I love Thanksgiving.
I’ll admit it: I’m a stickler for keeping Thanksgiving in November and Christmas in December. I love that we take time to cultivate a heart of gratitude before turning our attention toward celebrating the advent of Christ.
For years, like many people, I participated in Thanksgiving challenges on Facebook. Every day, I’d share something I was thankful for.
My husband. My children. My home. My parents.
And while those are all wonderful blessings, I began to notice something.
I was always thankful for the same things.
So, several years ago, I decided to get a little more radical with my thankfulness.
I sat down and came up with five unusual, challenging prayers of thanksgiving. Prayers that would force me to dig a little deeper and examine areas of my life where gratitude didn’t come quite so naturally.
What happened next changed the way I viewed thankfulness.
Those five prayers eventually became the foundation for my book, The Power of a Thankful Heart: How to Defeat a Complaining Spirit. In it, I share my testimony of how cultivating thankfulness helped me break through spiritual barriers and develop a deeper walk with Christ.
And this year, I want to invite you to experience something similar.
Join the Walk With Me 5-Day Thanksgiving Challenge!
What if, instead of simply listing the things you’re thankful for, you spent five days learning to thank God for the things you might never have thought to include on your list?
What if your gratitude went deeper than your circumstances and began changing the way you see your life, your struggles, and even yourself?
That’s what we’ll be exploring together inside Walk With Me!
This isn’t just another Thanksgiving challenge where you receive a daily prompt and check it off your list. We’ll spend time in God’s Word, examine what Scripture teaches us about thankfulness, and intentionally develop a heart that recognizes God’s goodness in every season.
Here’s what you’ll receive when you join:
5 daily video lessons to help you understand and apply biblical thankfulness.
5 guided devotional prompts to help you dig deeper into each day’s theme.
A printable Thanksgiving workbook to help you develop your own prayers of gratitude.
Access to our private Walk With Me chat, where you can connect with other women who are passionate about Jesus and growing in their faith.
And we’ll be praying through five areas of thankfulness that may challenge the way you’ve always thought about gratitude.
Five Prayers That Will Challenge the Way You Give Thanks
Day 1: Thanking God for My Salvation
Have I really stopped lately to remember what God saved me from?
It’s easy to become so familiar with the gospel that we lose our sense of wonder over what Jesus has done for us. We’ll take time to remember the depth of His grace and the incredible gift of salvation.
Day 2: Thanking God for My Trials
Can I really count it all joy?
James tells us to count it all joy when we face various trials. But that’s not always easy when we’re in the middle of something painful or difficult. We’ll explore what it means to recognize God’s work in our trials without pretending those trials don’t hurt.
Day 3: Thanking God for My Pain
Can I thank God even for the painful seasons of life and the lessons they teach me?
Some seasons leave scars. Some experiences change us in ways we never expected. But even in our pain, God remains faithful. We’ll consider how gratitude can help us recognize His presence and goodness in the places where life has been hardest.
Day 4: Thanking God for Me
Can I look in the mirror and truly thank God that He created me the way I am?
This one may be harder than you think!
How often do we criticize the very things about ourselves that God intentionally created? We’ll explore what it means to receive ourselves as God’s creation and cultivate gratitude for the person He made us to be.
Day 5: Thanking God for Answered Prayers
Am I fully aware of all the ways God is answering my prayers—even the ones I haven’t intentionally prayed?
Sometimes we’re so focused on the prayers that haven’t been answered that we overlook the countless ways God has already been working in our lives. We’ll take time to recognize His faithfulness and develop eyes to see His hand in the ordinary details of everyday life.
Are You Ready to Cultivate a More Thankful Heart?
It’s easy to thank God for the things we love.
Our children. Our husbands. Our homes. Our health. The opportunities and blessings that make life enjoyable.
But what happens when life doesn’t look the way we hoped?
What happens when we’re facing trials, navigating painful circumstances, struggling with disappointment, or looking in the mirror and wishing we could change something about ourselves?
This is where thankfulness becomes more than a pleasant feeling. It becomes a spiritual discipline.
Paul wrote:
In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
—1 Thessalonians 5:18
Notice that Scripture doesn’t tell us to pretend everything is good or to be thankful for every painful circumstance. It calls us to give thanks in everything.
We can grieve and still be grateful. We can hurt and still recognize God’s goodness. We can walk through difficult seasons without losing sight of His faithfulness.
And we can learn to cultivate that kind of heart.
Over these five days, we’ll examine what Scripture teaches us about each of these areas and spend time praying together, asking God to deepen our gratitude and transform the way we see our lives.
I’d love for you to join me!
If you’re ready to move beyond the ordinary Thanksgiving list and cultivate a heart that recognizes God’s goodness even in the difficult places, come walk with us.
JOIN THE WALK WITH ME 5-DAY THANKSGIVING CHALLENGE HERE!
Let’s spend five days learning to give thanks in a whole new way. ❤️
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Knowing what Scripture says is the first step. But what would it look like to actually walk it out in your everyday life?
This month inside Walk With Me, we’re taking 20 days to intentionally cultivate a thankful heart through our Thankfulness Challenge. You’ll have an opportunity to put what you’re learning into practice, one day at a time, and receive practical resources to help you along the way—including these Bible verses and printable bookmarks about overcoming negativity, along with additional Scripture resources and tools for cultivating thankfulness. If you’re ready to move beyond simply knowing what God’s Word says and begin living it out, I’d love to have you join us!