Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 We should be thankful in every circumstance, even if everything is not pleasant for us at the moment. We create problems for ourselves when we forget our blessings or begin to take them for granted because we have had them for so long.

#2 Thanksgiving is a sign of spiritual maturity. As we grow in our relationship with God through Christ, we realize that the list of things we have to be thankful for is endless. We never pray for people's problems to go away; we pray that they bear whatever they have to endure with good attitudes.

#3 Paul was the apostle of thanksgiving, and he wrote many letters encouraging people to be thankful. He never stopped being thankful for the great grace and mercy that God had shown him on the road to Damascus.

#4 The author of the article about the homeless man who was grateful for his birds wrote, He was asked how he felt about being homeless and he replied, 'I have the air in my lungs and I'm grateful for everything I have been blessed with, but most important, I am grateful for three things: that I'm alive, that I have the ability to love, and that I have my beloved birds.