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The Grumbler's Guide to Giving Thanks: Reclaiming the Gifts of a Lost Spiritual Discipline is unavailable, but you can change that!

Trade Grumbling for Gratitude—Experience God like Never Before The apostle Paul instructed the Philippians to be anxious in nothing and thankful in everything. And when he said everything—he meant everything. We can all agree that this is easier said than done. Disappointments and discontent may cause you to slip into dissatisfaction, and grumbling becomes a state of mind—gratitude seems...

isn’t an over-the-top optimism. It’s not about wearing a grin 24/7, having the brightest and whitest smile, or being positive Peggy (or Pete). Biblical gratitude is gritty gratitude. It’s honest about brokenness and affirms difficulties and disagreements all around, and yet, it sees reasons to give thanks in all things. It doesn’t sweep the junk of life under the carpet of ignorance, but it does find more reasons to be grateful than to grumble. The church can show how the beauty and joy of gratitude