The best way to express gratitude is to directly and verbally communicate gratitude with an open humble heart to the one you are grateful to. Saying “I am grateful (or thankful) to you for reading my blog,” is a rather weak expression of gratitude. It’s much more powerful to say from my heart directly to you, “Thank you each one for taking your time to read what I write. I sincerely appreciate your time and interest.”
I use the same approach to express my gratitude to God. I don’t just tell other people that I am thankful to God. I say directly to God, many times every day, “Thank you, Jesus for . . .” Then I express specific things that I am grateful to Him for.
Here’s an example: “Thank You, Jesus, for creating a passionate yearning in my heart for more and more of Your presence and for helping me to cultivate and maintain that longing day after day.”
The assurance of God’s presence in your life comes from hungering and thirsting for a closer relationship with Christ. Spiritual hunger is a gift from God. (John 6:44) You don’t need more information about Jesus. You need to yearn for more of His presence. (Matthew 5:6)
Ask God to make you hungry for more of Jesus in your life. Go beyond mental analysis of the Bible. Read it, ponder it, and absorb it with your heart wide open to God the Holy Spirit, and soon you will begin to experience a deep desire and longing for more and more of Jesus in your life.
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