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The first step in becoming a faithful person is to want to be one

Becoming a consistently faithful person, across every aspect of your life, is a major project. It will take a long time for your character to develop. However, it has to begin somewhere and the best place to begin is by wanting it. You need to set …

The meaning and importance of faithfulness

Many a man proclaims his own loyalty;but a faithful man who can find? Proverbs 20:6 (RSV) I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me;he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me …

Develop the habit of reminding yourself about the ways that God has helped or rescued you in the past

Most of us tend to make the mistake of being overly fixated upon our current difficulties, whatever they happen to be, and forgetting the many times that God has helped us or rescued us in the past. For that reason, God regularly urged the Jewish …

Make a decision always to rejoice and give thanks, regardless of your circumstances

Make a decision that no matter what your circumstances may be, you will give thanks to the LORD anyway. Do it every day, indeed several times every day. Train yourself to give thanks. Set out to make it your habit. The more often you do …

Thankfulness is primarily a decision, not a feeling

We often make the mistake of waiting until we feel like giving thanks before we do so. However, it doesn’t work that way. Thanks are due to God whether we feel like it or not. We are to express our thanks as a decision of our …

Thankfulness and praise enable us to become closer to God and to gain access to Him

See how the Psalmist expresses this thought in this well-known verse: 4Enter His gates with thanksgivingAnd His courts with praise.Give thanks to Him, bless His name. Psalm 100:4 (NASB) The above verse contains an important clue as to how to get into God’s presence. The …

Thankfulness needs to be expressed out loud, not just in thought

You might convince yourself that you are a thankful person deep down, and that you feel thankful even if you don’t express it. But that won’t do. What really counts is what you say, not what you think, or believe you think. The way God has …

Thankfulness opens our eyes to see the world more accurately and in proper perspective

God tells us repeatedly to be thankful. When we are it has the effect of opening our own eyes. It enables us to see the world more realistically. It puts our circumstances into perspective and corrects the way we see God and the people around …

God is never to blame for anything and He is never unjust. Therefore, whatever happens, you can never validly complain about Him

When we complain and grumble we can get to the point where we are actually blaming or accusing God for things. We might not say it out loud, but that could be what we are really thinking. Whenever we do that we are deluded. God …

Complaining indicates that your sinful flesh nature is alive and well and has not been crucified.

When niggling little problems get under our skin and cause us to complain, they demonstrate that our sinful flesh nature hasn’t been properly crucified yet. That’s not a good sign. But there is at least this one advantage in being exposed to aggravating little problems. …