1 00:00:02,650 --> 00:00:20,209 Speaker 1: Life Audio Hey friend, have you ever made a gratitude 2 00:00:20,250 --> 00:00:23,530 Speaker 1: list but still felt stressed afterward? 3 00:00:24,450 --> 00:00:26,349 Speaker 2: What if gratitude could. 4 00:00:26,210 --> 00:00:30,610 Speaker 3: Be more than just naming what you're thankful for? Today, 5 00:00:30,730 --> 00:00:35,050 Speaker 3: we're going to explore the science of gratitude, but you'll 6 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:39,900 Speaker 3: also learn a simple story twist that can boost your mood, 7 00:00:40,300 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 3: help calm stress, and help you notice God's goodness and 8 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 3: reframe your day. Hey, friend. 9 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 2: Well, welcome to. 10 00:00:49,659 --> 00:00:54,940 Speaker 3: Breathe, the Stress Less Podcast. I'm your host, Bonnie Gray. 11 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,220 Speaker 3: I'm a soul care mentor, and I'm the bestselling author 12 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:02,740 Speaker 3: of four books, one of which is Breathe, 21 Days 13 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 3: to Stress Less and Transform Chaos to Calm. Well, this fall, 14 00:01:08,780 --> 00:01:15,910 Speaker 3: we're continuing our Science and Scripture Wellness Series. We're exploring 15 00:01:16,270 --> 00:01:20,810 Speaker 3: one question together. What does science tell us about how 16 00:01:20,990 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 3: God designed us? And how does scripture help us to 17 00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 3: live it out? And today we're talking about gratitude. It's 18 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 3: such a popular, common place type of article you and. 19 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 2: I both read. 20 00:01:35,940 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 3: Hey, if you write down gratitude list, you'll feel better. 21 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:45,250 Speaker 3: But maybe there's something that we're missing. And we're going 22 00:01:45,270 --> 00:01:48,570 Speaker 3: to add a little twist. Instead of only asking, what 23 00:01:48,630 --> 00:01:52,370 Speaker 3: am I grateful for? What if we asked, where did 24 00:01:52,470 --> 00:01:58,010 Speaker 3: I notice God in my story? Maybe it's an answer 25 00:01:58,030 --> 00:02:03,390 Speaker 3: to prayer, an unexpected kindness you received, or something beautiful 26 00:02:03,430 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 3: you noticed, or simply a moment of peace when you 27 00:02:06,460 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 3: needed it the most. But today, we're going to explore 28 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 3: how remembering the story around our gratitude can help us 29 00:02:16,060 --> 00:02:19,739 Speaker 3: savor God's goodness in a more personal way, and it 30 00:02:19,780 --> 00:02:23,809 Speaker 3: will actually boost our wellness as well and lower stress. 31 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:27,139 Speaker 3: And of course, every week I always share a story 32 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:29,169 Speaker 3: about what's happening in my life where I see it, 33 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 3: this principle occurring as well. Well, as we dive in, 34 00:02:34,540 --> 00:02:36,620 Speaker 3: I just wanted to share today's episode is brought to 35 00:02:36,660 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 3: you by my book, Whispers of Rest, 40 Days of 36 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 3: God's Love to Revitalize Your Soul. I cannot help but 37 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 3: commend this book to you as we slowly move into 38 00:02:47,430 --> 00:02:51,130 Speaker 3: fall because it's during a journey of healing from anxiety 39 00:02:51,290 --> 00:02:55,990 Speaker 3: and stress that I put together for myself 40 of 40 00:02:56,030 --> 00:03:00,220 Speaker 3: the most powerful scriptures of God's promise that would help 41 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 3: boost my heart. And I was learning about science, how 42 00:03:03,260 --> 00:03:06,060 Speaker 3: to lower anxiety in my life. And