Giving Joyful Thanks

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Good morning!

Today is Fellowship Friday - The Love Accelerator

(You can learn more about the 7 Accelerators here)

1 John 1:7 says, "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin." 

To walk in the light is also to walk in love, and the indicator is that we have fellowship with one another. 

The shortcut to walking in the light is gratitude. 

If there are any strained relationships, how could you take steps toward restored fellowship today?

And make it a priority to fellowship with people today. 

Here is today's communion meditation.

Over the last week as we celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles, it was a time to rejoice in the harvest, and I feel like God was teaching me about the importance of rejoicing, and how it's linked to seeing the harvest of what God has for us. 

We've talked about gratitude and thanksgiving a lot through the years, but I noticed that rejoicing has a much different feel.

There is an energy and charge to rejoicing. 

You've probably had someone say thank you before, with no joy or energy in it. 

We could be giving thanks but do so without the energy and charge that joy brings. 

Which is why we need to give joyful thanks. 

Colossians 1:12 says, ' And giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light."

In today's communion we are asking God to teach us about the power of giving joyful thanks, and to walk in greater and greater levels of joyful thanksgiving from this point on. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

Physical exercise is supposed to teach us how to exercise our faith, and it's supposed to be filled with joy. Think about how kids love to move and play. How can you bring that same energy into your workouts?

I am praying for you.

Daniel

P.S. Remember the Master is with you, he loves you, and nothing is impossible for him. 

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