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00:00Good morning, I'm Mike Mazzalongo for BibleTalk.tv and this is your Monday morning devotional.

00:07A bit of spiritual nourishment to get your week off on a good start.

00:12First of all, I want you to think of one virtue that, more than any other, leads to happiness.

00:18And why?

00:19As for me, I believe that gratitude most often leads to happiness, and ingratitude leads

00:26to pride and darkness and, ultimately, separation from God.

00:31Paul, the apostle, makes this very point in Romans 1, verses 21-23.

00:37He says,

00:38For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks.

00:44But they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

00:49Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible

00:55God for an image in the form of corruptible man, and of birds and four-footed animals

01:01and crawling creatures.

01:04Here Paul notes that ingratitude is the first sin, first weakness, first failing or lack

01:11of wisdom that eventually leads to the rest.

01:15It is the tipping point where you trip into the rest of sin.

01:20It is as if gratitude propels you towards God and lack of gratitude drives you away.

01:28It is the thing or the action or the lever that you control that makes you move in one

01:34direction or the other.

01:38Gratitude helps you deal properly with the good and the bad in life.

01:43Paul also writes in Philippians 4, verses 10-13,

01:48But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for

01:54me.

01:55Indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked opportunity.

02:00Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I

02:05am.

02:06I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity.

02:13In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry,

02:20both having abundance and suffering need.

02:24I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

02:29Paul was content, meaning he was happy, he was satisfied, in prosperity and in want.

02:37Why?

02:38Well, he was happy because he was grateful for what God provided in every circumstance.

02:44His happiness was based on his closeness and his confidence in God, continually made possible

02:51by his gratitude, and not how much he had or did not have.

02:57His happiness was not based on how well his life was going or how successful his ministry

03:02was.

03:03After all, he was in prison when he wrote the letter to the Philippians.

03:07His happiness was directly related to his personal relationship with God, and that relationship

03:14was a close one because Paul continually gave thanks for everything in his life, great,

03:20small, hard, and easy.

03:23So let us give thanks for this food, for this day, for this family, and everything

03:29else in our lives, so that through grateful hearts we may grow closer and closer to God

03:35who promises us eternal happiness and joy in Christ.

03:40Again, as Paul says in Ephesians 5, 15-20, therefore, be careful how you walk, not as

03:47unwise men, but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil.

03:53So then, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is, and do not get

03:59drunk with wine, for that is dissipation.

04:01But be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual

04:07songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks for

04:13all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father.

04:19Well that's it for this Monday.

04:21I hope that you have a blessed week and will see you again next Monday, Lord willing.

04:28Discussion Questions 1.

04:31What one event, person, or attitude leads you to personal unhappiness and why?

04:412.

04:42How would the ideas in this lesson help you if applied?

04:493.

04:50Name three things or people or events in your life that bring you happiness today.

04:57Give thanks for these.

Monday Devotional: Gratitude, the Way to Happiness – Mike Mazzalongo

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