so every scripture 43 00:03:06,139 --> 00:03:09,299 Speaker 3: comes with a science practice. I'm going to leave a 44 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 3: link in today's show notes so you can check it out. 45 00:03:13,010 --> 00:03:14,450 Speaker 2: And we'll be right back. 46 00:03:27,660 --> 00:03:30,890 Speaker 3: Well, we want to just begin by reminding ourselves of 47 00:03:31,110 --> 00:03:36,310 Speaker 3: God's goodness. Let's just take a breath together, just signaling 48 00:03:36,390 --> 00:03:40,270 Speaker 3: our bodies to rest and our spirits to rest in 49 00:03:40,350 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 3: God's word. Our scripture comes to us in Psalm 118.1. Oh, 50 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:53,460 Speaker 3: give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for 51 00:03:53,500 --> 00:04:01,410 Speaker 3: his steadfast love endures forever. Just relax your hands, your shoulders, 52 00:04:02,070 --> 00:04:07,250 Speaker 3: and just inhale. I give thanks to you, Lord. 53 00:04:08,410 --> 00:04:09,170 Speaker 2: Exhale. 54 00:04:10,010 --> 00:04:13,820 Speaker 3: Your steadfast love endures forever. 55 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:21,700 Speaker 2: Again, inhale. I give thanks to you, Lord. Exhale. 56 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:30,460 Speaker 3: Your steadfast love endures forever. Just continue to relax. Well, friends, 57 00:04:30,690 --> 00:04:35,110 Speaker 3: I recently came back from Durham, North Carolina, where I 58 00:04:35,190 --> 00:04:38,770 Speaker 3: helped my son, college-age son Josh, settle in for his 59 00:04:38,910 --> 00:04:42,820 Speaker 3: fall internship. And first, I just have to say hello 60 00:04:42,860 --> 00:04:46,779 Speaker 3: to all my North Carolina listeners because, oh my goodness, 61 00:04:46,980 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 3: it is beautiful, beautiful out there. But something happened while 62 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,100 Speaker 3: I was there that was so completely off script, I 63 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 3: knew I couldn't have planned it myself. One of the 64 00:04:59,140 --> 00:05:01,900 Speaker 3: biggest prayers I had on this trip is that God 65 00:05:01,940 --> 00:05:05,950 Speaker 3: would help Josh find a church during the four months 66 00:05:06,010 --> 00:05:08,349 Speaker 3: that he would be living there. And we looked at 67 00:05:08,529 --> 00:05:12,350 Speaker 3: several churches close to where he was staying, but none 68 00:05:12,630 --> 00:05:16,310 Speaker 3: really stood out. Then I found a church a little 69 00:05:16,420 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 3: further away called Chapel Hill Bible Church. Now, that caught 70 00:05:21,350 --> 00:05:26,609 Speaker 3: my attention because our home church in California is Peninsula 71 00:05:26,950 --> 00:05:30,729 Speaker 3: Bible Church. We read their statement of faith online, and 72 00:05:30,790 --> 00:05:35,950 Speaker 3: it sounded amazingly similar to ours. So I told Josh, hey, 73 00:05:35,990 --> 00:05:37,990 Speaker 3: while I'm here this weekend, this is the one I 74 00:05:38,029 --> 00:05:41,309 Speaker 3: want to visit with you. So that Sunday we went. 75 00:05:42,250 --> 00:05:45,799 Speaker 3: And friends, their college Sunday school group was so huge, 76 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:50,779 Speaker 3: more than 100 students that morning. With Duke and UNC 77 00:05:50,820 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 3: beginning their school year, they're having a welcome barbecue afterward. 78 00:05:55,820 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 2: And it was perfect. 79 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,260 Speaker 3: So Josh stayed to meet the college students while I 80 00:06:00,300 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 3: decided to get lunch and pick him up later. Now, 81 00:06:03,230 --> 00:06:07,250 Speaker 3: there was only one problem. My ankle was still healing 82 00:06:07,390 --> 00:06:12,290 Speaker 3: from my stress fracture. So I was using my knee scooter. 