2. Being thankful…
…honors God who is the giver of all good things.
…helps us cope better with bad days.
…opens the door to greater levels of happiness.
…make us more pleasant to be around.

3. I will always remind you of these things , even though you know them….
2 Peter 1:12

4. God wants us to be thankful but life gets in the way so
we need to intentionally fix our eyes on Jesus.

5. God wants us to be thankful
but
life gets in the way so
we need to intentionally fix our eyes on Jesus.
Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, overflowing with gratitude.
Colossians 2:6-7

6. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping (fixing) our eyes on Jesus.
Hebrews 12:1

7. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping (fixing) our eyes on Jesus.
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore we do no give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day. For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18

8. God wants us to be thankful but life gets in the way so we need to intentionally fix our eyes on Jesus.
Don’t just be thankful for “things.” Be thankful for people (and tell them!).

9. Don’t just be thankful for “things
Don’t just be thankful for “things.” Be thankful for people (and tell them!).
I am pleased to have Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus present…. For they have refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore recognize such people.
1 Corinthians 16:17-18
I thank my God every time I remember you.
Philippians 1:3

10. God wants us to be thankful but life gets in the way so we need to intentionally fix our eyes on Jesus.
Don’t just be thankful for “things.” Be thankful for people – and tell them!
Takeaways
What is one thing that you have been fixing your eyes on (besides Jesus)?
Who is one person you can thank?