Last year Forbes magazine had an article entitled 7 Scientifically Proven Benefits of Gratitude that Will Motivate You to Give Thanks Year-Round. It highlighted studies that showed an attitude of gratitude bestowed such benefits as improving your physical health as well as your psychological health. It helps you sleep better. It gives you greater mental strength and improves your self-esteem among other things.
This is just one of many ways human science and knowledge has confirmed God’s truth. It merely verifies what Scripture has been telling us all along. However, Scripture invites us to something deeper. In this Thanksgiving message we look at some of the rewards or blessings of having a grateful heart.