With the turn of the calendar, the holiday season and all of its hustle and bustle have arrived. But before the turkey, to-do lists, and travel plans overwhelm us with busyness, let’s cultivate gratitude by meditating on the Lord’s goodness, grace, and glory. This collection of Thanksgiving quotes and Bible verses will help us focus on the many reasons we can have gratitude.

12 Uplifting Quotes About Gratitude and Thankfulness

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. -William Arthur Ward

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.-Zig Ziglar

I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude. -Brene Brown

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy. -Deitrich Bonhoeffer

For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, “Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?” Elisabeth Elliot

Gratitude produces deep, abiding joy because we know that God is working in us, even through difficulties. -Charles Stanley

The grateful heart is like a magnet sweeping over the day, collecting reasons for gratitude. -Max Lucado

The man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride. C.S. Lewis

Thanksgiving is the language of heaven, and we had better start to learn it if we are not meant to be dumb aliens there. -A.J. Gossip

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” A.A. Milne

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“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” -Charles Dickens

It’s up to us to choose contentment and thankfulness now—and to stop imagining that we have to have everything perfect before we’ll be happy.”
-Joanna Gaines

 

Top 12 Bible Verses About Thanksgiving and Gratitude

Always be joyful. Always keep on praying.  No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. (1 Thes. 5:16-18 TLB)

“Let the peace of heart that comes from Christ be always present in your hearts and lives, for this is your responsibility and privilege as members of his body. And always be thankful.” (Col. 3:15 TLB)

What I want from you is your true thanks; I want your promises fulfilled. I want you to trust me in your times of trouble, so I can rescue you and you can give me glory. (Psalm 50:14-15 TLB)

But whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God, the Creator of all light, and he shines forever without change or shadow (James 1:17 TLB)

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. (Psalm 107:1 NKJV)

I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving. (Psalm 69:30 NKJV)

Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift! (2 Corinthians 9:15 (NKJV)

Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: … (Psalm 103: 2 NKJV)

Oh, how great is Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those who fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who trust in You In the presence of the sons of men! (Psalm 31:19 NKJV)

Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. (Psalm 95:2 NKJV)

Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. (Psalm 95:2 NKJV) #thanksgiving #gratitude Click To Tweet

For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God. (2 Corinthians 4:15 NKJV)

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God… (Philippians 4:6 NKJV)

Peace and grace,
Tammy

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