Grateful Life | A Grateful Mode of Existence - Season 5, Episode 129
Is thankfulness a feeling we visit in November, or a way of life that shapes how we treat one another? In Colossians 3:15-17, Pastor Ben shows that three commands are each sustained by gratitude: let the peace of Christ rule in our relationships, let the word of Christ teach and admonish us, and let the authority of Christ govern every word and deed. Because believers already possess everything in Christ, thankfulness ends competition and resentment in the church, makes correction possible without pride, and turns obedience into a grateful response to grace. Listeners are challenged to let gratitude become not an occasional emotion but their whole mode of existence.