Gratitude is not gratitude until it crosses your lips. The thanksgiving in your heart has to find a voice to become gratitude. In the storm, those who were confident they were at the end and tried to escape the ship became encouraged after Paul expressed gratitude to God. Gratitude always needs a target. Who are you thankful to? Just like the crew "lightening the ship," so too a heart filled with gratitude lightens the load of life.

Cultivate Gratitude: Thankful, Grateful, Blessed

Grateful

Acts 27

Grateful before the storm. VERSES 1-12

• We need to LISTEN to GODLY ADVICE. Verses 8-12
• Being grateful is a WAY OF LIFE, not just an aspect of it.

Grateful during the storm. VERSES 13-38

• “Do you BELIEVE IN God, or do you BELIEVE God?” Verses 18-26
• We need to GIVE THANKS to God while you are STILL in the Storm. Verses 31-38
• Being grateful is a CHOICE, and it is CONTAGIOUS.

Grateful after the storm. VERSES 39-44

• God is FAITHFUL to bring us through the storm. Verses 42-44

The same God who was with us before the storm, is the same God who is with us in the storm, and will be the same God who is with us after the storm.