Brooklake Church

Generosity begins with gratitude, is sustained by gratitude, and ends with gratitude. Gratitude is a state of being not a state of having. I will not allow when I want will not rob me of what I have. Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind. Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLT Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. 12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. 13 For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. Philippians 4:11-13 NLT 2. Gratitude honors the God of all that is good. Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow. James 1:17 NLT Gratitude trains our brains to trust that God is good. Honest and a