Daily Hope Devotionals - Gratitude

It’s been said that the attitude you have for the day is set in the first eight minutes of your day. Do you want to grumble, gripe, and grunt your way through the day, or … Continue reading Start Your Day with Gratitude

Every farmer knows that what you sow in one season, you will reap in another season. You plant in the spring, and you harvest in the fall. The way you respond to someone or to … Continue reading Sow in This Season to Reap God’s Blessing

Joy is an easy thing to lose, but it’s also an easy thing to get back. Have you lost your joy? First, you need to admit to yourself that you’ve lost it. And then you … Continue reading Obedience Is the Secret to Joy

God loves to give second chances. Consider Jonah. God gave him a mission to tell the people of Nineveh to repent. But Jonah didn’t like Nineveh and wanted the people to experience God’s judgment. So … Continue reading Thank God for Second Chances

When you feel hopeless, it seems counterproductive to express gratitude. Why would you feel grateful when you’ve hit rock bottom? Just ask Jonah. At the end of his prayer from the belly of the big … Continue reading Thanking God Ahead of Time

When you’re going through a season of great change and stress, how do you maintain joy? You do it by developing the habit of thanking God for all that’s good, despite all that’s bad. This … Continue reading How to Fill Up on Gratitude

When we take Communion, we are reminded of what Jesus did for us on the cross. It’s not an empty ritual that Christians do just because they have to. Instead, God wants us to practice … Continue reading Communion Leads to Gratitude

The gathering most Americans think of as the first Thanksgiving happened 400 years ago. But 3,000 years before that, God told the nation of Israel to establish a thanksgiving festival called the Feast of Weeks. … Continue reading The Real First Thanksgiving

I heard a story about a man who took his son to McDonald’s and bought him super-size French fries. On the way home, he reached over and took one little French fry and ate it. … Continue reading How Does God Respond to Your Generosity?

The vast majority of people pay no attention to eternity. They’re living for the here and now, which is a waste. Everything that’s “here and now” isn’t going to matter in five minutes, much less … Continue reading How to Live in Light of Eternity