141: Developing an Attitude of Gratitude

On a daily basis, we deal with stress and anger. But it’s how we handle stress that determines our success in this life. The more we stress about life, the more we’ll fall into the temptation to become angry and disappointed with what life offers. Before we can understand what solutions we have in dealing with the daily stresses of life, we first must understand what causes stress.

In today’s podcast episode I want to give you 5 secrets to developing an attitude of gratitude that will help you get rid of stress and find the peace you’re looking for. Life is hard and the stress life brings into our lives seem to outweigh the positivity we desire in our daily lives. So how do we develop an attitude of gratitude?

Life happens and there’s not much we can do to ease the problems and stress that arise in our lives. But, it’s how we handle these moments of life that determines our mindset and what our outlook on life looks like. Psalm [34:19] King James Version (NKJV); Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

1. Worry about Nothing.

In the book of Philippians 4:6 we find Paul writing, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.”

It’s easy to worry. When life gets tough and we’re not sure what the outcome will be, we worry. Worry borrows from the future, something that might not happen. It’s being afraid of something that happened that you couldn’t control or something that might never happen.



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The definition of worry is to choke or strangle.

Worry takes what’s left of your imagination and amps it up to allow fear and stress to consume our thought life. Worry is always thinking outside of the moment where we are borrowing from the future instead of in the NOW.

As the wise Jedi Master, Yoda says, “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate, Hate leads to suffering.” Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday – but remembering that when tomorrow arrives, it is God who brought you through.

TAKEAWAY: Live ONE DAY at a time! Live for today!

2. Be content with everything.

We like to compete with the Jones’. We look at what people have in their grocery cart and wish we could have that lobster for dinner too, and what’s worse, they may not look like they can afford that lobster.

We covet and spend outside our means, just so we can save face with our friends. Our we tell stories that try to eclipse someone else’s situation. We try hard to be like everyone and everyone like us, and one up everyone.

It’s human nature. We. feel the need that something will make us happy.

If you expect it to always be sunny and it rains, you lose faith and sight of what peace can look and feel like. Oh man! God, why isn’t it sunny! I thought you wanted the best for my life and this is happening! Why?!



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Philippians [4:12];“I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.”

You cannot fall into the trap of wanting or craving more than what you have because you’ll become stressed. Maybe it’s time to slow it down and find peace.