This presentation contains 12 practical exercises to help you develop thankfulness in your life. By practicing, you can be more aware of what God has done for you and how to respond to His care.

1. Give Thanks
Practice for Disciples

2. Then on that day David first assigned Asaph and
his relatives to give thanks to the LORD. Oh give
thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make
known His deeds among the peoples.
1Ch 16:7-8 NASB
• To use the hand
– To throw in reverence, worship

3. Give Thanks
• Use your hands to worship, reverence and
give thanks to the Lord

4. O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
1Ch 16:34 NASB
• Good
– pleasant, agreeable, good, beautiful
• Lovingkindness
– Goodness, kindness, deeds of devotion

5. Lovingkindness
Make a list of 5 pleasant, agreeable, good or
beautiful aspects about God.
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

6. In God we have boasted all day long,
And we will give thanks to Your name
forever. Selah.
Psa 44:8 NASB
• To Boast
– to be boastful, to praise: - acted insanely
– Act foolishly

7. Boast
Write down an “over the top” statement of God
and share it with someone.

8. For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A
Psalm of Asaph, a Song.We give thanks to You,
O God, we give thanks, For Your name is near;
Men declare Your wondrous works.
Psa 75:1 NASB
• Declare
– Make a tally, enumerate,
– Recount, celebrate

9. Declare
Make a list of 5 things God has done for you and
share them with someone.
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2
3
4
5

10. I will give thanks to You, O Lord my
God, with all my heart, And will glorify
Your name forever.
Psa 86:12 NASB
• Glorify
– Make weighty
– Abounding, honorable

11. Glorify
Write out a sentence that is impressive, weighty
about God.
What He is Like
What He is able to do
What He has done

12. Be glad in the LORD, you righteous
ones, And give thanks to His holy
name.
Psa 97:12 NASB
• Glad
– to brighten up
– blithe or gleesome
– Joy, merry

13. Glad
Using the melody of “happy birthday” write a
glad song filled with personal happiness.

14. Enter His gates with thanksgiving And
His courts with praise. Give thanks to
Him, bless His name.
Psa 100:4 NASB
• Bless
– to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of
adoration)

15. Bless
What are 5 physical postures you can do
everyday this week that empower you to bless
the Lord with Thanksgiving?
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2
3
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5

16. With my mouth I will give thanks
abundantly to the LORD; And in the
midst of many I will praise Him.
Psa 109:30 NASB
• Abundantly
– Often, frequently
– With speed
– Loud, loudly

17. Abundant
Write out a statement of thanksgiving that you
can loudly repeat over and over again this week.

18. I shall give thanks to You, for You have
answered me, And You have become
my salvation.
Psa 118:21 NASB
• Answered (emotional, personal connection)
– Groaned, cry
– Shrieking

19. Answered
List 5 ways God has emotionally and personally
connected to you. (joined you in your _______)
1
2
3
4
5

20. Then you will say on that day, "I will give thanks
to You, O LORD; For although You were angry
with me, Your anger is turned away, And You
comfort me.
Isa 12:1 NASB
• Anger
– To breath hard
– enraged

21. Anger
Make a list of your sins and failures. Now go
through that list giving thanks to the Lord for
turning away from anger and comforting you.

22. "It is the living who give thanks to
You, as I do today; A father tells his
sons about Your faithfulness.
Isa 38:19 NASB
• Faithfulness
– stability
– certainty, truth, trustworthiness

23. Faithfulness
Make a list of 5 areas of your life in which God
has been faithful, stable, trustworthy. Offer
verbal thanks to Him for each area.

24. Rom 1:20-25 NASB
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His
eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being
understood through what has been made, so that they are
without excuse.
21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as
God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations,
and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an
image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed
animals and crawling creatures.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to
impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among
them.
25 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and
worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who
is blessed forever. Amen.

25. Honor and Give Thanks
Meditating on the above verse, what are some
life habits I can implement so that I am a person
of thanksgiving?