Day 83: Always Grateful

Today’s Big Idea: Responding with Gratefulness. 

Key Verse: Luke 10:24

Passage of the day: Luke 10:21-24

Thoughts to consider: Prayer requests are interesting. We can spend weeks, months, and even years praying for something, then after the need is met, we give God a little “Thanks” and move on to the next thing. Jesus never did that. He was always grateful. After the seventy-two had returned with a good report, Jesus assessed their efforts and then paused to pray. In His prayer, He was so “filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit” that He was overwhelmed with thankfulness to the Father. After His prayer, He reminded His disciples that they were living in the great days that the saints of the past would have been awestruck to see. We live in the same age ourselves. Jesus is building His church again! The Holy Spirit lives inside us! And greater things are still ahead! Are you ready for it? Are you grateful for it? Are you excited about it? I hope so. The mission of God deserves nothing less than that kind of passion.