83 00:06:13,390 --> 00:06:15,350 Speaker 3: And my car was parked at. 84 00:06:15,330 --> 00:06:17,220 Speaker 2: The bottom of the hill. 85 00:06:18,260 --> 00:06:21,780 Speaker 3: As everyone was leaving church, I thought, I really don't 86 00:06:21,820 --> 00:06:25,490 Speaker 3: want to have the scooter getting away from me and 87 00:06:25,550 --> 00:06:28,970 Speaker 3: send me flying down that hill. So I spotted a 88 00:06:29,050 --> 00:06:31,950 Speaker 3: man who had been sitting in front of me in 89 00:06:32,070 --> 00:06:35,890 Speaker 3: Sunday school that morning. So I said, hey, brother, I 90 00:06:36,250 --> 00:06:39,469 Speaker 3: was waving at him. Can I ask for a favor? 91 00:06:40,150 --> 00:06:42,870 Speaker 3: Would you mind walking beside me to my car and 92 00:06:43,089 --> 00:06:47,010 Speaker 3: making sure my knee scooter doesn't get away from me? 93 00:06:48,180 --> 00:06:52,110 Speaker 3: This man smiled and said, sure, I would be happy to. Now, 94 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,099 Speaker 3: as we walked to my car, he asked me where 95 00:06:56,140 --> 00:06:59,750 Speaker 3: I was from. And I said, Northern California. And he said, 96 00:07:00,210 --> 00:07:01,610 Speaker 3: my brother lives there. 97 00:07:01,750 --> 00:07:02,330 Speaker 2: What city? 98 00:07:02,350 --> 00:07:04,630 Speaker 3: And when I told him the city I lived in, 99 00:07:04,690 --> 00:07:08,810 Speaker 3: he said, my brother lives in that same city. 100 00:07:09,450 --> 00:07:10,860 Speaker 2: My brother and his family. 101 00:07:11,940 --> 00:07:14,740 Speaker 3: What church do you go to? And I said, Peninsula 102 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,670 Speaker 3: Bible Church. And he's just like, stop. Wait a minute, 103 00:07:18,930 --> 00:07:22,820 Speaker 3: my brother and his family go to that church. Friends, 104 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:28,060 Speaker 3: you will not believe this. His brother and sister-in-law have 105 00:07:28,100 --> 00:07:32,700 Speaker 3: been friends of mine for decades. Their son went to 106 00:07:32,740 --> 00:07:36,050 Speaker 3: high school with my boys, and our sons even ran 107 00:07:36,190 --> 00:07:41,870 Speaker 3: cross-country together. Out of all the churches we could have visited, 108 00:07:42,510 --> 00:07:46,050 Speaker 3: out of all the people leaving church that morning, I 109 00:07:46,270 --> 00:07:51,350 Speaker 3: asked him. to walk me to my car. A little later, 110 00:07:51,670 --> 00:07:54,170 Speaker 3: him and his wife drove up and they invited Josh 111 00:07:54,230 --> 00:07:58,290 Speaker 3: and me to have dinner in their home the next night. 112 00:07:59,690 --> 00:08:03,370 Speaker 3: At dinner, this man said to Josh, if you ever 113 00:08:03,410 --> 00:08:07,690 Speaker 3: need anything while you're here, call me. I'm happy to 114 00:08:07,750 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 3: be your emergency contact. Friends, This has been one of 115 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 3: the deepest burdens on my heart. I don't know anyone 116 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 3: in North Carolina. And my son would be all the 117 00:08:20,220 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 3: way on the other side of the country from us 118 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:25,470 Speaker 3: for four months. And suddenly, here was somebody from the 119 00:08:25,530 --> 00:08:29,270 Speaker 3: family of God saying, I'll be there for him. But 120 00:08:29,430 --> 00:08:31,570 Speaker 3: here's the part I'll never forget. As Josh and I 121 00:08:31,610 --> 00:08:33,770 Speaker 3: were driving back that night, I was about. 122 00:08:33,590 --> 00:08:35,740 Speaker 2: To say, look, Josh, what God did. 123 00:08:35,820 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 3: I've been praying for church and for somebody here to 124 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 3: help you. 125 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:40,660 Speaker 2: God moved mountains. 126 00:08:41,610 --> 00:08:44,030 Speaker 3: But I promise you, friends, before I could even say that, 127 00:08:44,110 --> 00:08:45,790 Speaker 3: Josh spoke first. 128 00:08:46,230 --> 00:08:48,050 Speaker 2: Mom, this is amazing. 