Research Supports Benefits of Giving Thanks -- A Video Presentation

If you could cultivate a habit that increased your happiness levels by 25%, would you do it?

I asked this question to the team members at the SC Department of Revenue recently. Spotlighting current research and providing practical tips and techniques, I shared the simple habit that can change a person's life, the habit of gratitude.

When I share this presentation at a women's ministry event, church group, or ladies retreat, I include the most powerful truth of all, that believers aren't just grateful, we're grateful to God, from whom all blessings flow. But even without this reminder, the habit of practicing gratitude can be life changing.

Quoting Pastor Chuck Swindoll, I reminded them, "We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude."

During Thanksgiving week, I hope you'll take this message to heart. There's a reason God called us to "give thanks in everything.

Because a grateful heart is a happy heart.

Happy Thanksgiving!

P.S. I'd love to share this message and others with your women's ministry group, Bible study, or weekend retreat in 2021. CLICK HERE to visit my Speaker's Page. 

 

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