#soap # 1 Thessalonians 05 ## Title: Be Thankful ## Scripture: (1 Thessalonians 5:18) “in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” (NET) ## Observation: Thankfulness is one of the greatest and most underused superpowers we possess. It is amazing what we can do to our outlook on life, our self-esteem, our confidence, our courage, and our view of the past when we choose to be thankful. For most people, thankfulness is hard because we all have regrets, fears, anxieties, and concerns. We also feel like someone needs to attend to these fears and worries. We think that things will go wrong if we are not giving our attention to the “what if’s” of life. It is not denying reality to choose to be thankful. Thankfulness doesn’t deny there are bad things in our world. Thankfulness says that is not ALL there is in our world. Thankfulness is choosing what we focus our attention toward. It is realizing that God is working, even in difficult seasons. ## Application: Choose to find three new things to be thankful for today. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for the million little things You do every day that we never see. You are endlessly good to us.