129 00:08:48,530 --> 00:08:53,709 Speaker 3: God really moved mountains for me. And something about those 130 00:08:53,750 --> 00:08:57,510 Speaker 3: words just stopped me because I realized, to me, God 131 00:08:57,570 --> 00:09:00,770 Speaker 3: moved mountains by answering my prayer as his mom. But 132 00:09:01,290 --> 00:09:07,010 Speaker 3: to Josh, God moved mountains for him. This same experience 133 00:09:07,070 --> 00:09:10,820 Speaker 3: had a deeply personal story for each of us. And 134 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:12,860 Speaker 3: next morning, he went to his first day of work 135 00:09:12,940 --> 00:09:16,900 Speaker 3: with confidence and peace because he really saw God's hand 136 00:09:16,950 --> 00:09:19,870 Speaker 3: move personally for him. And he knew he was there 137 00:09:20,309 --> 00:09:23,350 Speaker 3: for a purpose. Now, when I flew back to California, 138 00:09:23,770 --> 00:09:26,650 Speaker 3: I carried my own story with me. God is there 139 00:09:26,710 --> 00:09:32,189 Speaker 3: with my son, even when I can't be there. And so, friend, 140 00:09:32,330 --> 00:09:36,429 Speaker 3: I just want to share that God is meeting you where. 141 00:09:36,250 --> 00:09:37,490 Speaker 2: You're at as well. 142 00:09:38,250 --> 00:09:43,130 Speaker 3: Gratitude isn't just only for what happens to us. Gratitude 143 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 3: is for reminding us who was there with us in 144 00:09:47,780 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 3: the story. So let me ask you, friend, is there 145 00:09:52,059 --> 00:09:55,730 Speaker 3: a moment in your life when something happened that felt 146 00:09:55,830 --> 00:10:00,430 Speaker 3: personal to you? Maybe it was a big answer to prayer, 147 00:10:00,910 --> 00:10:05,100 Speaker 3: or maybe it was just something small, some unexpected peace, 148 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:08,740 Speaker 3: somebody calling or texting you just at the right time, 149 00:10:09,420 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 3: something beautiful that caught your eye on maybe. 150 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 2: A tough day. 151 00:10:13,460 --> 00:10:16,740 Speaker 3: I want you to take a moment and picture that memory. 152 00:10:18,030 --> 00:10:24,090 Speaker 3: Because maybe gratitude isn't only about remembering the gift. Maybe 153 00:10:24,210 --> 00:10:29,380 Speaker 3: it's also about remembering the story of how God. 154 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:30,860 Speaker 2: Met you there. 155 00:10:31,700 --> 00:10:34,439 Speaker 3: And friend, I just want to encourage you because Scripture 156 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:40,059 Speaker 3: shows us something beautiful about gratitude. In 2 Corinthians 9, 157 00:10:40,059 --> 00:10:44,770 Speaker 3: verses 11-12, this is what the Apostle Paul says to us. 158 00:10:45,790 --> 00:10:47,189 Speaker 2: You will be enriched. 159 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 3: In every way, to be generous in every way, which 160 00:10:52,380 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 3: through us will produce thanksgiving to God. Overflowing in many 161 00:10:58,850 --> 00:11:06,309 Speaker 3: thanksgivings to God. I love that word, overflowing. Biblical gratitude 162 00:11:06,630 --> 00:11:10,110 Speaker 3: isn't simply about checking something off a list and listing 163 00:11:10,130 --> 00:11:15,410 Speaker 3: a bunch of things. It's recognizing the giver inside the gift. 164 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,500 Speaker 3: You'll think of a moment and you can look back 165 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,380 Speaker 3: and see, oh God, yes, you were there with me. 166 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:22,719 Speaker 2: You provided. 167 00:11:23,340 --> 00:11:26,780 Speaker 3: You gave me a moment of peace. You'll be able 168 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:28,939 Speaker 3: to begin to see your life as not just a 169 00:11:29,020 --> 00:11:33,349 Speaker 3: collection of good things, but as a story that you 170 00:11:33,450 --> 00:11:38,429 Speaker 3: are living with God and God cares for you. So 171 00:11:38,470 --> 00:11:41,550 Speaker 3: for Josh, in my example, he was thinking, God brought 172 00:11:41,570 --> 00:11:42,010 Speaker 3: me here. 173 00:11:42,470 --> 00:11:43,130 Speaker 2: I'm not alone. 