Count Your Blessings
Published: Mon, 11/18/19
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The old practice of “counting our blessings” is an effective modern treatment for what’s ailing the mind. Giving thanks is essential to mental health. In her book It’s My Turn, Billy Graham’s wife, Ruth, told of awaking in the early morning, about three o’clock, in another country. She was exhausted, but the name of someone she loved flashed into her mind like an electric shock. She wrote:
Ruth read and pondered that verse as though seeing it for the first time. “Suddenly,” she wrote:
Robert J. Morgan, Worry Less, Live More: God’s Prescription for a Better Life (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2017). We have just released a new Bible study on based on Robert Morgan's book, Worry Less, Live More These lessons are available on Amazon, as well as a part of my Good Questions Have Groups Talking Subscription Service. Like Netflix for Bible Lessons, one low subscription gives you access to all our lessons--thousands of them. For a medium-sized church, lessons are as little as $10 per teacher per year. Sessions include:The Practice of Rejoicing The Practice of Gentleness The Practice of Nearness The Practice of Prayer The Practice of Thanksgiving The Practice of Thinking The Practice of Discipleship The Practice of Peace
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