The way to conquer a spirit of criticism is to actively pursue the awareness of and gratitude for marks of grace in others.

This article explains how Scripture often treats contentment along with its opposite, covetousness. Whether we covet or are content, we are revealing our answer to the question, whom do we serve?

We must be careful not to make our gratitude towards God the ground for our life of obedience. We don't obey because we feel obliged to express thankfulness. However, gratitude does motivate obedience.

This article shows how thankfulness to God is an antidote to sinning.

Thanksgiving should characterize the Christian's prayers. How do we learn to give thanks to God? Psalm 107 shares three reasons for giving thanks to God.

Contentment is the cure to covetousness. From 1 Timothy 6:6-10 this article discusses Christian contentment in relation to earthly possessions and personal circumstances.

Why is it so easy to be ungrateful? This article explains that lack of thankfulness is found in what seems normal to us.

This article discusses the heart of the meaning of gratitude.

The author compares carnal discontentment with spiritual discontentment, finding that one is beneficial while the other is merely a burden.

Why were you saved? This article discusses several purposes of salvation, and urges the believer to embrace these reasons for the glory of God.

Christians are characterized by thankfulness toward God and the people He places in our lives.

Looking at the structure of the Heidelberg Catechism through the eyes of Psalm 116, this article shows that the Christian life is a life lived out of gratitude before God, which brings the blessing of assurance of faith.

Christians must develop a heart of thankfulness, learn to work and speak in a thankful manner, cultivate a thankful mind, and express thankfulness in worship.

Our perspective on life is important to the development of an attitude of thanksgiving. Thinking about life in the light of death is one way of developing thankfulness.

Gratitude is a mark of being a Christian, because knowing God must produce thankfulness in the heart of the believer. The work of God's redemption is the ground for our thankfulness. It is through thankfulness that we fight against legalism.