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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...

and then expressing gratitude to God for them. As we consider what He’s done or who He is, we find joy in Him. In this opening chapter, I want to summarize these four features or steps of biblical thanksgiving. They will become the major focus of chapters 4 to 7. 1. Thankful 2. Thankful to God 3. Thankfulness to God expressed 4. Thankfulness to God leading to joy in God I’m not suggesting you mechanically move from “step 1” to “step 2.” They all go together. Over time, they’ll happen at once more