The YWAP Hope Trust - GRACED by GRATITUDE

The young boy's face was graced by a smile of gratitude.

 Today is Day 3 of The YWAP Hope Trust - A Study In Giving and Receiving.

 Youth With a Purpose Inc. is an organization that gives out of gratitude. We desire to produce Thanksgivings by sharing the gratitude that we have been graced with. When you feel thankful, you want to share your good fortune.

YWAP has been around for about 10 years and we have nurtured relationships with many young people for over half of their lives. They give back a smile. They give back by sharing love with other people. They give back by living a life that demonstrates accountability and self sufficiency. They give back by sharing the good news with other young people. They give back by becoming missionaries in foreign countries. They give back by working or volunteering in our Youth Center. They give back when they become mentors for other young people. They give back when they do greater things for those around them. They give back when they open their eyes to the oppression around them.

A Saturday night YWAP Radio Live at The Bridge Coffeehouse. Young people graced with smiles of gratitude.

Sometimes it is hard to feel gratitude. When you have a toothache with excruciating pain, gratitude is probably the furthest thing from your mind. An aspirin or a trip to the Dentist will usually alleviate your pain. You are filled with gratitude for pain relievers. A soul ache is generally caused by an unforgiving heart filled with self pity. You were created to be a yielding human being. All living things were meant to yield; The sun yields light, the seed yields new growth, the clouds yield moisture, the earth yields a crop, the tree yields fruit. When you receive an act of gratitude from somebody, that gift is meant to be reciprocal, it should be continually passed on. Yield your unforgiving heart to God. He forgives and loves you. Tell Him you are thankful and cultivate a relationship with Him filled with gratitude.

A tree yields it's shape to appear as Jesus hanging from the Cross. We feel gratitude for the ultimate act of love through yielding a life so that others may live.

 God has been generous with you. His generosity is meant to elicit gratitude which results in giving. The following was taken from 2 Corinthians 9:11-13 The Message:
 "This most generous God who gives seed to the farmer that becomes bread for your meals is more than extravagant with you. He gives you something you can then give away, which grows into full-formed lives, robust in God, wealthy in every way, so that you can be generous in every way, producing with us great praise to God. 

Carrying out this social relief work involves far more than helping meet the bare needs of poor Christians. It also produces abundant and bountiful thanksgivings to God. This relief offering is a prod to live at your very best, showing your gratitude to God by being openly obedient to the plain meaning of the Message of Christ. You show your gratitude through your generous offerings to your needy brothers and sisters, and really toward everyone. Meanwhile, moved by the extravagance of God in your lives, they'll respond by praying for you in passionate intercession for whatever you need. Thank God for this gift, his gift. No language can praise it enough!"

Gratitude is multiplied and duplicated through grace.

 

 1 Timothy 5:3
Take care of widows who are destitute. If a widow has family members to take care of her, let them learn that religion begins at their own doorstep and that they should pay back with gratitude some of what they have received. This pleases God immensely. You can tell a legitimate widow by the way she has put all her hope in God, praying to him constantly for the needs of others as well as her own.

Luke 7:44 The Message  "If the forgiveness is minimal, the gratitude is minimal." 


You can help those who are destitute with an act of gratitude. What are you willing to give so that those in need may receive and multiply your gift?


Thanks for your time. Go do something nice for somebody. Jesus loves you and so do we.

"Find new ways, 

  in as many ways, 

    in more excellent ways, 

      on all of your days, 

        to show love." 

Bob Kuebler
YWAP Director

Youth With A Purpose

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