1. Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. (Colossians 4:2)
2. Watchful prayer with thanksgiving enables you to effectively journey through life.
3. Prayer unites our inadequacy with God’s all sufficiency.
4. Prayer is a demonstration of our dependence upon God.
5. Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. (Matthew 26:41)
6. John C. Maxwell teaches us that God chooses what we go through; we choose how we go through it.
7. Contentment is not getting what you want, but it’s wanting what you’ve got.
8. It’s not always the event that causes us dismay, but our evaluation of the event.
9. Every day think about three things you’re thankful for – a gratitude journal will build your gratitude muscle.
10. Gratitude that is not expressed is the same as ingratitude.

Associate Pastor – Discipleship.  The Church at LifePark

Professor of Discipleship, Columbia International University

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