Attitude of Gratitude

Here are some tidbits from the study I have been doing on Attitude- specifically complaining and thankfulness. The idea in the first two chapters is to get rid of complaining and replace it with thankfulness. Are you a complainer? I didn't realize how much of a complainer I was until I read this book and started this study and really let it all sink in for a while. I knew my attitude wasn't great, hence getting the study in the first place, but I didn't realize how bad it was. I became much more disgusted with it. Anyway, take from these quotes from the study, "Lord Change my Attitude before it's too Late", what you can as you read and let the Lord speak to you...

"When you have a complaining attitude, the Spirit of God is not in control of your heart and everything that comes out of your mouth is from the human point of view."

"When you give voice to a negative attitude, more often it is to get affirmation, sympathy, or advice to fill your cup. Your complaining is totally self-centered..."

"The root of complaining is unbelief."

"Train yourself to listen for that whine in your voice, to repent immediately, and to turn your grumbles into praise."

"Only when we acknowledge God as the gracious provider of general blessings, like life and breath, food and shelter, do we begin to comprehend our need for God in a personal way and begin to express faith in Him."

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." ~ Melody Beattie

"In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich."

I still have a little ways to go in the thankfulness part of the study but wanted to share some of what i was getting.