Vital Step to a Radiant Faith-Gratitude to God

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year to Shine, today’s Vital Step to a Radiant Faith is Gratitude to God.

This is a thankful response to the display of God’s graciousness extended toward us. He made us. We disobeyed Him and brought a lot of pain and problems into our world as a result. But God had the solution in place all along. He sent His One and Only Son into the world to redeem us. Our hope for a relationship with God was restored at the cross and empty grave. Our proper response to God’s redeeming love is gratitude. Our faith in the Lord has a way of growing stronger when our thankfulness overflows into our words and actions.

Colossians 2:6 and 7 says, “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”

Gratitude to God is a vital step to a Radiant Faith that makes a difference in our world.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com