Developing a grateful heart to the Almighty God
Grateful is a feeling or a way of showing appreciation for something done or received.
A grateful heart gives thanks to God in all circumstances (1 Thess 5:18).
Text Job 2:6-10; 1 Thes 5:16-18
Benefits of a grateful heart towards God
A grateful heart to God has a better understanding of life, e.g., Job 1:21
A grateful heart to God receives more blessings from God (e.g., Luke 17:11-19)
A grateful heart to God leads to true, authentic worship (e.g., Acts 16:22-28).
A grateful heart to God will end well in life: e.g., the life of Job (Job 42:12-16)
… of an ungrateful heart
Ungratefulness to God is sin (e.g., Genesis 3:1-13)
Ungratefulness to God leads to a depraved life (Romans 1:21-23).
Ungratefulness to God leads to a bitter life (e.g., Ruth 1:19-21)
How to cultivate a grateful heart to God
Learn more about Christian doctrines. In Summary:
The knowledge that God created all things good (Genesis 1-2)
But sin has corrupted all things (Genesis 3).
That God has been redeeming his creation.
Now, through faith in Christ, humans can be restored to a life of righteousness (2 Cor 5:21).
The whole creation is heading towards the kingdom of God, the new Heaven and Earth (Rev 21-22).
Conclusion
With these understandings, you will discover that, indeed, God gives us more than we ask him or ever imagined.
God has blessed many people, but they don’t know what to do with the blessings. Why? Because of, e.g., ungratefulness, immaturity, unwillingness to change, etc.