In my blog this week, I will be talking about the sermon “A Day In The Life Of Praise.” This sermon is from the series 52 Days of Thanks and Praise. In this series, we learned how to have an attitude of gratefulness.
Pastor Steven opened up this sermon with the verses Isaiah 52:1-2. We need to have a habit of gratitude to produce an attitude of gratitude. If you are waiting for the attitude it may not come. By putting the correct habits in place, it produces the attitude you need, you can tell gratitude to come. Every person has control over their level of gratitude in their life. We need to live it one moment at a time.
Pastor Steven gave three words to help our gratitude. The first one was Alertness. In Isaiah 52:1-2 Jesus is warning Zion to wake up. We need to wake up to God. God gives us a call to action. You are not able to see God in your life if you are not alert to the way that God is working. Be alert to the blessings of God, by increasing the sensitivity of your spirit. In Mark 4:38-39, the disciples told Jesus to wake up and stop the storm and then Jesus was telling them to wake up to Him. We normally alert God to our problems too much. Meanwhile, we miss Him. God is in the midst of your problems. You can miss God in the present.
The second word was Attire. We need to have the right attire for our attitudes. A real friend tells you the truth in love. We should wear a different attitude. Don’t wear a judgmental attitude. You must tell your voice what to say and your mind what to think. Jesus did not die for us to wear a hand me down attitude.
The third word that Pastor Steven gave to us was, Access. God gives us the opportunity to control what we let in. Don’t let in negative thoughts or a negative attitude. By not letting in negative attitudes or thoughts, you can make more room for an attitude of gratitude.
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