I’m following this devotional for 7 days. Would you like to join me we’ll be full of gratitude by Thanksgiving. It’s Christian based however I think it works for everyBody.

A Week of Thanksgiving
Nancy Leigh DeMoss:
Revive Our Hearts

God’s Word teaches that thankfulness ought to be a way of life. However, it is easy for discontentment, murmuring, complaining, criticizing, or even bitterness to displace the “attitude of gratitude.” Cultivating a thankful heart will result in speaking thankful words. We all need periodic reminders to be thankful, and, for most of us, developing the habit of thankfulness may require some practice! Here are some practical suggestions for devoting one week to practicing thankfulness.

Day 1 
Every chapter in the book of Colossians has at least one reference to thankfulness. Read the following verses and jot down a thought that stands out to you (Colossians 1:3Colossians 1:3, Colossians 1:12; Colossians 2:7; Colossians 3:15, Colossians 3:17; Colossians 4:2).

Someone has defined gratitude as “learning to recognize and express appreciation for the benefits which I have received from God and others.” Try to memorize this definition today, and review it at least once each day this week.

Day 2 
Before we can express our gratitude, we must take time to recognize and identify specific blessings we have received from God and others. Make a list of all material and spiritual blessings you can think of that you have received from the Lord. Then stop, thank God for each item on your list.
 
Day 3 
Today, focus on expressing gratitude to and for your family members. Make a list of each member of your family (mate, parents, children, brothers, sisters, etc.). Then next to each name, write one quality about their life for which you are particularly grateful.

Take time to thank God for each member of the family He has given you. Then pick three individuals from your list to whom you can express gratitude today, either in person, by phone, or by means of a note. (You may want to express gratitude to someone on your list who has been especially difficult to love!)
 
Day 4 
Make a list of other individuals who have blessed or touched your life in some way. You may want to include pastors, teachers, friends, business associates, neighbors, authors, leaders of Christian ministries, etc. As you write each name, ask yourself, “Have I ever thanked that person for the way God has used him/her in my life?” Put a check mark next to each individual to whom you have expressed gratitude.

Day 5
Call or write three people on the list you made yesterday, to express your gratitude for their influence and ministry in your life.

Day 6
Paul instructed the Ephesian believers to “give thanks always for all things …” (Ephesians 5:20). 
One man of God told of meditating on this verse while he was brushing his teeth one morning. He was challenged by the thought of thanking God for everything! He said, “I began by thanking God for my toothbrush. Then I thanked Him for the toothpaste. Then I realized that I had never thanked God for my teeth!” He went on to ask this probing question: “If tomorrow’s supply depended on today’s thanksgiving, how much would I have tomorrow?” 
As you go through this day, try to consciously thank God for all things … small things and big things!

Day 7
As you have been focusing on thankfulness, have you found some people, items, or circumstances for which it is not easy to be thankful?
 Make a list of past or present circumstances, events, trials, or relationships for which you may never have given thanks. Then, as an expression of faith and an exercise of obedience, say, “Lord, I choose to give You thanks for ________ and ________, which You may never give me the privilege of understanding.” In so doing, you will be acknowledging that God is the “Blessed Controller” of everything that touches your life, and that you trust Him and His sovereign choices for your life.

Now that you’ve spent a week focusing on gratitude, we’d like to challenge you to make a lifetime habit of giving thanks. In fact, you’ll discover that the whole world looks different, when you learn to see it through eyes of thankfulness!

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
- Melody Beattie

Psalm 95:2-3 (NIV)
Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.