize God’s blessings in our lives?

To review yesterday’s Victory Call:
1. Be INTENTIONAL
2. CULTIVATE a heart of Thanksgiving
3. LOOK BEYOND the circumstance to the benefit
4. Offer a SACRIFICE OF THANKSGIVING

          Let’s consider 4 more ways to recognize God’s blessings today:

          5.  Keep a GRATITUDE JOURNAL – seek to fill a page every day.  Before putting your head on the pillow each night, think through your day and jot down all the various ways God blessed you today.  Why fill a page every day?  It will force you to really think through your day to compile a full page.  A gratitude journal makes great reading in the middle of the night when sleep escapes you. 

          6. STUDY/MEDITATE on Scriptures about the blessings we have and will have. Ephesians 1 is a great place to start.  Pick a book of the Bible and scour it for every blessing you can find that we have in Christ and record it in your journal.  I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds Psalm 77:12.

          7. Practice, rehearse, remind yourself, REMEMBER the blessings.  We are so forgetful if we do not intentionally remind ourselves of God’s truth.  Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth Proverbs 4:5.

          Over time, as you practice GIVING thanks you will gradually BECOME more THANKFUL.

Blessings,
Diane

Diane Hunt is part of the ministry team at America’s Keswick.  She is a regular writer for Victory Call and one of the authors of Crossing the Jordan Bible Study.  Diane has been married to her husband John over 27 years.  She has 2 adult children and 3 grandchildren and 3 adult step-children with 7 grandchildren making 10 in all.  She delights reading and teaching, but mostly laughing at the funny things her grandchildren say and do.