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    The Wonders of Gratitude: The Blessings of Having a Grateful Heart
    The Wonders of Gratitude: The Blessings of Having a Grateful Heart
    The Wonders of Gratitude: The Blessings of Having a Grateful Heart
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    The Wonders of Gratitude: The Blessings of Having a Grateful Heart

    By Dr Kwaku S Darkwa

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    We are all blessed to different degrees in life. There are countless numbers of people praying earnestly for the things we take for granted daily. It is important to realize that the most valuable things in life are given to us freely, and many of us fail to appreciate and be thankful for these. Ingratitude for ‘little’ things locks up our ‘big’ blessings and deprives us of the power to live fully and enjoy the present. As we develop a heart of gratitude, the spiritual dimensions of life will truly open up to us. The wonders of gratitude open our eyes to the myriad of blessings that having a thankful heart will bring to us. It helps us appreciate the ‘little’ we have today and positions to receive all that tomorrow will bring our way.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVike Springs Publishing Ltd
    Release dateAug 1, 2018
    ISBN9781999850944
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      The Wonders of Gratitude - Dr Kwaku S Darkwa

      THE WONDERS OF GRATITUDE

      The blessing of having a grateful heart

      Copyright 2018 Kwaku S. Darkwa MD

      Published by Kwaku S. Darkwa at Smashwords

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, including mechanical, electronic, photocopy, recording, scanning and methods not invented or in common use at the time of this publication, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      Published by Vike Springs Publishing Ltd. – London, UK

      Contact: mailto:admin@vikesprings.com

      Website: http://www.vikesprings.com

      First Edition

      ISBN-13: 978-1-9998509-4-4 - E-book

      Printed in the United Kingdom

      and the United States of America

      To request Dr Darkwa for speaking engagements or interviews,

      please send an email to: mailto:sapondarkwa@yahoo.com

      Dr Darkwa’s books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk for promotions or as donations for educational, inspirational and training purposes.

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author

      Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty

      This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher and author are not engaged in rendering physiological, financial, legal or other licensed services. The publisher and the author make no representations or warranties with respect to the completeness of the contents of this work. If expert assistance or counselling is needed, the services of a specific professional should be sought. Neither the publisher nor the author shall be liable for damages arising here from. The fact that an organization or website is referred to in this work as a citation and/or a potential source of further information does not mean that the author or the publisher endorses the information that the organization or website may provide or recommendations it may make, nor does the cited organization endorse affiliation of any sort to this publication. Also, readers should be aware that due to the ever-changing information from the web, Internet websites and URLs listed in this work may have changed or been removed.

      All trademarks or names referenced in this book are the property of their respective owners, and the publisher and author are not associated with any product or vendor mentioned.

      "We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses."

      Alphonse Karr,

      A Tour Round My Garden

      "Grateful souls are like fields full of fragrant roses."

      Kwaku S. Darkwa

      DEDICATION

      To Rev. Baafour Ohene Abankwa, thank God our paths crossed. It has been a blessing being your friend.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      1. Divine Access

      2. True Gratitude

      3. Living Simply

      4. The Invisible Shield

      5. Conditioned for the Mysterious

      6. True Wholeness

      7. Activating Grace

      8. Ignoramus

      9. The Dance of the Lord

      10. Resurrection Power

      11. Delayed and Aborted Promises

      12. Empowering the Can-Do Spirit.

      13. The Dangers of Envy.

      CHAPTER ONE DIVINE ACCESS

      "Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot."

      The Hausa of Nigeria

      Gratitude is supposed to be a ‘language’ spoken and expressed by people called and cleansed by God. It is what the redeemed should express daily; it is supposed to be seen in their actions and inferred in their speech. It endears the redeemed to their God. It is a truth that God can never really be experienced by the ungrateful. Gratitude is a ‘heavenly language’, and those who have not learned to appreciate and speak it, cannot be ‘accepted’ into the manifest presence of God.

      Those who belong to the realm where God dwells exude gratitude. This is exactly what the invisible heavenly hosts sing about: gratitude to God and praises to the great King of the universe. They appreciate the ruler of the boundless universe; no wonder they dwell in His very presence. John the Revelator, when he was allowed to see what happens in the heaven of heavens, had this to say about those who dwell in the very presence of God:

      Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever.

      They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

      "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power,

      for you created all things, and by your will, they were created and have their being."

      —Revelation 4:9-11

      A heart of gratitude lives with a consciousness of God. A state of God-consciousness is a vital requirement to experience the boundless goodness and love of God. Gratitude is a state of the heart that not many mortals have learned to live and walk in, yet it touches the very heart of the Almighty Creator.

      It is what makes communicating to the great King easy. The high and exalted One only understands those whose speech is punctuated with thanksgiving. Those who can speak this kind of language well have the great King for their Friend. It is virtually impossible to truly glorify and honour God without a genuine heart full of thanksgiving. We all often dishonour Him by showing our ingratitude when things do not go as we planned. God does not cease to be God when we feel disappointed or let down. We insult the integrity of the great Lord when our attitudes of ingratitude try to portray Jehovah as incapable of changing our situations.

      It is a truth that nobody can speak a language well when he or she does not understand it. It becomes noise in the ears of the natives of any land when their language is ‘butchered’ by strangers. Everyone who does not really understand the language of the natives of any land is a stranger and, therefore, cannot fully enjoy the privileges of that land. Without understanding the language of gratitude, we make ourselves strangers to God. It is a truth that if your tongue is not familiar with words of gratitude, you will not even be permitted into the gates

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