174 00:11:43,580 --> 00:11:46,300 Speaker 3: And for me, my story was God is there with 175 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,319 Speaker 3: my son. So friend, what is the story of God's 176 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:55,780 Speaker 3: goodness that you might need to remember today? Want that 177 00:11:55,870 --> 00:11:58,870 Speaker 3: seed to be planted on your heart? What's something even 178 00:11:59,010 --> 00:12:03,390 Speaker 3: recent that God has done for you that's so personal 179 00:12:03,429 --> 00:12:06,110 Speaker 3: to you? And after a break, we're going to look 180 00:12:06,170 --> 00:12:11,179 Speaker 3: at what science tells us about why gratitude and remembering 181 00:12:11,220 --> 00:12:15,460 Speaker 3: the story matters. can change the way we experience and 182 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:31,450 Speaker 3: reframe our day. And we'll be right back. And now 183 00:12:31,470 --> 00:12:36,530 Speaker 3: let's look at the science. Our brains tend to pay attention, 184 00:12:36,890 --> 00:12:41,050 Speaker 3: special attention, to things that could be threatening, stressful, or wrong. 185 00:12:41,950 --> 00:12:45,370 Speaker 3: Psychologists call this the negativity bias. 186 00:12:46,570 --> 00:12:47,719 Speaker 2: And that's normal. 187 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,819 Speaker 3: Our brains want to notice what might be stressful to 188 00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:53,180 Speaker 3: help keep us safe, to kind of be on guard. 189 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 3: But it also means that one stressful moment might start 190 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:01,090 Speaker 3: telling the story of our entire day. 191 00:13:02,010 --> 00:13:05,150 Speaker 2: Oh, today's terrible. Nothing's going right. I'm overwhelmed. 192 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 3: We want gratitude to intentionally turn our attention toward something 193 00:13:10,260 --> 00:13:13,910 Speaker 3: good that is also true. It's not that we're ignoring 194 00:13:13,950 --> 00:13:15,910 Speaker 3: what's stressing us out, but we want to turn our 195 00:13:15,929 --> 00:13:22,270 Speaker 3: attention to something good. Research has found that gratitude practices 196 00:13:22,910 --> 00:13:28,790 Speaker 3: can increase positive emotions and well-being while reducing that stress 197 00:13:29,130 --> 00:13:33,090 Speaker 3: and the negative emotion. But here's where the story twists. 198 00:13:33,730 --> 00:13:37,510 Speaker 3: gets interesting. I want to add the story twist into 199 00:13:37,590 --> 00:13:44,750 Speaker 3: your pocket of tools. Research on positive autobiographical memories suggests 200 00:13:45,350 --> 00:13:50,010 Speaker 3: that it isn't only what we remember that matters. It's 201 00:13:50,210 --> 00:13:55,980 Speaker 3: how we remember it matters too. Studies have found that 202 00:13:56,100 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 3: vividly reliving positive personal memories can improve our mood, And 203 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:05,980 Speaker 3: that recalling a positive experience in a concrete, imaginable way 204 00:14:06,380 --> 00:14:09,660 Speaker 3: can be more effective for lifting our mood than just 205 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:11,780 Speaker 3: thinking about it abstractly. 206 00:14:12,380 --> 00:14:13,069 Speaker 2: So what does that mean? 207 00:14:13,090 --> 00:14:15,150 Speaker 3: That means we don't want to just list a bunch 208 00:14:15,190 --> 00:14:17,589 Speaker 3: of things that we want to be thankful for. We 209 00:14:17,650 --> 00:14:22,870 Speaker 3: want to remember that science shows us what God's already 210 00:14:22,890 --> 00:14:28,340 Speaker 3: inviting us to. Remember that moment, how God was part 211 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 3: of it. And so scripture invites us to turn the 212 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 3: remembering into thanksgiving to God. We're not just remembering something good. 213 00:14:36,060 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 3: We are remembering it with someone who cares for. 214 00:14:40,740 --> 00:14:41,820 Speaker 2: Us and loves us. 215 00:14:43,020 --> 00:14:47,670 Speaker 3: So this week's soul care practice is this. Choose one 216 00:14:47,970 --> 00:14:51,810 Speaker 3: gratitude and tell the story. So you don't have to 217 00:14:51,850 --> 00:14:57,290 Speaker 3: list 10 things. Just one moment, maybe happened today, yesterday, 218 00:14:57,630 --> 00:15:00,540 Speaker 3: last week, or even months ago. Just close your eyes 219 00:15:01,380 --> 00:15:04,380 Speaker 3: and picture it. Where were you? 220 00:15:05,140 --> 00:15:08,660 Speaker 2: Who was there? What did you see? How did that 221 00:15:08,700 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 2: moment make you feel? Peaceful? Joyful? Relieved? Beautiful? Or fill 222 00:15:15,340 --> 00:15:16,780 Speaker 2: in the blank. Don't rush. 223 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:22,270 Speaker 3: Just let yourself savor and then invite Jesus into that memory. 