Week 1
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Feb 1st: Always Give Thanks - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 tells us to, “Be joyful always. Pray continually. Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” This is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning us.

Assignment: What has God done for you? Write down five of them. How have they changed your life? Develop a short prayer. Share it with two friends.

Feb 2nd: Be Joyful Always - Part of God’s will is for us to be joyful always.

Assignment: What elements of your life bring you joy? Is God part of the equation? When you are enduring rough circumstances, what memories of God’s love for you uplift your spirits? Write down why and how you are lifted up. Share that with a friend.

Feb 3rd: Pray Continually - In order to live out God’s will for our lives we are to pray continually.

Assignment: What challenges are you facing? Write a thank you prayer for the challenges because they brought you closer to God. Identify how you sought God in the challenges.

Feb 4th: Magnify the Lord - Psalm 34:3 says, “O Magnify the Lord with me.” Magnify means to make large and in order to do this we must respond to the gratitude and grace that God has poured into our lives.

Assignment: How do show God that He is paramount in your life? Does your attitude magnify the Lord or diminish His greatness and grace? How can you change your attitude so that God is magnified? Draft a prayer in which you identify one way to change your attitude and magnify God.

Feb 5th: Collectively Respond - When we collectively respond to the gratitude and grace that God has poured into our lives, it makes God large.

Assignment: When was the last time that you spent time reflection on God’s grace with your family and friends? How often do you have these conversations? Daily? Weekly? Only every now and then? Draft an email or letter to at least 10 people and let them know how the Lord has poured His grace into your life and ask them to respond back with 10 ways the Lord has poured His grace into their lives.

Feb 6th: Enter With Thanksgiving - In accordance with Psalm 100, we are to be intentional about entering into God’s gates with thanksgiving. In fact, whenever you come to the House of God you ought to enter into His gates with thanksgiving.

Assignment: What were your intentions when you last entered in to God’s gates? Were your intentions to have specific prayer answered? Were they to give him thanks? Reflect on your last visit to the House of God. Write down your intentions for your next visit to God’s house.

Feb 7th: Responding to Grace - Entering into God’s gates with thanksgiving should not be a difficult task. If you come with the mindset of responding to the grace that God has poured into your life, you really do not need a praise team to get you wired up to respond.

Assignment: What does it take for you to give God praise? Is it the prayer? Is it praise and worship? Is it the fellowship with other believers? Reflect on the mindset that allows you to respond to God’s grace and draft a prayer that asking God to keep you in this mindset everyday.

Week 2
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Feb 8th: Attitude and Actions - Are there times when you are challenged and your attitude and actions do not line up with what is demanded in the Bible? If so then you are not alone.

Assignment: What challenges are you facing today? How are you responding to those challenges? How does your attitude play into your challenges? Take a blank sheet of paper and divide it into two columns. In one column list your three biggest challenges. In the second column detail your response. Consider how your actions played into your response. Place the sheet of paper in your Bible.

Feb 9th: Convicted by God’s Word - There are times when circumstances, situations and conditions come against me and I find myself in a mood and out of sorts. But every time I pick up this Word, I am convicted that my actions and attitude must agree with God’s Word, and this is our challenge.

Assignment: Were you convicted by how your have responded to your challenges? Have you considered how your actions and attitude plays into your challenges? Take out your sheet of paper from yesterday. Find and document at least one scripture that will help you respond better to your challenges on the list you created yesterday.

Feb 10th: Never Be Thankless - Thanklessness can never be the priority of a person who has been bought, washed and renewed by the blood of Jesus. There should never be a time in your life where you can point to a moment when you were thankless.

Assignment: Have you ever thought of yourself as “thankless” or had an attitude of ingratitude? Write down five things (or more if you so choose) that you are always grateful for, regardless of circumstance. Write a prayer asking God to bring these things to your remembrance the next time you find yourself heading toward an attitude of ingratitude.

Feb 11th Living in God’s Will - The Bible commands that in good and bad times and during the highs and lows of life, we must still rejoice always, pray without ceasing and give thanks in everything because this is the will of God.

Assignment: What lows in your life, have eventually brought greater highs? What bad times have ushered in even greater times? Spend some time today looking at the challenges and experiences that God has used to make you better, stronger and wiser. Remind one close friend or family member of your past situation and God’s divine solution.

Feb 12th The Eyes of Faith - In order to truly live God’s will for your life, you have to incorporate a faith perception into your life, which simply means that you have to look at life through the eyes of faith because what you look for is what you will eventually find.

