Be An Example Of Thanksgiving

When we stop to think about what God has done in our lives we have to give thanks. But remember thanks is not a momentary thing. We should live in a continual place of thanksgiving. All that you are and all that you will ever be is because of who God is and what Christ did. God is love and out of that love comes His grace and mercy. Out of that love came the ultimate sacrifice, The sacrifice of life so that you could have life.

We too must learn what love is. What sacrifice really means. The whole point of sacrifice is in order to receive a reciprocal result. Christ layed down His life for us, so that we would lay down our lives to be used by God. That is a good principal to have in our homes. One that says I won't ever ask you to do something that I am not willing to do. Whatever I ask you to sacrifice I too am willing to give up. Our lives should never be based on a do as I say principal. It should always be based on example..."do as I do".

In following the same approach, we also need to understand that it is so much easier to learn by example. So as we give thanks, those in our circle of influence learn to give thanks.