224 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:27,300 Speaker 3: You can simply pray, Jesus, thank you for meeting me here. 225 00:15:28,580 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 3: And if you want an extra boost of wellness, write 226 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:36,690 Speaker 3: your gratitude story in your journal. Research shows that expressive 227 00:15:36,770 --> 00:15:40,450 Speaker 3: writing can help us process our emotions and stress. And 228 00:15:40,490 --> 00:15:42,850 Speaker 3: you know, if you're not a journaler, just share your 229 00:15:42,890 --> 00:15:48,350 Speaker 3: gratitude story with a friend. Research shows sharing positive experiences 230 00:15:48,690 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 3: can help us savor and get this, Amplify positive emotions. Okay, 231 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:00,130 Speaker 3: so remember the moment, savor the good, notice God in 232 00:16:00,170 --> 00:16:02,330 Speaker 3: your story, and give thanks. 233 00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:04,550 Speaker 2: Let's pray. 234 00:16:05,430 --> 00:16:10,530 Speaker 3: Jesus, thank you for your steadfast love that endures forever. 235 00:16:11,470 --> 00:16:13,710 Speaker 3: Thank you for the ways you meet us in our 236 00:16:13,970 --> 00:16:20,930 Speaker 3: ordinary days, in answered prayers, unexpected kindness, moments of beauty, 237 00:16:21,950 --> 00:16:24,970 Speaker 3: and peace you give us when we need it most. 238 00:16:25,830 --> 00:16:27,950 Speaker 2: When stress makes us focus. 239 00:16:27,910 --> 00:16:31,690 Speaker 3: Only on what's going wrong, help us to remember the 240 00:16:31,750 --> 00:16:36,900 Speaker 3: stories of where you have already met us. Bring one 241 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 3: moment to mind today that you want us to savor 242 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 3: again with you. Then help that thanksgiving to overflow from 243 00:16:46,340 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 3: our hearts, not just because of what you've given us, 244 00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:52,220 Speaker 3: but because you. 245 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 2: Are with us. 246 00:16:54,380 --> 00:16:59,290 Speaker 3: Amen. Well, friend, has today's episode encouraged you? Would you 247 00:16:59,350 --> 00:17:02,910 Speaker 3: share it with a friend? And if you're feeling inspired, 248 00:17:02,950 --> 00:17:05,190 Speaker 3: take a moment to leave a rating and review. 249 00:17:05,490 --> 00:17:06,449 Speaker 2: Your words help. 250 00:17:06,510 --> 00:17:09,490 Speaker 3: Other women discover this little place where we can flow 251 00:17:09,650 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 3: on together and experience wellness with God. And come over 252 00:17:14,220 --> 00:17:17,439 Speaker 3: and say hello on Instagram at TheBonnieGreat. I'd love to 253 00:17:17,530 --> 00:17:22,590 Speaker 3: hear your gratitude moment as well. Well, remember you're loved. 254 00:17:23,090 --> 00:17:26,850 Speaker 2: You are cherished. Just rest. And I'll see you next time. 255 00:17:31,790 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 4: Breathe, the Stress Less podcast is a production of Life 256 00:17:35,300 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 4: Audio and Salem Media. 257 00:17:37,220 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 2: If you liked what you heard. 258 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,660 Speaker 4: Today, please take a second to rate and review this 259 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:44,290 Speaker 4: podcast in your favorite podcast app. so that more listeners 260 00:17:44,330 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 4: like you can find the show. For more faith-filled, inspirational podcasts, 261 00:17:49,020 --> 00:17:50,380 Speaker 4: visit us at lifeaudio.com.