Nov30— Week Three: A Week of Thankfulness and Gratitude

Finding gratitude in every season, even the ones that felt heavy.

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Introduction

Healing is often talked about in terms of food, supplements, routines, and protocols. Those things matter. But they are not the whole story.

Chronic illness affects more than the body. It affects confidence, identity, hope, and faith. It changes how we see ourselves and how we relate to God.

For many of us, the hardest part of healing isn’t what we eat, it’s learning how to keep trusting when our bodies don’t cooperate. It’s learning how to stay hopeful when progress feels slow. It’s learning how to feel safe in a body that has scared us.

That is why these devotionals exist.

Daily Bread is a space to check in with your spirit — not just your symptoms. It is a place to remind yourself that God is near, that you are not alone in what you’re walking through, and that healing is not something you have to force.

This Week’s Focus: Thankfulness and Gratitude

This week, we’re slowing down enough to notice what we’ve rushed past. Gratitude is not a shallow mindset shift, it is a spiritual reset. It clears the fog, softens what’s hardened, and opens our eyes to the quiet, steady ways God has been caring for us all along.

Gratitude is not pretending things are perfect; it’s acknowledging that God has been present, faithful, and generous even in the spaces that still feel unfinished.

Thankfulness anchors you when your emotions shift. It grounds you when you feel overwhelmed. It realigns your spirit with truth when your circumstances feel loud. And in seasons of healing, especially when your body feels fragile or unpredictable, gratitude becomes a form of worship that gently pulls your heart back toward hope.

This week, we’re practicing a gratitude that goes deeper than good moments or good days. A gratitude that remembers. A gratitude that notices. A gratitude that breathes slowly enough to recognize: God has carried me. God is carrying me. And God will continue to carry me.

May this be a week where your spirit loosens its grip, your eyes notice what they’ve overlooked, and your heart learns again how to see the goodness of God, not just in the big things, but in every small mercy that meets you exactly where you are.

Today's Scripture

Psalm 100:04

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with priase! Give thanks to him; bless his name!

Colossians 3:15

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts to which indeed you were called in one body, And be thankful.

Reflection

Psalm 100:4 teaches that gratitude is not a feeling. it’s a spiritual entry point. Thankfulness brings you into God’s presence because it shifts your focus from anxiety to truth.

Colossians 3:15 connects gratitude to peace. Paul doesn’t tell us to “feel peaceful.” He tells us to let peace rule, and to let it have authority over fear and discouragement. Gratitude is one of the primary ways that happens.

Gratitude doesn’t magically remove stress, sickness, or uncertainty. But it prevents those things from becoming the loudest voices in your life.

When gratitude becomes a daily rhythm, peace becomes more accessible. Fear loses influence. Anxiety loses momentum. Your spirit becomes more anchored.

Gratitude won’t fix everything, but it will stabilize you while God continues His work.

If This Spoke to You

Reply/comment below and tell me which part you’re waiting on right now. I’d love to pray specifically over you this week.

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Wishing you a Great Day Ahead,

Mandi 🤍