True Virtue – Gratitude is the Key to Happiness

Gratitude and God

• Psalms 100:4 (MSG) | Enter with the password: “Thank you!” Make yourselves at home, talking praise. Thank him. Worship him.

Gratitude Brings Freedom

• 2 Corinthians 3:17 (NLT) | For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Gratitude Brings Deliverance

• Jonah 2:9 (NKJV) | But I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.

Gratitude Brings a Choice

• Colossians 3:15 (ESV) | And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

Reflection Questions

1. How do you see the connection between honor, integrity, perseverance, and gratitude? Which one – and where – do you need to sharpen your practice?
2. What does it mean that gratitude provides the password into God’s presence?
3. How does gratitude bring freedom? From what do you need to be freed? How does that inspire gratitude?
4. Your freedom through gratitude helps bring about a sense of deliverance. How and why?
5. What choice do you need to make as a result of a newfound sense of gratitude?