This document outlines a 3-step gratitude exercise: 1) Take a moment to remember and write down a moment you are grateful for, asking God for help if needed. 2) Ask God what He would say to you in response to your gratitude and write down what you sense His response would be. 3) Find someone to share what you wrote aloud and listen to them share their response. The goal is to practice gratitude, hear from God, and share the experience with others.

1. Taken from the book Joyful Journey – Listening to Immanuel by E. James Wilder, et al.
Interactive Gratitude Exercise
Step 1. Take a moment and ask the Spirit to help you remember a moment of gratitude.
Write it down.
Allow the feeling of gratitude to fill you. If you are able, add why you are grateful for that
experience. If you are having difficulty, let Him know and ask Him to help you. Usually we find
that when we are able to admit we’re stuck, it relieves the pressure to produce results. God
meets us where we are and helps us get unstuck.
Once you have written down your thanksgiving, pause for a moment and reflect on what you
wrote.
Step 2. Next, ask God what He would say to you. Begin writing, but don’t filter your thoughts at
this time. Just start writing and all the Spirit of God to lead you. Focus on putting down what you
sense about His response to your gratitude. This is our humble attempt to hear God. What you
write should resemble what good parents would say to their children after being touched by
their children’s gratitude.
Step 3. Find someone to share what you wrote. Read it aloud. And listen to them read their
journal entry aloud.