Assignment: When you look at your situation, what do you see? Do you see opportunities? Do you see closed doors? Do you see hope? Consider your own mindset and figure out whether or not you are looking at your life through the eyes of faith. In a prayer ask God to reveal to your what eyes you are using to view your life.

Feb 13th Sharing Your Faith - Abraham had a faith perception. Although his wife, Sarai laughed when it was revealed that she would have a son despite her barren state, Abraham saw the future through the eyes of his faith and God did give them a child.

Assignment: When someone shares their optimistic views with you, do you laugh? Do you doubt the power of God in your life? Think about your closest relationships. What viewpoints do your share with them? Do you encourage their hope and faith? Do you feed into their negativity? Find five and list five scriptures that will help you krrp a faith perception.

Feb 14th Faith Makes a Difference - Two men came to Reid Temple on a Sunday morning. They sat side by side in the same pew, on the same Sunday at the same worship service. One of the men scanned the church and saw that one of the musicians missed a note. He looked a little further and saw two worshippers whispering to one another in a corner. When it was time for collection he looked to see who was putting what in the collection basket.

But the other man in the same pew, at the same service, on the same Sunday looked around and saw a father cuddling his infant child. He saw members giving and thought to himself, “God has been so good to me, it’s a shame what I put in as it relates to how God has blessed me.” He looked around and saw the choir signing.

Both men left the church after the benediction. As they were walking out, the first man turned to the other and said, “That service was terrible.” The other man looked at him and asked, “How could you say that? All I sensed was the presence of God.” The difference was in their faith perception, and it is the same with you.

Assignment: How does your perception alter your life? Is life a challenge because you believe it to be so, or is it full of promise, because of your perception? Today, deliberately adopt a faith perception. Write down your observations and at the end of the days determine whether or not your faith perception altered your life.

Week 3
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Feb 15th: You Get What You Expect - If you come in not looking for God then you are not going to find Him. But if you come in expecting God to do something then He will and you will be a witness.

Assignment: What do you expect to happen today? Do you expect God to bless you? List five ways that you expect to see God today. At the end of the day, go back and review your list. For the bonus, write down ways that you saw God that you hadn’t previously listed.

Feb 16th: Little Blessings Happen Every Day - You can learn how to rejoice always when you look for the little blessings that God drops in your life on a day-to-day basis. It is not just about seeing the obvious things but seeing His grace in the daily rituals of life.

Assignment: What little miracles have you been missing? Perhaps it is a card in the mail from an old friend or finding that your groceries cost much less than you had budgeted? It could be a better attitude from a previously disgruntled employee. For today, focus on seeing the little blessings in your life. No matter how big or small, write them down as you see and experience them. In your prayers, don’t forget to thank God for them.

Feb 17th: Perfection in God’s Word - Has God let someone with the perfect word cross your path or have you been blessed by a child recently.

Assignment: What miracles have you discovered in God’s Word? When you recently read a passage, did a piece of the Word cling to your heart? Find a miracle in God’s Word. Today, take the time to review some of your favorite scriptures. Reflect on those familiar words and write a prayer thanking God for the miracle that He has sent to you through the Bible.

Feb 18th: Don’t Take Gifts for Granted - Are you grateful for the simple fact that you were able to get up out of your bed and wash and feed yourself? These are the little things that you learn to give thanks for.

Assignment: Do you take the simple facts of life for granted? Think of three simple facts of life that you are grateful for today and share them with three people.

Feb 19th: Be Careful What You Look For - Like many modern day Christians, Paul did not start off with a faith perception either. Before he was knocked down on his way to Damascus he had every intention of looking for Christians to curse, criticize and destroy. Today, a number of Christians come into the church with a similarly warped perception. They are coming to the church to look at other Christians but they are looking at the wrong thing. They should be looking at God. Somewhere God is in the midst of His people, but you can only see the move of God with a faith perception.

Assignment: What do you look at when you come to church? Are you looking at everyone’s outfits? Are you checking out the choir? Think back to the last church service that you attended. On a sheet of paper list who or what were you focused on when you sat down in the pew? On that same sheet list who or what should you be focused on? Is there a difference in your answers? If so, make another list that details the changes you need to make in your mindset in order to change your focus.

Feb 20th: Have a Faith Expectation - Having a faith expectation means that you expect what your faith dictates to you. Fundamentally, you have to believe what your faith tells you. Even though things may not be going well, you can rejoice always. You can pray without ceasing and in everything give thanks when you have a faith expectation.