“The power of gratitude is that it shifts your focus from what’s missing to what’s already miraculous.”

Psalm 103:2

Quote: “Gratitude shifts your focus from what’s missing to what’s already miraculous.”

Gratitude = a lens, a choice, a discipline, a spiritual weapon

Your focus determines your atmosphere

WHAT YOU FOCUS ON EXPANDS

Focus on problems → they grow

Focus on lack → life feels empty

Focus on God’s benefits → soul strengthens

Psalm 103:2 — tell your soul not to forget God’s benefits

Gratitude magnifies the miraculous

GRATITUDE REVEALS OVERLOOKED MIRACLES

Most miracles arrive quietly

Gratitude slows you down enough to see God’s fingerprints

Examples: breath, strength, peace, protection, answered prayers

“The miraculous is already present—you need eyes to see it.”

COMPLAINING MAGNIFIES PROBLEMS; GRATITUDE MAGNIFIES GOD

Israel in the wilderness: magnified what they lacked

Jesus with 5 loaves & 2 fish → gave thanks

Gratitude activates multiplication

Principle: thank God for what you have → He increases it

GRATITUDE ADJUSTS SPIRITUAL VISION

Gratitude = corrective lenses

Clears discouragement, comparison, negativity

Focus shifts from lack → to God’s presence, provision, power

“Look again—you missed something the first time.”

GRATITUDE BUILDS FAITH FOR WHAT’S COMING

Remembering past miracles fuels faith for future ones

Thanksgiving and discouragement cannot coexist

Gratitude turns your heart into good soil for faith

APPLICATION — HOW TO PRACTICE TODAY

List 3 miracles—big or small

Thank God aloud for each

Redirect mind from lack → to God’s benefits

Celebrate the small things

DECLARATION

“I won’t focus on what I lack; I will focus on God’s goodness.

My gratitude reveals the miracles already in my life.

God has been faithful, is faithful, and will be faithful.”

TODAY’S CHALLENGE

Write down 3 miracles God has done for you and thank Him for each.